Over 90% of supplied water samples in Doon found contaminated: Report.
DEHRADUN: Over 90% of samples – including those taken from VIP areas – collected and studied for quality analysis were found contaminated, a Dehradun-based organisation claimed on Tuesday.
But the Jal Sansthan, the water supply wing of the government, refused to accept the findings of the report.
“We neither recognize the claims of the report nor the lab where the tests were conducted.
It (report) is not only misleading but is also an attempt to sensationalise things.
Most of the samples were found to have either excess chlorine or fecal coliform (bacteria that indicate water pollution) as per the Water Quality Status of Dehradun report released by the NGO ‘Society of Pollution and Environment Conservation Scientists’ (SPECS).
Two samples had traces of oil and grease.
According to the report, 74 of the total 76 samples of potable water studied by SPECS were “not found up to the mark” and had various contamination.
Total coliform – whose standard value in potable water should not be more than 10 mpn/100 ml – was found in as many as 39 samples.
“This year, we have seen over 41% of Doonites still receiving water which is not up to the national water quality standards,” Sharma claimed, adding that it indicates “leak in water supply system” and a “possible mix-up” of dirty water with the supplied water stream.