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WaterAid in Pakistan

Water Quality Testing
Protocol
November, 2010

This protocol and instructions are mandatory for all partner 0rganizations implementing water supply components with WaterAid funding

Table of Contents
1.0
1.0

Background
Background
1.1
1.2

2.0

Country Context
Current Situation/Issues in Pakistan

Policy on Water Quality
Policy
2.1
2.2
2.3

WaterAid’s principles & objectives
WAP Context
Objectives of the Policy

3.0

N ational
National Stakeholders

4.0

R esponsibilities
Responsibilities

5.0

H igh
High Risk Contaminants
5.1
5.2

Microbiological Contaminants
Chemical Contaminants

6.0

Proposed Water Quality Standards
Pr
Proposed

7.0

T esting
Testing Arrangements and Frequency of Testing
7.1
7.2

Arrangements and Resources
Frequency of Testing

8.0

T esting
Testing Methods, Equipment, and Financial Resources

9.0

Documentation, Reporting and Disseminating Test Results
Documentation,

FollowFollow
10.0 Follow -up Actions

1.0

Background

1.1.

Country Context

Pakistan lies in southern Asia, bordering with India in the east, Afghanistan in the west and
China in the north. The terrain consists of Indus plain in the east, mountains of Himalaya,
Karakuram and Hidukush ranges in the north, hill regions (up to 4700 m) in the north-west and upland Baluchistan plateau in the west. The climate of the country is mostly arid to semi-arid with average rainfall varying from less than 125 mm in Baluchistan to in excess of 1000 mm in
Islamabad, but becomes low again in northern mountains.
The Indus, the main river of Pakistan, has its source in the mountains of Karakuram range and flows south-words through the provinces of Punjab and Sindh to Arabian Sea. Sutlej, Ravi,
Chenab and Jhelum are the major tributaries of Indus in Punjab. Relatively abundant water and fertile plain have encourages major proportion of the population to settle in the main

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