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The reality of water quality monitoring for SDG 6: a report from a small town in India

Author(s) -

Swati D. G. Rayasam,

Bakul Rao,

Isha Ray

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of water sanitation and hygiene for development

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.414

H-Index - 22

eISSN - 2408-9362

pISSN - 2043-9083

DOI - 10.2166/washdev.2020.131

Subject(s) - water quality , quality (philosophy) , fecal coliform , water resource management , environmental resource management , business , environmental science , environmental planning , ecology , biology , philosophy , epistemology

Based on a study of microbial water quality in a small town (Alibag) in India, we show the practical limitations of monitoring for fecal indicator bacteria to meet SDG 6. We find that even when water quality monitoring and testing infrastructure is in place, low institutional capacity and the pressure to not ‘fail’ the expected water quality standards can result in the failure to accurately report bacterial water quality.

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