Water Quality Testing Rates
Quality Control Wing is carrying out the surveillance and monitoring of drinking water supplied by Kerala Water Authority schemes. Besides, the water samples received from private parties are also tested in the District labs of Kerala Water Authority. Approved rates for testing Water Quality in Kerala Water Authority Labs are as follows
| APPROVED RATES FOR TESTING WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS | |||||||
| Package | Description | No. of Tests | Parameters | Present Rate | Approved Rates | ||
| Domestic Purpose for both Accredited and Non- accredited Labs | Commercial/ License Purpose | ||||||
| Non- Accredited | Accredited | ||||||
| Package 1 | Physical Parameters | 4 | pH, Colour, Turbidity, EC/TDS | 250 | 250 | 370 | 650 |
| Package 2 | Chemical Parameters | 7 | Alkalinity, Total Hardness, Sulphate, Chloride, Fluoride, Iron, Nitrate | 250 | 250 | 910 | 1750 |
| Package 3 | Bacteriological Parameters | 2 | Total Coliform, Ecoli | 500 | 500 | 600 | 900 |
| Package 4 | Basic Package I | 6 | pH, Colour, Turbidity, Electrical Conductivity, Iron, Nitrate | – | – | 630 | 1100 |
| Package 5 | Basic Package II | 8 | pH, Turbidity, EC/TDS, Total Hardness, Alkalinity, Iron, Nitrate, Total Coliform | – | – | 1230 | 2000 |
| Package 6 | Physio- Chemical Parameters | 11 | pH, Colour, Turbidity, EC/TDS, Total Hardness, Alkalinity, Iron, Nitrate, Chloride, Fluoride, Sulphate | 500 | 500 | 1280 | 2400 |
| Package 7 | Full Package | 12 | pH, Turbidity, TDS, Total Hardness, Alkalinity, Iron, Nitrate, Chloride, Fluoride, Sulphate, Total Coliform, Ecoli | 850 | 850 | 1780 | 3300 |
| Fluoride | – | – | 220 | 330 | |||
| Ca, Mg | – | – | 180 | 340 | |||
| RC | – | – | 70 | 180 | |||
| Iron, Nitrate | – | – | 260 | 700 | |||
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