CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Importance of Water 2 1.2 Current Scenario of Water Supply Sector 2 1.3 Water Quality Issues in India 3 1.4 Need of study 4 1.5 Research Question 5 1.6 Aim 5 1.7 Research objective 5 1.8 Methodology 5 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 8 2.1About Monitoring 9 2.2 Importance of Water Quality Monitoring 10 2.4 Evolution of Water Quality Monitoring In India 14 2.5 Current Global Scenario for Water Quality Monitoring 20 2.6 Prevailing Guidelines for Water Quality Monitoring 22 3 WATER QUALITY MONITORING IN AHMEDABAD MUNICIPAL CORPORATION 29 3.1 City profile of Ahmedabad 30 3.2Framework for Water Quality Monitoring in Gujarat 33 3.3 Framework for Water Quality Monitoring of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation 35 3.4 Institutional Framework for Water Quality Monitoring For Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation 36 3.4 For Water Quality Monitoring Working of Institutions of Municipal Corporation 41 3.5 Water Quality Monitoring By Central Laboratory 42 3.6 Water Quality Monitoring at different Sources 43 3.8 complaints Redressal Mechanism 46 4 DETAIL ASSESSMENT OF WATER QUALITY MONITORING 52 4.1 Background 53 4.2 Location for Sampling in Navarangpura Ward 54 4.3 Procedure for Sampling 55 4.4 Analysis of Sample Collected From Navarangpura Ward 56 4.5 User Perception to Verify Complaint Redressal 57 Findings 58 Bibliography 60