Standards

Recommended water supply levels, water quality standards and pipe materials used for designing water supply schemes.

Urban water supply schemes

Recommended per capita water supply levels for designing urban water supply schemes.

• Domestic and non-domestic needs
• Institutional needs
• Fire fighting demand
• Industrial needs
• Pressure requirements

Rural water supply programmes

Recommended per capita water supply levels for designing rural water supply programmes.

• Guidelines (PDF) (opens in a new window)
• Guidelines on sustainability (PDF) (opens in a new window)
• Revised Sub-Mission guidelines (PDF) (opens in a new window)
• Drinking water quality standards
• Executive guidelines for implementation of water quality testing laboratories (PDF) (opens in a new window)
• O&M of laboratory manual (PDF) (opens in a new window)
• Physical and chemical quality of drinking water
• Bacteriological guidelines
• Virological quality
• Water quality monitoring and surveillance (PDF) (opens in a new window)

Pipes for conveying and distributing water

• Galvanised iron pipes (PDF) (opens in a new window)
• Cast iron pipes (PDF) (opens in a new window)
• Steel pipes (PDF) (opens in a new window)
• Ductile iron pipes (PDF) (opens in a new window)
• Asbestos cement pipes (PDF) (opens in a new window)
• Concrete pipes (PDF) (opens in a new window)
• Prestressed concrete pipes (PDF) (opens in a new window)
• Plastic pipes (PDF) (opens in a new window)
• Polyethylene pipes (PDF) (opens in a new window)
• Glass reinforced plastic (GRP) pipes (PDF) (opens in a new window)

Older guidelines are in the Standards Archive.