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What rural water supply guidelines say
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- Adequate water supply received by households to be the criterion for being declared fully covered habitation; the earlier criterion was installation of water source
- Village supply schemes to be planned, implemented, operated and maintained by panchayats
- Village water and sanitation committees to be key local users
- Monthly social audits of PHEDs by gram sabhas
- Certificate about satisfactory completion of the schemes to be obtained from women’s groups
- Village water security plans to be treated as elemental to designing sustainable, community-driven water schemes
- Social regulation of water used for agriculture, to ensure enough supply for drinking
- Convergence with the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) for ensuring quality drinking water; with the Total Sanitation Campaign; and with the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme for construction and rejuvenation of ponds
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