Department of Water Supply & Sanitation (DWSS) plays a pivotal role in ensuring sustainable drinking water services in rural Punjab. As per Cabinet Decision, all rural households are to be provided with piped drinking water supply and individual toilets. Increased exploitation of ground water has resulted in deterioration of water quality and 1188 habitations have been found affected with Arsenic and Fluoride. As such, Department has planned to tap surface water in the affected villages of Patiala, Moga, Rajpura, Amritsar and Fatehgarh Sahib. In the recent past, DWSS has adopted service centric approach to benefit rural masses by providing higher service delivery standards which include longer hours of water supply, volumetric tariff and financial sustainability.

Chief Engineer, DWSS

Department of Water Supply & Sanitation (DWSS) provides rural water supply and sanitation services in the State of Punjab with the ultimate aim of providing good quality potable water through piped distribution network to all households as well as individual household latrines. Liquid waste management & low cost sewerage in the rural areas of the State are also the thrust areas of the Department. Apart from this, DWSS also looks after Internal Sanitary Installations & Estate Water Supply services in Residential & Non residential Government Buildings.

Head of Department