SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir tested 3,10,370 drinking water samples in laboratories during 2025-26, the highest annual figure recorded in the Union Territory in the five-year data period provided by the Centre, according to data tabled in the Rajya Sabha on Monday. The figures were released as part of the Centre’s state-wise data on water quality testing under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)–Har Ghar Jal programme. The Government said drinking water is a State subject and the responsibility for planning, designing, approving, implementing and maintaining drinking water supply schemes rests with the respective State or UT governments. The Ministry said an online JJM-Water Quality Management Information System (WQMIS) has been developed to facilitate reporting of water quality monitoring and surveillance, including sample collection and test reports. The Centre further said States and UTs had been advised to implement piped water supply schemes based on alternative safe sources or bulk water transfer in villages facing water quality problems.