Immediate action to restore basic water supply facilities
The National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWS&DB) has taken immediate action to restore basic water supply facilities to areas affected by the tsunami tidal waves, including the Ampara and Trincomalee Districts, Working Director NWS&DB Sunil Sarath Perera told the Daily News yestrday.
On the instructions of Urban Development and Water Supply Minister Dinesh Gunawardene arrangements have been made at the NWS&DB head office to offer expertise and provide chlorine for water purification to volunteer groups interested in cleaning up the wells in their areas. This service is available 24 hours of the day and those interested are requested to call the NWS&DB on Telephone No. 2623623.
In addition the officials of the NWS&DB along with the Central Environmental Authority have launched a work programme to clean up the wells in the affected areas. Cleaning up wells and purifying the water sources have been completed in the Galle and Ambalangoda areas while a group of people have been despatched to the Ampara and Trincomalee districts on the same mission.
Perera said that the NWS&DB has commenced a programme to restore pipe-borne water facilities to affected areas while the restoration of pipelines destroyed by tidal waves is being attended to.
Source: Daily News
On the instructions of Urban Development and Water Supply Minister Dinesh Gunawardene arrangements have been made at the NWS&DB head office to offer expertise and provide chlorine for water purification to volunteer groups interested in cleaning up the wells in their areas. This service is available 24 hours of the day and those interested are requested to call the NWS&DB on Telephone No. 2623623.
In addition the officials of the NWS&DB along with the Central Environmental Authority have launched a work programme to clean up the wells in the affected areas. Cleaning up wells and purifying the water sources have been completed in the Galle and Ambalangoda areas while a group of people have been despatched to the Ampara and Trincomalee districts on the same mission.
Perera said that the NWS&DB has commenced a programme to restore pipe-borne water facilities to affected areas while the restoration of pipelines destroyed by tidal waves is being attended to.
Source: Daily News
Atheistbishop at 5:47:00 pm |
The water could also be boiled. However, providing a heat source may be an issue. I think that the water purifying system is good. It might be too expensive.