BATTICALOA WATER SUPPLY PROJECT
Batticaloa Water Supply project was initiated by the government as one of the key development projects in the Eastern Province with the aid of Asian Development Bank. At completion, the scheme will be capable of providing portable water to nearly 85% of the population (450,000) of Batticaloa town and suburbs. Project was started in September 2007 under the guidance of National Water Supply and Drainage Board. We have carried out the construction of raw water intake, laying 800 mm diameter Ductile Iron transmission mains of about 26 km and 800 & 600 mm diameter High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) pipes across
the lagoon of about 1.2 km each in partnership with China Geo-Engineering Corporation of China and Salcon Engineering Berhad of Malaysia. Commissioning of the plant is currently underway. Water is pumped from the Unachchiya Tank through raw water pipeline to the Treatment Plant to be purified and distributed among the people of the Batticaloa District. At completion every household in Batticaloa District who have been deprived of basic needs for over thirty years due to the civil war will enjoy pipe-borne drinking water. This will be a huge improvement on their living standards as they will have the access to clean drinking water without having to walk for miles.
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