Centre for Knowledge

Centre of Excellence for Water and Sanitation

Knowledge | Skill | Experience

The state of the art “Centre for Knowledge” is a Residential Training Centre which harnesses the knowledge, skills and experience of NWSDB’s human capital as well as its infrastructure

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The Centre for Innovation – the Research & Development arm, located in Peradeniya, is dedicated to inspire, support and guide R&D to add value to the organization and the sector through the innovation of new solutions and new technology.

The knowledge base, experience, the range of water treatment and distribution systems and an abundance of technical, commercial, financial and sociological data at NWSDB, provides a most conducive platform for multi disciplinary research for the progress of the Water & Sanitation sector.

The basis for our R&D; spurred by the objective of achieving outstanding outcomes such as publications in high index journals and conferences, improvements to products and processes; and subsequently, new inventions and patents

Key Areas

Planning, Design, Construction, Operation and Maintenance and all realms of Engineering; such as Process, Civil, Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical, Sanitary, Information Technology, Materials Supply and Management as well as Commercial and Financial aspects. The Centre utilizes its knowledge base in Water and Waste Water Engineering, including Management and Human Resources, Logistics ICT and Financial Management in the sector; to enhance knowledge and to continuously upgrade skills of its employees, across the country

The Resources

NWSDB’s multitude of raw water treatment plants; driven by a range of treatment technologies, from the simple cost effective technologies, to the high tech and modern, and located across the island, offer an excellent platform for providing hands-on training.

+9411 263 2355

cewas.knowledge@waterboard.lk

Future Expansions

The center also intends to expand its reach to the South Asian region and the world at large to meet the challenges of the water and sanitation sector through knowledge sharing and collaborative efforts