| History of the National Water Supply & Drainage
Board |
The Organization had its beginnings as
a sub department under the Public Works Department, for
Water Supply & Drainage. In 1965, it became a division
under the Ministry of Local Government. From 1970, this
division functioned as a separate department under the Ministry
of Irrigation, Power & Highways and remained so until
the present Board was established in January 1975 by an
Act of Parliament.
The National Water Supply
& Drainage Board (NWSDB), which presently functions under
the Ministry of Water Supply & Drainage is the principal
authority providing safe drinking water and facilitating the
provision of sanitation in Sri Lanka. In accordance with
the Board Act, several major Urban Water Supply Schemes operated
by Local Authorities were taken over by the NWSDB to provide
more coverage and improved service. Consumer metering &
billing commenced in 1982. Rural Water Supply & Sanitation
programmes including deep well programmes are also being implemented
by the NWSDB.
During the past 36 years,
the organization has considerably expanded its scope of activities.
The employee numbers have increased from about one thousand
(1,000) in 1975 to nine thousand and thirteen (9,013) in 2010.
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| The NWSDB is presently
operating 312 Water Supply Schemes which cover 39% of the
total population with pipe borne Water Supply, 12% of the
population is served with hand pump tube wells. We hope to
increase the coverage with pipe borne water to 45.7% by 2015
so that the United Nations Millennium Development Goal of
85% safe drinking water coverage can be achieved by that year.
The NWSDB is also in charge of the sewerage systems in Colombo & suburbs, Hantane, Koggala, Hikkaduwa, Kataragama and in few housing schemes. |
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| Our Strengths
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We have a highly motivated
technically skilled staff. Our staff include senior professionals who have postgraduate qualifications in technical,
financial, management and other disciplines. Our staff also
include middle level officers who are technically qualified
having wide experience in the field of water supply and sewerage.
In
the Planning and Design Division the process designs, pipe
line designs, water treatment plant designs and pumping station
designs are undertaken by senior engineers who have wide
experience in the field of water supply & sewerage. |
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| Technical Capabilities
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We are carrying out operation
and maintenance of more than 312 water supply schemes throughout
the island. Modern technologies are being used for our works.
Software applications such as WaterCad are being used for
pipeline designs. We are utilizing Information Technology
resources for our works at a satisfactory level. There are
Local Area Networks, Wide Area Networks and other hardware
and software to improve the efficiency of our works. We are also using Virtual Private Network covering the entire Island.
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| Capital Budget |
We are undertaking development
activities in the water supply and sewerage sectors using foreign funds and local funds. The total Capital Budget for 2011 is Rs. 29,098.9 million.
The foreign component utilized during 2010 was Rs. 16,517.0 million and the local fund utilization was Rs. 7,260 million. The amount spent undet Tsunami rehabilitation & reconstruction was Rs. 2,612.0 million.
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| The breakdown of the Capital Budget for 2011 is as follows (Rs. million): |
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Small & Medium Projects |
1,800.0 |
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Foreign Funded Water Supply Projects |
22,352.9 |
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Tsunami affected areas rebuilding projects |
1,596.0 |
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Foreign Funded Sewerage Projects |
3,350.0 |
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Total |
29,098.9 |
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| The following part will be updated after January 2011. |
| As at end ..................... 2011, the Capital Budget utilization status is as follows: |
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Small & Medium Projects |
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Foreign Funded Water Supply Projects |
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Tsunami affected areas rebuilding projects |
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Foreign Funded Sewerage Projects |
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Total |
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| ::: Updated on 2011.02.11 ::: |
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History, Strength & Technical Capabilities