After the independence of Sri Lanka, then governments had taken several efforts to provide drinking water facilities, specially, the Rural Water Supply activities were implemented at the divisional levels through the Local Authorities. The common dug wells and small scale pipe borne water facilities were constructed during that period.
However, in our country, the great involvement for the Rural Water Supply was commenced after the declaration “Global Water Decade” in 1980. Subsequently, there were several efforts taken by the NWSDB, Government Institutions and Non-Governmental Organizations to improve the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation system. As a result, it has been believed that around 4,000 Community Managed Water Supply Schemes have been implemented all over the country through several projects. However, in some of the schemes, it has been observed that there are difficulties in its effective function and its sustainability too.
The Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWS) sector was fully staffed with the required skills and technical competencies. Many different projects and programs have been implemented since the establishment of the section.
Since the mid-1980s, the NWSDB has been associated with the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWS) Division and has established Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Units (RWS Units) in all Regional Support Centres.
The Department of National Community Water Supply (DNCWS) was established in 2014 to manage community-managed water supply schemes. ST & RWS section has provided trainings and formulated relevant guidelines for the implementation of Community managed Water Supply schemes and technically supporting for the rural pipe borne water supply sector through DNCWS for CBO managed Water supply schemes in the island wide.
Meanwhile, the RWS is designated as ‘Small Towns’ and acts as the focal point for the implementation of semi-urban or small town water supply schemes.
In addition, NWSDB Master Plan (NWSDB – Master Plan) and other Ministries and International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs) to prepare funded drinking water supply projects in small towns, villages by ( ST, RWS) Division contributed and implemented and they are as follows.
- NEPWASH (North and East Water Supply and Sanitation Project)- Mannar, Trincomalee
- Climate Resilient Integrated Water Management Project (CRIWMP) to adapt to climate change in dry zone areas under the Mahavali Development Program.
- School drinking water supply program in collaboration with the Department of Education
- Support for small and medium scale water supply in rural areas in accordance with the MoU between the Department of National Community Water Supply (DNCWS) and the National Water Supply Board (NWSDB) in coordination with the Water Supply and Sanitation Improvement Project (WaSSIP).
Presently, in this new role, the small towns, rural water division (ST, RWS) established at the head office will contribute to carry out the following activities with limited staff.
- Pipe line extension programme is implemented jointly by Climate Resilient Integrated Water Management Project (CRIWMP) and ST, RWS Section with community based approach.
- Preparation and update data of Island wide water supply coverage maps.
- Technical assistance for implementation of Rain Water harvesting Programme in Northern Province funded by Government of India.
- Coordinate with RSC’s providing drinking water supply facilities to government schools under World Bank Funds provided by Ministry of Education
- The initial investigation, preparation of designs, estimates are carried out for the implementation of drinking water supply facilities for temples with the request by Ministry of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs.
- Water management programme for Schools, Religious places, Government Organizations
Small Town & Rural Water, Sanitation Section (ST, RWS) Units by using the existing institutional setup of the NWSDB to ensure the sustainability of the existing Rural Water Supply systems.
● Training Manuals
01. Water Supply Scheme Management for Small Town CBOs (Sinhala)
02. Document for Handing Over Water Supply Schemes (Sinhala)
03. Document for Handing Over Water Supply Schemes – Villages (Sinhala)
04. Guideline for Calculating O&M Cost and Tariff Rates for Rural WSSs
05. Management Training Manual for CBOs and Beneficiaries [TM05.doc
– Annex 1 [TM05A1.xls
06. Sanitation Programme [-TM06.doc
07. Financial Management [-TM07.doc
08. Financial Management on CBO Construction Procedures [-TM08-doc
09. ප්රජා මූල සංවිධාන සඳහා වන අතුරු ව්යවස්ථා භාවිතය පිළිබඳ අත්පොත
● Guidelines for Rural Water & Sanitation
01. Guideline for Management of CBO and Beneficiary Training
– Annex 1 : Categories of CBO Training – Version 2
– Annex 6 : Payment of Resources personnel
02. Guideline for Procurement of Office Equipment for CBOs/CBO Forums
– Expenditure Statement Format
03. Guideline for Handing Over Waster Supply Scheme (Sinhala)
04. Guideline for Calculating O&M Cost and Tariff Rates for Rural WSSs
05. Guideline for Preparation of Handing Over Dossier
– Annex 1 : Sample Contents
06. Guideline for Management of Water Supply Schemes for CBOs (Sinhala)
– Annex 1 (Sinhala)
07. Guidelines for Preparation of Pre-Feasibility Reports
(Urban Schemes and Small Towns)
08. Guidelines for Estimating Capital Costs For Village Schemes
09. Cost Sharing in Rural Water Supply Projects
10. Guidelines for Community Participation in Implementation of Urban Water Supply
12.Guidelines for Source Identification and Flow Measurements, Rural Schemes
15. Guidelines for Public Awareness Campaign
16. Guidelines for Quality Control of Construction Works, Rural Water Supply
17. Guidelines for Planning and Implementation of Village Sanitation Programmes
18. Guidelines for Source Identification and Flow Measurements, Rural Schemes
19. Source Protection and Catchment Conservation Training Manual for Partner Organisations
20. Guidelines for Sub-Project Development -Vol. 2(Village Participatory Planning Process)
22. Guide lines for Test Pumping of Shallow and Deep Wells
23. Guidelines for Institutional Water Supply & Sanitation Component
● Publications
▸ Environmental
02. Ecological Sanitation (Tamil)
03. Ecological Sanitation (Sinhala)
04. Ecological Sanitation (English)
06. Water Heritage of Sri Lanka
11. Family Health Handbook (English)
12. Family Health Handbook (Tamil)
13. Water Safety Planning for Small
14. පස හා ජලය රැක ගැනීම හෙවත් පාංශු හා ජල සංරක්ෂණය
15. කාබනික පොහොර වල වැදගත්කම සහ කොම්පෝස්ට් පොහොර සැකසීම
16. ජල දූෂණය අවම කිරීම සඳහා ඒකාබද්ධ පළිබෝධ පාලනය
17. ජල සංරක්ෂණය සහ ජල දූෂණය අවම කිරීම සදහා ගෙවතු සංවර්ධනය හා ගෘහස්ත කටයුතු වැඩිදියුණු කිරීම
18. Traditional Plant Genetic Resources and Indigenous Knowledge Based Practices
19. පාරම්පරික ගොවිතැන් ක්රම සහ දේශීය ජාන සම්පත
20. ප්රති උත්පාදන කෘෂිකර්මය සදහා වූ අත්පොත
21. Handbook for Regenerative Agriculture
22. Handbook for Regenerative Agriculture
23. කාබනික ගෙවත්තට ප්රායෝගික අත්පොත
24. Ecological Solutions to Flush Toilet Failures
25. ජල ශෝධිත වැසිකිළි ගැටළු සඳහා පරිසර හිතකාමී විසඳුම්
▸ Technical
01. Guide on Artificial Recharge to Ground Water
03. A Water Harvesting Manual for Urban Areas
04. Water Statistics Hand Book
05. Rainwater Harvesting Practitioners Guide
06. ශ්රී ලංකාවේ වැසි ජලය රැස්කරන්නන් සඳහා අත්වැලක්
07. ශ්රී ලංකාවේ වැසි ජලය රැස්කරන්නන් සඳහා
08. Groundwater Quality Atlas of Sri Lanka
09. Gravity Water Supply Systems Design and Construction
10. Gravity Water Supply Systems Design and Construction
11. ජල පාරිභෝගික සමිති හා ප්රජා සහභාගිත්වය
12. නාගරික ප්රදේශ වල වැසි ජලය රැස්කිරීම
13. ජලයෙහි යකඩ ඉවත් කිරීමේ පෙරහන්
14. අත්පොම්ප භාරකරුවන් සඳහා නඩත්තු අත්පොත
16. අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්රික් ග්රාමීය ජල යෝජනා ක්රම විවෘත කිරීමේ වැඩසටහන
17. ADB Assisted 3rd WS&S Project
18. අත්පොම්ප භාරකරුවන් සඳහා නඩත්තු අත්පොත (ඉන්දියා මාර් ක් III)
20. වැසිකිළි ඉදිකිරීම් පිළිබද තාක්ෂණ අත්පොත
21. ADB Third (TWSSP) Final Report
22. ADB Third (TWSSP) Final Report – Part II
23. Planning of Intake Structures
24. Kubota Pump Hand Book – Vol. 2
25. Kubota Pump Hand Book – Vol. 1 Technical Manual
26. ගුරුත්ව ජල සම්පාදන පද්ධති සැලසුම් කිරීම, ඉදි කිරීම හා ප්රමිතිකරණය
27. Manual – 6: Wire-Reinforced-Cement Mortar
28. ෆෙරෝ සිමෙන්ති තාක්ෂණය හා භාවිතය
29. අත්පොම්ප කාර්මික මහතුන් සදහා වන උපදෙස් හා මාර්ගෝපදේශ
30. Manual – Higher Capacity Ferrocement Tanks
31. ක්රමානුකූලව වැසි ජල පද්ධතියක් ඉදි කිරීමේ ක්රමවේදය
32. Toilet Construction Hand Book (Tamil)
33. Technical Note No. RWS 3.P.1 Determining the Need for Water Treatment
34. Technical Note No. RWS 1.P.2 Conducting Of Sanitation Observation For Acceptable Water Source
35. Technical Note No. RWS 3.P.4 Planning A Water Treatment System
37. අපේ ගමට ජල යෝජනා ක්රමයක් සාදාගනිමු
38. Typical Designs for Engineering Components in Rural Water Supply
▸ International Conferences
01. Third International Conference on Community and Water Services
02. Third International Conference on Community and Water Services
03. Seconds International Conference on Community and Water Services
04. 5th South Asian Conference on Sanitation
05. 6th Inter-country Working Group Meeting
▸ Booklets Leaflets
Books
Leaflets
01. Household Water Disinfectant
02. Household Water Disinfectant (SINHALA)
03. Household Water Disinfectant (TAMIL)
04. Every Drop Wasted is a Drop Wanted
05. ජලයේ ගුණාත්මකභාවය පිළිඹද ගැටළු
06. ජල මුද්රිත සෝදා හරින වැසිකිලිය
07. අඩු වියදම් ෆෙරෝ සිමෙන්ති ටැංකි
12. Safety of Drinking Water (TAMIL)
14. Water Saving Tips (Sinhala)
15. වැසිකිලි වල පිහිටුවීමේ කරුණු
17. ග්රාමීය ජල සම්පාදන ක්රම විධිමත්ව පවත්වාගෙන යාමට
19. දැයේ දරුවන් වෙනුවෙන් අපි අවදියෙන් සිටිමු
20. නිසි පරිදි අත් සේදීමේ පිළිවෙල
21.Every Drop Wasted is a Drop Wanted (TAMIL)
● Policies
03. Kathmandu Declaration (SACOSAN V)
04. Colombo Declaration (SACOSAN IV)
05. Kandy Declaration by SAARC Ministers
06. Kandy Declaration by SAARC Ministers (Sinhala)
07. National Rain Water Policy and Strategies (English)
08. National Rain Water Policy and Strategies (Sinhala)
09. National Rain Water Policy and Strategies (Tamil)
10. Amendment to the Planning and Building Regulations
11. 1986 of the Urban Development
12. Authority – Urban Development Authority
13. National Policy for Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Sector
Photo Gallery
1. Activities Carried out by Head Office
2. Activities Carried Out by District RWS Units
Video Gallery
National Water Supply & Drainage Board
Thelawala Road, Ratmalana
Deputy General Manager
Email: dgmrws@gmail.com