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Water Safety
Conference 2010
An Emerging Institutional
Framework for Safe Water in
Sri Lanka
3rd November 2010
Ananda Jayaweera,
WES Specialist,
Ministry of Water Supply & Drainage
OUT LOOK for WATER QUALITY
Sri Lanka has the the 24th hihest
population density
85% of the population use on site sanitation
At least 20% of the population depends on informal
water supply
Competing uses of water
Diffused pollution
Large population using shallow wells, vulnerable
to contamination
Chronic kidney disease in NCP
all research inconclusive
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Diminishing Water Availability
Percapita Water Availability Cum/Year
25000
Cum/P
20000
15000
Series1
Series2
10000
5000
0
1860
1880
1900
1920
1940
1960
1980
2000
2020
Year
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Growth of Piped Water Supply
1,200,000
1,000,000
Number of Connections
800,000
Domestic
600,000
Others
400,000
200,000
0
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
Years
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Present status of Sanitation 87% Improved
Water sealed toilets with septic tanks
38 %
Water sealed with cesspit disposal
(direct/off pit)
27 %
Pit/other
20 %
Pipe borne
No or Substandard toilets
2%
13 %
Impact of Water Contamination
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Events that Influenced Institutional Change
Event
Text
Disaster
Hazard
Challenge
Impact/
Out come
Indian Ocean
Tsunami
2004
30,000 deaths
Over 200,000
families
affected
Wells in the
coastal belt in
5 districts
polluted
Displaced were
in 322 TSS
camps
W&S for TSS
and
Resettlemen
ts, relocated
in remote
areas
No out breaks of
diseases
WQ- focus
Upgrade
laboratories H2S
kits
Pilot WSP and
District
Committees
Conflict in
North East
Sri Lanka
2009/10
Nearly
300,000 IDP
in a remote
location
services
required
urgently
Temporary
shelters in 14
camps,
Continuous
supply of
Drinking
water, wash
water,
sanitation
services to
280,000
people.
Water Safety
Intervention to
protect water
quality provide ,
WPTFOR
Supplied
Drinking and
wash water
separately
Diseases
Conference
prevented
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Events That Influenced Change
Event
Disaster
Hazard
Outbreak of
Viral Hepatitis
in Gampola
2007
2000
affected,
261
hospitalized.
Water source
pollution due
to poor
sanitation
The wrath
for the
epidemic
was directly
leveled at
the Water
Board
Challenge
Implement
Water Safety
Plans,
Chlorination
of
Drinking
community
water wells & schemes.
School WS
Correct
contaminated misinformati
on
Impact/
Outcome
Collaboration
between
Health and
Water sector
for WQSS.
Joint cabinet
paper.
Established
national and
district
committees
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Legal Framework
food and Drug Act
The act has provision to regulate and control of
any food manufactured, imported, sold and
distributed for human consumption .
food means any article manufactured, sold or
represented for use as food or drink for human
beings and includes any article which ordinarily
enters into or is used in the composition or
preparation of food”
“
Food Advisory Committee chaired by DG Health services
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Institutional Framework for Water Quality Surveillance
National Steering Committee
(Food Act) Policy and Direction
M of H&N,M of WS&D,CEA, M of PC&LG M of UD&SAD
NWS&DB
CBO s
LAA/UC/MC
Feed back
Others
District/WQSS
Committee
Service Providers
RE,RDHS
Div S,PHI
CEA
NWSDB
DSU
Laboratory
WHO / UNICEF
M of H&N
My of WS&D
CEA
SLS
Data Base
Laboratory
services
National Quality
Assurance Panel
Capacity Building
reporting
Catchments
to Consumer
Technical
Support
Review and
Remedy
Regulatory
WQSS
Water Safety Plans and Monitoring of Implementation
National WATSAN
Coordination
Group
Emergency
coordination
National Water
Quality
Steering
Committee
MDG
Monitoring
Committee
unicef
Inter-ministerial
operational
Committee
for SWAP
WASH Cluster
National
Health Based
WQSC
District Water
Sanitation
Coordination
Cluster
District WQSS
Committee
Policy Working
Group
Urban WS
Rural WS
Sanitation
Drinking Water
Quality
What has been achieved?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Upgraded laboratories of NWSDB & M of Health
Introduced WSP for Tsunami resettled people- RWH
Established national & District WQS Committees.
Established National Committee for Health Based WQS SC
Drinking Water Supply Policy
WSP for piped schemes
WQ monitoring for CBO
Joint cabinet paper & M oU Water & Health Sector
Agreement with NWSDB for free testing of samples
Revised PHI manual and updated WQ analysis procedures
circular
11. National Water Safety week
Percentage of Unsatisfactory samples
3.5
3
% Unsatisfactory
2.5
2
Series1
1.5
1
0.5
0
May
June
July
Conclusion
“Our ancestors did not pollute the water, therefore
they did not have to treat water”
Expand the scope of Water Safety Plans to cover the
population who depends on the informal water supply
to ensure safety of their drinking water – This would
help to differ large investments for expensive systems
for which the financial & water resources are hard to
secure.
Rain Water Harvesting Tank- Catchments to Consumer
Catchment
Consumer
Consumer
Piloting WSP
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