Cultural and Religious

Providing safe drinking water and access to sanitation services is an essential fundamental elements of the government's programmme for economic and social development of Sri Lanka. While coverage levels and service quality have improved maredly over the past decade the nned for water sanitation (including pipe borne sewerage infrastructure) ensure equitable access to the citizens throughout the country.

Objectrives

1.Reform the structure for service provision to provide incentives for efficiency,attract private sector participation, improve accountability, and support community involvement while ensuring adequate provision for income urban and rual consumers.

2. Bring the water sector under the regulatory and institutional framework of public utilities by setting out clear roles and resposibilities among government agencies and service providers that creates a transerant,fair and stable regulatory environment that is based on clear principles an procedures.

Investments

Galle

Greater Galle - 126800

Galle Augmentation -

12500

Matara

improvments to weligama WSS - 1000

Akuressa WSS - 2000

Hambanthota

Hambanthota rural WSS(ADB)

263667

Implementation Programme 2004 - 2007

Galle 2007 2009

Greater

Galle 3328000

Amba'da 328170 57340

Matara

Improvements to Matara

WSS stage III

1500000 200000

Hambanthota

Ranna Urban WSS (ADB III)

583000 300000

Southern Provincial Council

To guide the growth of the water and sanitation sector,the Ministry of Housing and plantation infrastructures has developed an overarching policy framework for the sector. this policy provides guidance for government agencies including provincial council & local authorities,lending institutions, and other community based organizations, non governmenal organizations involved in water supply and sanitation services to the design quality, and implementation of programs and investment strategies to achive the coverage,service quality, and cost recovery objectives of the GOSL.