The Small Town & Rural Water, Sanitation Section (ST, RWS) of the National Water Supply & Drainage Board, is providing water supply and sanitation facilities in small towns and rural areas. It is headed by the Deputy General Manager (ST, RWS) under the purview of one Assistant General Manager to assist him with other staff. This section is obtained from the facilities from regionally operated RWS staff support with the assistance of the DGM (RSCs) with the guidance of the Additional General Manager (Water Supply Projects).
The key functions of the ST,RWS are briefed below.
- Provide water supply and sanitation facilities to rural areas, schools, health centers, and religious places.
- Mostly consider the non-pipe-born coverage areas.
- Coordinate with donor agencies to formulate rural water supply projects and implement the project with the assistance of Regional Support Centers (RSC).
- Provide technical assistance to the Department of National Community Water Supply (DNCWS) for the formulation of projects, Designs, Procurement works, and guidance and support services on Construction issues.
- Training program and Technical guidance for Community-Based Organizations (CBO) for Operation and Maintenance of Water supply systems.
- Taking over the CBO scheme to NWSDB according to the approved guidelines and integrating it into the NWSDB main network system.
- Preparation of Policies, Guidelines, and manuals for Rural Water Related Activities.
- Provide necessary assistance to the Rainwater Harvesting System
● 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
08. Financial Management on CBO Construction Procedures
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
Completed Projects
PROVIDING DRINKING WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES TO GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS
Implementation of drinking water supply facilities for government schools is carried out under the Contingent Emergency Response Components Pooled Arrangements of World Bank Funded Investment Projects (CERC) through the Ministry of Education (MoE) with the support of National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB).
This project has been planned to provide safe drinking water to schools all over the island which are situated in very remote areas. Accordingly, this project has been handed over to the Small Towns, Rural Water & Sanitation Section (ST, RWS) of NWSDB to implement the programme.
Under this programme, 317 rural schools all over the island were provided safe drinking water for a total cost of Rs. 450.0 million including 10% NWSDB overhead.
Project Coverage Area and Financial Status
The project is carried out in all districts and provincial areas in the country.
No | RSC | Schools |
1 | Western North | 2 |
2 | Western South | 2 |
3 | Southern | 18 |
4 | Eastern | 38 |
5 | Sabaragamuwa | 22 |
6 | Central | 14 |
7 | North | 65 |
8 | North Central | 61 |
9 | North Western | 66 |
10 | Uva | 29 |
| Total (Rs.) | 317 |
Project Cost
Description | Amount (Rs. Mn) |
Total Amount Received from MoE | 450.0 |
Total Project Cost | 409.0 |
NWSDB 10% Over Head | 41.0 |
Funding Agency
World Bank Funded Investment Projects (CERC) through the Ministry of Education (MoE)
Main Activities
- Groundwater investigation & identification of water sources
- Construction of intake/dug well/ tube well
- Laying of transmission and distribution lines
- Water treatment process
- Supply & installation of RO Plants/ Pumps if required
- Supply & installation of storage tanks
ST, RWS Role
The ST,RWS Section coordinates with RSCs and Ground Water Section to carry out the project management activities to implement the school programme. It included,
- Project planning, budgeting, disbursement of project funds, and managing in an efficient, effective & transparent manner
- Furnishing financial reports & technical reports
Progress review and completion of the program on scheduled time and agreed budget
World Bank Funded School Programme (Report)
Projects in Progress
1- COMMUNITY INVOLVED WATER SUPPLY EXTENSION PROGRAM – NWSDB & CRIWMP
The program provided drinking water supply facilities to 26,700 beneficiaries residing in 5500 households through the installation of 218 km of community-involved pipe laying.
Funding Agency: The Climate Resilient Integrated Water Management Project (CRIWMP)
Project Amount: Rupees 280 million
Project Coverage Area: The program was implemented within the Malwatu Oya and Mi Oya river basins, and CRIWMP project districts of Anuradhapura, Kurunegala, Puttalam, and Vavuniya. Sub-project areas are selected as Rambe, Serugasyaya, Pohorawaththa, Hangamuwa, Pidivilla, Karavitagara, Udayandulawa, PeriyakulWam, WayaUlpatha, Kelawa, Demunnewa, Karagahawewa, Puthiya Kathapuram, Tharanikulam, Maravankulam, and Parannaddakal.
STRWSS Role: ST, RWS Section’s primary responsibility was Financial Management and progress review of the technical works of the program. It included
- Project planning, budgeting, and disbursement of project funds
- Obtaining funds from the CRIWMP and managing in an efficient, effective, and transparent manner
- Maintaining books and records for financial transactions and technical data
- Furnishing financial reports/technical reports to the CRIWMP and NWSDB
- Submission of monthly financial/technical progress reports to the CRIWMP
- Overall coordination and monitoring of financial /technical activities and any other requests relating to the CRIWMP
- Progress review and completion of the program on scheduled time and agreed budget
2- IMPLEMENTATION OF ADVANCE WATER FILTER SYSTEMS (RO/NANO) IN SCHOOLS AND HEALTH CENTERS
The Climate Resilient Integrated Water Management Project (CRIWMP) has been initiated by the Irrigation Department under UNDP funding. Under this project, some of the dry zonal areas schools and Health Centers have been selected by CRIWMP. These schools and health centers are suffering without drinking water facilities. The project has been handed over to ST, RWS section to provide drinking water facilities to the identified schools and health centers.
The CRIWMP is planned to implement advanced filters in schools and health centers in Kurunegala, Puttalam, Mannar, Vauniya, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, and Trincomalee Districts.
S/No |
District | Phase I | Phase II | |
Number of Schools | Number of Hospitals | Number of Schools | ||
1 | Kurunegala | 5 | 1 | 4 |
2 | Puttalam | 6 | 4 | 2 |
3 | Mannar | 6 | – | 4 |
4 | Vauniya | 7 | – | – |
5 | Anuradhapura | – | – | 3 |
6 | Polonnaruwa | – | – | 5 |
7 | Trincomalee | – | – | 2 |
| Total | 24 | 5 | 20 |
Water Supply Facilities Needed Schools/ Health Centers
Main Activities
The following major activities were carried out by the respective RSCs with the assistance of ST,RWS.
- Identification of reliable water sources and conducting the necessary water quality tests.
- Carried out Designing of the water supply system, Procurement works, and Supervision works.
- Supply and Installation of Advance Water Filtering Systems (RO/NANO) and commissioning.
- Arrange training for the staff and relevant officials regarding operational and maintenance works of the Water Purification systems.
- Initiation and guide the sustainability of the project. By implementing maintenance agreements with contractors and relevant authorities.
Funding Agency: Financing from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) through the Climate Resilient Integrated Water Management Project (CRIWMP).
Project Amount: Rs. 90.0 million
ST, RWS Role:
- Project planning, budgeting, and disbursement of project funds
- Obtaining funds from the CRIWMP and managing in an efficient, effective, and transparent manner
- Maintaining and furnishing financial reports/technical reports to the CRIWMP and NWSDB
- Progress review and completion of the program on scheduled time and agreed budget
3- FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS FOR SELECTED ESTATE SECTORS IN GALLE, MATARA & BADULLA DISTRICTS.
The Ministry of Water Supply & Estate Infrastructure Development has initiated the program to provide water supply facilities in estate areas to increase the rural water supply coverage and decrease the poverty level of the estate population. The estate area people don’t have sufficient direct water supply facilities and they are using springs or dug wells water without any treatment process.
For this purpose, initially, it is necessary to carry out technical feasibility, designs, and estimates for water supply to selected estates in the Plantation Sector.
Project coverage Area
S/No | Estate Name | District |
1 | Nahavilla | Badulla |
2 | Uduwara | |
3 | Dambetenna | |
4 | Dammeria A | |
5 | Liyangahawela | |
6 | Battawatta | |
7 | Uva Ketawala | |
8 | Thalanagaha | Galle |
9 | Nakiyadeniya | |
10 | Beverly | Matara |
11 | Wilpita |
Funding Agency: A suitable funding arrangement needs to be arranged for the implementation of this project.
Main Activities: Main Activities vary as per the number of households, type & quality of water sources available in the estates, and the treatment process, etc.
ST, RWS Role: Small Towns, Rural Water Sanitation Section has planned to conduct feasibility studies for the Galle, Matara, and Badulla districts.
National Water Supply & Drainage Board
Thelawala Road, Ratmalana
Deputy General Manager (Act)
Email: dgmrws@gmail.com