Reverse Osmosis plants declared open for community use in Anuradhapura
 

Acting upon the directives of Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne, the Sri Lanka Navy has been implementing a number of community service programmes focusing on the wellbeing of civilian population. As part of one such initiative, two Reverse Osmosis (RO) plants installed at Kumbukwewa and Kohombagaskada areas in Anuradhapura were declared open for community use today (15). The two new facilities are capable of providing safe drinking water for 450 and 470 families in Kumbukwewa and Kohombagaskada areas respectively. The safe compartments, in which the RO systems are housed, were constructed by the naval Civil Engineers under the supervision of Commander North Central Naval Area, Rear Admiral Merril Wickramasinghe.

The financial provision for the two RO systems, was made by the Presidential Task Force on Prevention of Kidney Diseases and Sirasa Media Network, while its construction was undertaken by Sri Lanka Navy’s Research and Development Unit. Realizing the grave need for having more Reverse Osmosis plants in areas which are prone to Chronic Interstitial Nephritis, Sri Lanka Navy’s Research and Development Unit is very much instrumental in developing more RO systems for the use of needy people. Accordingly they had installed 52 Reverse Osmosis facilities across the country to date. Further, the Navy had initiated a timely progrmme to make the general public aware of Chronic Interstitial Nephritis in Agricultural Communities (CINAC) to coincide with the installation of RO plants.