15 reverse osmosis plants bestowed on the public under the guidance of the Presidential Task Force on Prevention of Chronic Kidney Disease
 

Utilizing the funds provided by the Presidential Task Force on Prevention of Chronic Kidney Disease, the Sri Lanka Navy, the Sri Lanka Army and the Sri Lanka Customs, another 15 reverse osmosis plants, designed by the Navy’s Research and Development Unit, were vested in the general public. The installation of RO plants to provide clean drinking water to people is yet another welfare project of the Sri Lanka Navy.

Accordingly, the reverse osmosis plants, installed in the villages of Senevigama, Dikyaya, Kudalunuka, Keselpoth North, Nagadeepa 6 B and Morana in Ridimaliyadda locality, provide clean drinking water respectively to 220, 180, 170, 210, 240 and 210 households. Resident Bikkhus and 288 households benefit from the RO plant installed at the Oyamaduawa temple while the one installed at the Sri Gangaramaya in Galenbindunuweva provides clean drinking water to the Maha Sangha resident at the temple as well as 205 families living in the area.

Further, four RO plants were installed for the Sri Lanka Army’s Gajaba Regiment in Pulmudai, Muhudubadapattu Nandikadal SLA cantonment in Vavuniya, Special Forces Camp in Mannar and 54th Brigade in Mannar, providing clean drinking water to 700, 520, 670 and 740 army personnel respectively. 130 families benefit from the RO plant installed in the village of Walpola in Medawachchiya while 2,347 students receive clean water from the one installed at the D.S. Senanayake Primary School in Anuradhapura.

The Navy has been able to provide clean drinking water to 123,109 families, 89,537 students and 3,605 army personnel from the 275 RO plants installed so far. As a key partner of the national effort to eradicate chronic kidney disease, the Navy plans to install more such reverse osmosis plants in order to provide the general public with clean drinking water.