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Water Quality Surveillance System and Water Safety Plans

Sri Lanka WASH Coalition
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Sri Lanka
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2010
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Summary

In 2010, the Sri Lanka Coalition established a water quality surveillance (WQS) system and water safety plans. This required raising awareness and strengthening laboratory facilities. Communities and authorities became aware of the quality of water they consumed and the types of preventive measures and further improvements required. The Coalition made a number of recommendations including guidance and encouragement of operators for continuous water quality improvements, sampling by an independent authority, household water treatment where system treatment is not feasible, and water safety plans to pave path for prevention of pollution.

About the author

The Sri Lankan WASH coalition is part of the national group, comprising government agencies, several national and international non-government organizations (NGOs), and United Nations organizations. The Coalition works to raise awareness of WASH issues and to achieve water, sanitation and hygiene for all by 2025 and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. It aims to achieve reliable and sustainable services and socio-economic well-being, with special emphasis on the poor.

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