With groundwater having been contaminated, there was an urgent need for the continuous supply of drinking water. SSGF contributed to this effort by funding water projects in villages in affected coastal districts.
A typical case is the water project that is progressing fast at Kuruppukanda in Godagama. The 21-member CBO was provided with Rs 650,000 (US$ 6,370)* to dig a 24-foot deep well, from which water will be pumped using a 2-HP pump to an overhead 10,000-litre PVC tank. The CBO has decided on PVC because, based on research that they carried out, it was discovered that cement tanks spring leaks after some time.
The programme will make water accessible to thirty houses that comprise a post-tsunami settlement, which has been dependent on bowsers until now. Three public water taps also feature in the plans and have been incorporated in the funding.
Thereafter, members of the CBO have decided to lay pipelines to each house and share that cost between themselves. The cost of electricity for pumping water will also be borne by the CBO out of the members’ contributions – without depending on grants.
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* All conversions have been effected at the exchange rate prevailing on December 30th 2005: US$ 1 = SL Rs 102.09
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