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National Water Supply & Drainage Board (NWS&DB) is a Statutory Board established by National State Assembly of the Republic of Sri Lanka under Law No. 2 of 1974. During the past 35 years, water supply facilities have been improved in urban and rural areas and have objectives of reaching 75% of population to have access to safe drinking water by year 2025.
There are more than 1.2 million domestic piped water connections maintained by NWS&DB. In addition to that, community water supply projects local authority schemes cover more than 800,000 domestic water supply connections. Individual water supply facilities also are available in various parts of the country with in-house water and sanitation facilities, such as, washrooms, toilets etc. |
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