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Strategies adopted for sustained water supply and sanitation through community participation in Sri Lanka
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posted on 2018-02-12, 15:09 authored by I.V.W. EdiriweeraWith the dawn of the new millennium, the Sri Lankan Government has set the goal of providing access to safe drinking
water and basic sanitation to all its 20 million population by year 2025. The ensuing Water and Sanitation Sector reform
program aims to achieve these targets through direct local authority and community participation in the design, construction,
operation and ownership of schemes using a range of new sector concepts. The Community Water Supply and
Sanitation Project I (1993-1998), which was implemented on a pilot basis, was rated in 2000 by the World Bank as its best
managed and implemented rural water supply and sanitation project worldwide. This project has formed the cornerstone
upon which the structure of subsequent projects were developed using the lessons learnt and benefits reaped. As a part
of the current 2nd Community Water Supply and Sanitation Project, which commenced in 2003, an optimum project cycle
has been formulated incorporating five purpose-driven Action Plans, details of which are described in this paper.
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EDIRIWEERA, I.V.W., 2005. Strategies adopted for sustained water supply and sanitation through community participation in Sri Lanka. IN: Kayaga, S. (ed). Maximising the benefits from water and environmental sanitation: Proceedings of the 31st WEDC International Conference, Kampala, Uganda, 31 October-4 November 2005, pp. 153-156.Publisher
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