Sri Lanka to provide fresh water to entire population by 2010
[22 Mar 2001]

Sri Lanka aims to provide fresh drinking water to its entire population by the year 2010 and is expected to provide one million water connections by that year, Urban Development, Construction and Public Utilities Minister Mangala Samaraweera said at a function to mark International Water Day.

The international theme for this year is ‘water and health’. Currently, only thirty percent of Sri Lankans consume fresh drinking water.

Over 90% of the water resources in Sri Lanka are used for agricultural purposes.

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