Water Board responds to pictures of water pipeline filled with gunk

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Colombo, June 20, (Daily Mirror) - Responding to images circulated on social media depicting a water pipeline filled with gunk, claimed to be in Sri Lanka, the National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) denied the existence of such pipelines in Sri Lanka.

In a statement, the NWSDB clarified that the pipelines depicted in the pictures are from Thailand, not Sri Lanka.

The images are being falsely linked to the incident of the bursting of a transmission pipeline from the Kalatuwawa treatment plant on June 17, it said.

Following the burst of the pipeline, water supply was interrupted for thousands of households in multiple areas.

However, there is no connection between the transmission pipeline burst and the images circulating on social media, it added.

Furthermore, the NWS&DB assured that the water supplied by the National Water Supply and Drainage Board undergoes a thorough purification process before being provided to consumers. It is regularly tested in laboratories and meets all relevant standards.

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Denys Thursday, 20 June 2024 05:47 PM

That picture is a true picture of what's inside water pipes unless they are cleaned regularly.Its a build up of all the minerals in the water plus what's added to the water in the treatment process.I know as I have been in the water industry for over 40 years

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Aging population crisis Thursday, 20 June 2024 06:44 PM

Thats a relief to hear. After drinking water from these pipes we Sri Lankans yet end up living an average age of 72 years (males) and 80 years (females). Perhaps the pipes should be left as it is then.

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Denys Friday, 21 June 2024 05:06 AM

May be the rich ones that drink the bottle water.I suppose the kidney problems in sri lanka is all a fantasy.

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Chandragupta Thursday, 20 June 2024 06:48 PM

True picture, it is true. But in Thailand. Deny may be in the water industry for 40 years, but not in the English language industry.

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Denys Friday, 21 June 2024 04:40 AM

Guptar, I can teach you a thing ortwo in English language.Stick to chasing the bullocks.

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Gamini Wijesuriya Thursday, 20 June 2024 06:57 PM

Pipelines should be cleaned regularly. Otherwise, collection of sludge is inevitable. I don't see it happening in Sri Lanka. Purification is well and good, but the transmission lines between the purification plants and the end users too need to be cleaned to assure quality.

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Kumar Thursday, 20 June 2024 11:44 PM

This is caused by surface or ground water seeping in when the internal pressure of the pipe has dropped, due to constant water pipe maintenance, lowering of the pressure, etc. The reservoirs have a filtration system so "gunk" does not come from the reservoirs. And nowhere do they "clean installed water mains", as some suggest.

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Op Friday, 21 June 2024 04:19 AM

I live overseas and usually our water bills have breakdowns of costs associated. The cost of maintenance of waterways and drainage is a fixed cost for each quarter and is lot higher than actual water usage.

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Sambo Friday, 21 June 2024 08:50 AM

How can you prove that this pipe line is from Thailand. The truth is always denied in Sri Lanka.

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Sameera Gunawardana Friday, 21 June 2024 11:00 PM

If a thorough purification is undergone, how are we getting brown coloured water through NWS

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