• All water purification plants and pump houses are powered by electricity

By Chaturanga Samarawickrama

Water supply will be interrupted during power cuts due to fuel shortage and thereby the consumers will face numerous inconveniences, convener of the Water Supply Trade Union’s Collective Alliance, Upali Ratnayake said.   

He said all water purification plants and pump houses are powered by electricity. During power cuts, those facilities would stop functioning and the process of purifying drinking water will be hampered. “There is no alternative power generation source to operate purification plants and pump houses during power cuts,” he said.   

Therefore, the union requested relevant authorities to take pertinent measures to operate water purification plants and powerhouses during power cuts in order to avoid inconvenience caused to the consumers.