Water Board responds to pictures of water pipeline filled with gunk

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.