Sierra helps CKD prone communities get clean water

People in two Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) prone areas in the Anuradhapura and Trincomalee districts can feel safer following the donation by Sierra Construction (Pvt) Ltd of two Reverse Osmosis (RO) plants for the purification of water.

This project is one of Sierra's corporate social responsibility initiatives in response to an official request made by the Presidential Task Force on the Prevention of Chronic Kidney Disease which is a burning issue in the North Central Province and several other areas, the company said in a media release.

The donated Reverse Osmosis plants have been commissioned in the Thalawa Divisional Secretariat (DS) division in the Anuradhapura District and the Gomarankadawala Divisional Secretariat division in the Trincomalee District.

The project is a collaboration between Sierra Construction (Pvt) Ltd and the National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB), it said.

"This CSR project will provide safe drinking water to around 2,000 people in each area and improve the quality of life in these CKD affected areas. Each Reverse Osmosis plant has the capacity of 10m3/day to purify up to 10,000 litres of water per day," said Anura Premarathne, Chief Operating Officer (Water Supply and Sewerage) at Sierra Construction Pvt Ltd.

The control room and the two RO plants commissioned are sourced from PureAqua Inc of the US which is a leading manufacturer of water treatment and reverse osmosis systems. The purification plants have been transferred to Community Based Organisations (CBOs) of the beneficiary villages.

Sierra and the NWSDB will closely monitor the operations of CBOs, the company said.