— Only 10 percent of rural
households and just under 29 percent
of total households in Sri Lanka
have access to tap water, but the
National Water Supply and Drainage
Board aims to improve that percentage by 2015 to meet the country's
Millennium Development Goals.
About 46,000 households in rural
Sri Lanka now have access to safe
water supply. It is estimated that
74 percent of rural Sri Lankans
have access to improved water
sources while this number is 81
percent in South Asia as a whole.
Fresh water sources per capita
are at 2,575 cubic meters in Sri
Lanka, while they are only 1,255
in South Asia as a whole...
Safe Drinking Water Coverage in Sri Lanka Needs Improvement
17 Sep 2007 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka
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