Water supply may be restricted amid dry weather: NWSDB

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Colombo, March 30 (Daily Mirror) - Water supply may have to be restricted for several hours a day over the next two to three weeks owing to the prevailing dry and drought conditions in the country, Chairman of the National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB), Chandana Bandara warned.

Adressing the media, Bandara said “We have not yet implemented water cuts; however, the prevailing weather conditions could make it difficult to maintain a continuous 24-hour water supply in the coming weeks.

Furthemore, Bandara noted that rainfall is expected in the coming days and urged the public to use the available water reserves sparingly until the situation improves.

“Although the production capacity of major water treatment plants, including the Ambatale Water Treatment Plant, has not been affected so far, water supply to high-elevation areas has already been reduced to low-pressure levels,” he added.

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Sokrates Monday, 30 March 2026 01:27 PM

We’ve been without municipal water in our area of Nuwara Eliya for four days now. No water bowers have been seen on our street yet. It’s a good thing I have access to a deep well. I don’t know what the other people on the street are getting up to. It’s certainly a case of very poor water management.

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RanjithT Monday, 30 March 2026 04:33 PM

Excellent and very encouraging news. Since comrades took power country has gone from one crisis to a another. Yet we have not seen a single concrete step towards development. Mantra of digital age and renovating old structures is not development strategy. Vomrad3s don't appear to have a sense of urgency. Governance is not like development chats on culverts along a country road.

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Lalla Tuesday, 31 March 2026 07:24 PM

Ban usage on pipe borne water for purposes like gardening.

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