Knowledge Sharing Session Anuradhapura – Awareness Raising Project by LCF

Denoted by UN, the world is under an extreme threat from the growing population with its simultaneously increasing demands for agriculture and the worsening impacts of the climatic changes. 29 percent of the global population in 2017 reported to have no access to drinking water free from contaminations. Even worse, 11 percent of the global population lacked even basic drinking water services. Taking Sri Lanka’s condition into consideration, only 57.7 percent of the population has access to a pipe borne water. The remaining population depends upon other methods such as protected dug wells, rainwater harvesting systems and nearby public point sources. Amidst the ongoing droughts which emerges in dry zones which covers 70 percent of the land area in Sri Lanka, UN denotes that safe water continuous to be a crucial issue in areas such as Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Puttalam, Kurunegala, and Vavuniya

In extension to this disclosure, LCF took initiatives to hold a knowledge sharing session, particularly targeting Anuradhapura District in North Central province Sri Lanka. During this session, LCF was capable of passing a great knowledge to the paticipants on using Nano Technology for Water Treatments. Particularly, the resource persons were Ms Malki Ranasinghe & Mr Kasun Rathnayake representing ABC Aqua Science. In the future, we hope to educate the public as well as the relevant authorities further on latest technological innovations which can be utilized to upgrade the standards of living of Sri Lankans through systematic and comprehensive practical exposures.