RWH in News
RWH in News
A list of news and articles related to rain water harvesting and Forum activities in local newspapers are listed below. These include items published in English and in Sinhala languages. The link to the relevant web page is provided whenever available (Sinhala fonts may be required to read Sinhala articles).
English Articles
- Rainwater harvesting can revolutionises access to clean water in Sri Lanka – LRWHF View http://island.lk/rainwater-harvesting-can-revolutionises-access-to-clean-water-in-sri-lanka-lrwhf/
- Rainwater harvesting: Better alternative to seawater desalination for Jaffna Peninsula (30 January 2024) View https://island.lk/rainwater-harvesting-better-alternative-to-seawater-desalination-for-jaffna-peninsula/
- Rainwater Harvesting : Rainwater harvesting promotion project in six districts (22 October 2023)
View https://www.sundayobserver.lk/2023/10/22/news-features/7297/rainwater-harvesting-promotion-project-in-six-districts/
- Rainwater Harvesting : Prime Minister calls for accelerated efforts to save water run-off (31 March 2023)
View https://www.ft.lk/sustainability__environment/Prime-Minister-calls-for-accelerated-efforts-to-save-water-run-off/10519-746909 - Rainwater Harvesting : Reviving an Age-Old Practice (Daily News, 12-08-2019)
View http://http://www.dailymirror.lk
- Rainwater Harvesting Project Nears Completion (The Sunday Times, 11-08-2019)
View http://http://www.sundaytimes.lk
- Rain Water Harvesting Funded by USAID Brings Relief to Thousands in Drought Prone Areas (The Island, 10-08-2019)
View http://http://www.island.lk
- Free and Pure : Bringing Safe Drinking Water to Drought and Flood Prone Areas (Sunday Observer, 04-08-2019)
View http://http://www.sundayobserver.lk
- Overcoming Droughts Through Rainwater Harvesting (Ceylon Today, 28-07-2019)
View http:// www.ceylontoday.lk/
- Rain Water Harvesting Project Brings Relief to Drought Affected Districts (Times Online, 24-07-2019)
View http:// www. sundaytimes.lk/
- Rain Water Harvesting Brings Relief to Four Drought and Flood Affected Districts (Daily FT, 22-07-2019)
View http:// www.ft.lk/
- Rainwater Harvesting : Saving Water for the Future (The Sunday Morning, 21-07-2019)
View http:// www. epaper.themorning.lk /
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World Water Day – March 22: Leaving no one behind. (Daily Mirror, 01-04-2019)
View http://www.dailymirror.lk
- ‘H2O’, ‘Money and Water’ and ‘Hope through a Hole’: Three films that said it all on Water Day. (Sunday Times, 17-03-2019)
View http://www.sundaytimes,lk - Lanka loses loses 60 per cent of rain water to sea as runoff (The Island, 29-11-2018)
View http://island.lk - International Conference on Rainwater (Daily Ceylon – Tamil – 26-11-2018)
View http://www.dailyceylon.com/172721 - Rain water harvesting system for Moneragala school (Ceylon Today, 23-06-2017)
View: http://www.ceylontoday.lk/print20170401CT20170630.php?id=23901 - Conserve fresh water; rain is not bad weather – EDITORIAL – (Daily Mirror, 26-05-2017)
View: http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Conserve-fresh-water-rain-is-not-bad-weather-EDITORIAL-129674.html - Better handling of bad weather (Daily News, 03-05-2017) View: http://dailynews.lk/2017/05/03/features/114789/better-handling-bad-weather
- Rainwater harvesting: Resource guaranteed for the underprivileged (Daily News, 22-03-2017)
View: http://dailynews.lk/2017/03/22/features/111126/rainwater-harvesting-resource-guaranteed-underprivileged - Rain water harvesting brings relief to parched lands (The Sunday Times, 22-01-2017)
View: http://www.sundaytimes.lk/170122/plus/rain-water-harvesting-brings-relief-to-parched-lands-225423.html - Rainwater Harvesting: why wait till next drought? (Daily Mirror, 10-10-2016)
View: http://www.dailymirror.lk/117147/Rainwater-Harvesting-why-wait-till-next-drought- - Rainwater Harvesting: The world relied on for centuries (Daily Mirror, 20-10-2016)
View: http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Rainwater-Harvesting-The-world-relied-on-for-centuries-117763.html - Better water for better lives (Daily Mirror, 24-03-2016)
View: http://mirrorcitizen.dailymirror.lk/2016/03/24/better-water-for-better-lives/ - Resolving chronic kidney disease of uncertain etiology (CKDu) problem – Too much talk too little action (Daily News, 12-10-2015)
View: http://www.dailynews.lk/features/too-much-talk-too-little-action - National Energy Globe Sri Lanka goes to Lanka Rain Water Harvesting Forum (The Nation, 26-07-2015)
View: http://nation.lk/online/2015/07/25/prestigious-recognition-for-sustainable-performance/ or
http://www.nation.lk/epaper/sunday/2015/07/26/index.html#18 - National Energy Globe Sri Lanka goes to Lanka Rain Water Harvesting Forum (The Island, 18-07-2015)
View: http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=128511 - When Scientists and ‘Professionals’ Decide for Rural People by Ranjit Mulleriyawa (The Island, 04-04-2015)
By Ranjit Mulleriyawa
View: http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=122615 - Recharging Groundwater for Enhanced Water Quantity and Quality (The Sunday Island, 21-03-2015)
By Randima Attygalle
View: http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=121800 - When Scientists and ‘Professionals’ Decide for Rural People (The Island, 04-04-2015)
By Ranjit Mulleriyawa
View: http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=122615 - New, low-cost and portable weather stations could help countries like Sri Lanka better prepare for floods and landslides. (IWMI – 23-02-2015)
View: http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/2015/02/getting-the-better-of-bad-weather/ - A simple rainwater storage facility for a rural household (The Island, 15-02-2015)
By Ranjit Mulleriyawa
View: http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=119656 - Drinking Water (Lanka Women Magazine – September 2014 – Pg. 88 & 89)
By Nirmal Dananjaya
View: PDF [17.0 MB] - Hard Water in Vavuniya (Daily News, 20-02-2014)
By Chamikara Weerasinghe
Visit: http://www.dailynews.lk/features/hard-water-vavuniya - Relearning the word of a great king (The Nation, 16-02-2014 )
By Maheshka Borham & Kishani Samaraweera
Visit: http://www.nation.lk/edition/fine/item/25881-relearning-the-words-of-a-great-king.html - From drought burden to rainwater harvesting (Ceylon Today, 21-03-2013)
Visit: http://www.ceylontoday.lk/59-27683-news-detail-from-drought-burden-to-rainwater-harvesting.html or http://www.ceylontoday.lk/thumb/epaper-images/12425.jpg (E-Paper) - Controlling floods in Colombo city through rain water harvesting (The Island, 05-01-2013)
By Dr Tanuja Ariyananda
Visit: http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=69635 - Harvesting rainwater means harnessing life (Daily News, 12-12-2011)
By Lionel Wijesiri
Visit: http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/12/12/fea03.asp - Water for 150,000 families – Dinesh (Daily News, 07-12-2011)
Visit: http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/12/07/news20.asp - Rainwater harvesting to beat water scarcity (Daily News, 13-05-2011)
Visit: http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/05/13/news45.asp - A roof, a tank and rain (Science and Development Network, 15-09-2010)
By: Aisling Irwin and Aditya Ghosh
Visit: http://www.scidev.net/en/features/a-roof-a-tank-and-rain-1.html - Rain Water Harvesting Policy in Sri Lanka (Daily News, 22-03-2010)
By: Dr Tanuja Ariyananda
Visit:http://www.dailynews.lk/2010/03/22/fea03.asp - Development through rainwater harvesting – Sustainable social and economic development for resettlements in North and East through rainwater harvesting (Daily News, 19-09-2009)
Visit: http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/09/19/fea01.asp - Rain water harvesting for sustainable social and economic development (The Island, 17-09-2009)
Visit: http://www.island.lk/2009/09/17/features3.html - Rainwater: Don’t let it go a waste (Sunday Times, 04-05-2009)
- Rainwater harvesting a must (Daily mirror, 30-03-2009)
- Water for rural life- 21st March 2009 (The Island, 21-03-2009)
Visit: http://www.island.lk/2009/03/21/features1.html - Rain water harvesting A great way to reducing water bills (Daily News, 08-04-2008)
- Water for rural development (The Island, 25-03-2008)
Visit: http://www.island.lk/2008/03/25/features5.html - Rain water harvesting (Daily News, 19-02-2008)
Visit: http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/02/19/main_Letters.asp#1 - Water, water everywhere (Daily mirror, 26-03-2008)
- Let not drop of rain water go waste (Sunday Observer, 11-11-2007)
- Government to promote rain water harvesting (Daily News, 25-11-2007)
- Water quality monitoring (Daily News, 28-07-2008)
- Water forum to be held in Japan in December (Daily News. 06-08-2007)
Visit: http://www.dailynews.lk/2007/08/06/news31.asp - Rain water harvesting – An answer to future challenges (Daily News, 21-09-2007)
Visit: http://www.dailynews.lk/2007/09/21/fea02.asp - National rain water policy (Daily News, 01-03-2005)
- World faces new threats of water security (Daily News, 17-08-2007)
Visit: http://www.dailynews.lk/2007/08/17/fea03.asp - Minister insists on installing rain water harvesting systems (The Island, 29-09-2007)
- International workshop rain water harvesting (Daily News, 27-09-2006)
- MOU on rain water conservation (Daily News, 02-10-2006)
- National policy on rain water harvesting soon (Daily News, 22-03-2006)
- Rain water harvesting system to be launched (Daily News, 25-03-2006)
- Rain water tank –A must for every house (The Island, 21-07-2006)
Visit: http://www.island.lk/2006/07/21/news27.html - Draft article on National Rain Water Policy to be published (The Island, 21-07-2006)
- Multi disciplinary symposium on rain water harvesting (Daily News, 25-06-2004)
Visit: http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/06/25/new28.html - Rain water conservation, project launched (Daily News, 13-06-2005)
- Farmers fight drought with UNDP rain harvesting tanks (Daily News, 30-04-2005)
- 2006 world water day (Daily News, 22-03-2006)
- More on water waste (The Island, 15-12-2004)
- Rain water harvesting for houses affected by Tsunami (The Island, 01-02-2005)
- The world water day 2005 (Daily New, 22-03-2005)
- Preserving rain water for Indian crop irrigation (Daily Mirror, 29-11-2004)
- Saving water on rainy day (Daily News, 09-11-2004)
- Rain water for general consumption and industries advocate (Daily News, 26-10-2004)
- Rainwater Harvesting why (The Island, 29-10-2004)
- Harvesting rain water for domestic use (Daily News, 15-06-2002)
- The importance of harvesting rain water (Daily News, 04-08-2004)
Sinhala Articles
- වැසි ජල ගබඩාවලින් පණ ලබන ගම්වැසියෝ (දේශය, 27-07-2019) View http: www. deshaya.lk /
- වැසි ජලය රැකගතයුත්තේ ඇයි? (www.ROAR.lk, 01-11-2016)
http://sinhala.roar.lk/srilanka-life/the-importance-of- conserving-rain-water/ - වැසි ජලය වකුගඩු රෝගයට හොඳ පිළියමක් (Silumina, 23-03-2014)
By Gamini susantha
Visit: http://www.silumina.lk/2014/03/23/_art.asp?fn=af14032317 - තිබහට පිහිට වැසි දිය මිස (Lakbima, 04-03-2014)
By Kapila KUmara Kalinga
Download article - පවස නිවන වැසි දියරජරට වෙලාගත් වකුගඩු ලෙඩේටත් කදිම පිළිසරණක් (Divaina, 04-03-2014)
By Jagath Kaneharearachchi
Visit: http://www.divaina.com/2014/03/04/feature04.html - Niwasa selasum anumatha kireemedi wesi jala tenkiyak thibeema aniwarya karana selesmak (A plan to make a RWH tank essential to approve housing plans) (Lankadeepa, 26-08-2007)
Visit: http://www.lankadeepa.lk/Sunday_Lankadeepa/26082007/front/06.html - Niwasa walata wesi diya tenki aniwarya karai (RWH tanks made essential for houses) (Lankadeepa, 31-07-2007)
- Rambewa grama sewa wasam 19 kata jala pahasukam (Water facilities for 19 GN disions in Rambewa) (Lankadeepa, 19-09-2006)
- Jathika wesi jala prathipaththiya mahajana adahas wimaseema (Public comments requested for the National Rain Water Policy) (Dinamina, 03-03-2007)
- Wesi jala tenkiyak nethinam gedara plana pass karanne ne (Housing plans will not be approved without a RWH tank) (Silumina, 16-07-2006)
- Monaragala govinta wesi jala tenki (RWH tanks for farmers in Moneragala) (Lankadeepa, 08-05-2005)
- Ahas diya surekeeme jathika wedapiliwelata maa uparima sahayogaya labadenawa (I will give my maximum support to the national programme to protect rain water) (Lankadeepa, 01-10-2005)
- Soba dahamen lada apuru thilinayak thulin jathika dhanaya surakina ahas diya surekeeme jathika prathipaththiya kriyathmaka kireema (National Rain Water Policy implementation will protect national treasure through the marvelous gift of nature) (Diwayina, 27-09-2005)
- Welioyata wesi jala wyapruthiyak (RWH project for Weli Oya) (Silumina, 11-07-2004)
- Jala getaluwata wisadumak lesa wesi jalaya yoda ganimu (Use rain water as a solution for water problem) (Lakbima, 07-10-2005)
- Anagathaye maha jala hingayaka pera nimithi (Signs of a future water crisis) (Lankadeepa, 11-08-2004)
- Ahasin wetena jalaya res kara gatha heki kramayak (A system to capture rain water) (Lankadeepa, 01-08-2004)
- Anagathaya udesa jalaya kalamanakaranaya kala uthui (Water management is needed for the future) (Lankadeepa, 22-03-2005)
- Prashnaya jalayada? Ehenam gedaradeema wesi jalaya paaniya jalaya bawata path kara ganimu (Problem water? then convert rain water to drinking water at home) (Lakbima, 05-05-2004)
- Wasara 2025 dee jala arbudayak (Water crisis in 2025?) (Lankadeepa – Widusewana, 24-06-2004)
- Me balashakthi arbudayata wikalpa wisadum thiyenawa (There are alternative solutions for this energy crisis) (Divaina, 01-05-2005)
- 2006 loka jala dinaya (World water day 2006) (Dinamina, 22-03-2006)
- Loka jala dinaya (World water day) (Divaina, 22-03-2006)
- Grama sewa pihituwa gam naga situwanawa (Initiate village services and awaken the villages) (Lankadeepa, 22-12-2005)
Tamil Articles
- பூமியில் விழும் ஒவ்வொரு துளி நீரையும் வீணாக்கோம் (Tamil Mirror, 08-08-2019)
View http://http://www.tamilmirror.lk
- வறண்ட பிரதேசத்துக்கு அவசியமான மழைநீர் சேகரிப்பு (Thinakaran Varamanjari, 04-08-2019)
View http://http://www.vaaramanjari.lk
- வறட்சியினால் பாதிக்கப்பட்ட இடங்களுக்கு மழை நீர் சேகரிப்புத் திட்டம்! (Athavan News, 24-07-2019)
View http://athavannews.com /
- News on International Training Program on Sustainable Urban Water Management (Daily Virakesari, 21-03-2015)
Visit: http://epaper.virakesari.com:8080/home/index?editionId=13&editionDate=16/04/2015