COVID-19 has focused global attention to clean water for frequent hand washing, drinking and personal hygiene. During the current pandemic, a lack of clean water for drinking and proper hygienic practices has become a major concern for many rural households (where pipe supply is not available) in Sri Lanka and world over. Lanka Rain Water...
Lanka Rain Water Harvesting Forum conducted workshops on Home Gardening through Rain Water Harvesting in Badulla Kandakepu Ulpatha School on the 15th February 2020 between 7.30 am – 11.30 am and Monaragala Royal College on the 07th March 2020 between 9.00 am – 12 00 pm. It was supported by USAID, NERD, Agriculture Department and both Badulla...
The International Water & Development Congress and Exhibition – 2019 by International Water Association (IWA) were held in Colombo from 1st to 4th December 2019 at BMICH. The Lanka Rain Water Harvesting Forum was invited to conduct an exhibition booth and a business forum collaboratively with International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance (IRHA) and S-lon Lanka (Pvt)...
The Lanka Rain Water Harvesting Forum (LRWHF) conducted a Business Forum in partnership with the International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance (IRHA) on 3rd of December 2019, during the International Water Alliance (IWA) Water and Development Congress and Exhibition at the BMICH in Colombo.This conference brought together a global audience of practitioners, utility managers, academia, government officials,...
Let’s talk about Rainwater Harvesting! All are invited for the 2nd Rain talk on “Water Management in the Built Environment” by Managing Director of Sustainable Design Studio Riza Yehiya. Will be held on Wednesday 30th October 2019 at the office premises of the Forum, “Rain Center”, 41/12 New Parliament Road, Pelawatte , Battaramulla from 5.00 p.m onward
RWHS technology training program was held on 14th May, 2019 at the Rain Center with the participation of 14 masons (13 male and 01 female masons).The mason were from Badulla, Moneragala, Kurunegala, Batticaloe and Kilinochchi districts. Mr.Shiraz Mohomad from S-Lon Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, Dr.Tanuja Ariyananda and Mr.Gamini Rajasinghe from Lanka Rain Water Harvesting Forum participated as...
In celebration of World Water day 2019 a ceremony took place to commemorate the handing over of a 30,000 litre Rain Water Harvesting System to Galauda Maha Vidyalaye...
A training program was conducted from the 14th to 16th of March 2019 at the Rain centre in Pelawatta on rainwater harvesting and groundwater recharge under the USAID funded project “Safe Disaster – Resilient Drinking water to floods and Drought Prone Areas of Sri Lanka”. The aims of the training program were to strengthen the...
“Varsha” short film festival was held on the 27th of November 2018 during the International Conference on Water Security through Rainwater Harvesting. The chief guest of the occasion was internationally renowned film Directress Mrs. Sumithra Peries. The short film festival featured the top three short films selected from the short film competition which commenced in...
The walk “The walk for the gift of rain” commenced on the 27th of November 2018 in the morning. The walk which started at Kibualawala junction at about 07.00 A.M went along the Japanes Friendship road to “Rain Center”, Pelawatta. Over 100 participants consisted of staff from Ministry of City Planning and Water Supply, World...
