The Hon. Anura Karunathilaka
Hon. Anura Karunathilaka stated that the National Water Supply and Drainage Board is not using the hydrated lime stock that failed quality requirements and that the request to raise permissible limits predated the current administration. He said tenders include specified quality parameters, stocks are tested both on receipt and before use, and non-compliant supplies are rejected and must be replaced by suppliers. He assured Parliament that only SLS-compliant hydrated lime is used for water purification.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 I state with responsibility that we are not using the questionable hydrated lime. Also, we did not make any request during our tenure to raise limits; the request predates us. Our tenders specify parameters, and only compliant stocks are used. This failed stock has not been used for water purification. Stocks are dispatched to stores, tested initially and again at the store before use; if they fail specifications, they are rejected and suppliers are required to replace them. The public can be assured NWSDB uses only SLS-compliant hydrated lime.
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Cite as: The Hon. Anura Karunathilaka. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 7 March 2025. No. 1743066559006904. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/17912