“Charity is the root of all good works.”
Pihimbuwa is a small village located in the west-central region of Sri Lanka, inland from the coast. Like many villages in this area, its residents mainly live off agriculture and rely on a community well for all their water needs — a well whose water, untreated, is currently unfit for consumption.
It is precisely in this context that our purification and distribution system will make a real difference: supplying every household in the village through a centralized distribution network, fed by the storage tank and water tower.
To understand the absolute necessity of this project, one must look closely at the daily reality of the inhabitants of Pihimbuwa. This small village is located in the North West Province (Kurunegala district), about a 3-hour drive from Colombo and northwest of Kandy.
Approximately 1.000 to 1.200 people, depend directly on this community well.
Of the local population currently lives without a treated running water system.
That's the promise of our UV system to preserve their health without altering their habits.
Pihimbuwa is a rural community deeply rooted in the traditions of Sri Lanka’s Dry Zone.
An agricultural economy: The majority of inhabitants live off subsistence farming, primarily rice cultivation (in rice paddies) and market gardening. In Sri Lankan culture, village life has historically revolved around two pillars: the temple (or church/mosque, depending on the community) and the water reservoir (the Wewa, or community well).
The well as a social and sanitary hub: The well is not just a source of water; it is the daily meeting place where people wash clothes, bathe, and collect water for cooking. However, this untreated water is a vector for invisible diseases. Drinking this water contaminates the daily lives of an entire generation of children.
The situation in Pihimbuwa perfectly illustrates the vulnerability to climate change:
The severe floods of last December submerged and contaminated groundwater and open wells with sediments, bacteria and agricultural runoff.
Paradoxically, after the floods, the region experiences periods of intense drought where water is scarce, forcing families to consume the bottoms of wells, where the concentration of pathogens is highest.
Supply drinking water to every household in the village of Pihimbuwa, SRI LANKA.
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