The National Water Supply and Drainage Board of Sri Lanka has selected Outotec, a developer of minerals and metals processing technology, to implement phase III of the project in the Ampara district of eastern Sri Lanka.
Phase III, officially known as the Integrated Water Supply Scheme for Un-served Areas of Ampara District, will include the establishment of a drinking water treatment plant, transmission mains, distribution systems and associated infrastructure to supply inland areas of the district.
Outotec, which delivered Phases I and II of this project in 1999 and 2002 respectively with support from EFIC and ANZ, expects to complete Phase III by November 2013.
Outotec managing director of South East Asia Pacific Neil Jagger said that from the start, the involvement of ANZ and EFIC has been key to financing this important project, and the Phase III of the project will bring clean drinking water of an international standard to around 460,000 people.
