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Ripples on Water aims to bring people together to develop water solutions because with better water solutions, we can create jobs, grow more feed, keep ourselves healthy and preserve nature.
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- 2. There is plenty of water in Sri Lanka, so people think that it is not such a big problem.
- 3. however…. 70% of Sri Lanka is semi arid – ‘the dry zone’ Source: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2010. Sri Lanka: issues and opportunities for investment. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 4p. (IWMI Water Issue Brief 7)
- 4. Half of all the 18,000 tanks in the dry zone are abandoned or in need of repair Source: Panabokke, C. R. 2009. Small village tank systems of Sri Lanka: their evolution, setting, distribution and essential functions. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute (HARTI) 84p.
- 5. ¼ of all urban households & 85% of rural households have no access to piped water Source: Imbulana, K.A.U.S., Wijesekara, N.T.S. and Neupane B.R.(eds.), Sri Lanka National Water Development Report 2006. MAI&MD, UN-WWAP, UNESCO andUniversity of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, Paris and New Delhi
- 6. 10% of schools do not have a toilet Over 70% of the rest have toilets in an unusable state -A survey of the Southern and Central provinces This discourages many children, especially girls from coming to school. This seriously effects their educational progress.
- 7. Inadequate water supplies have been identified as the major reason for disuse and neglect of school toilets
- 8. Droughts are responsible for ⅔ of all crop losses over the last 30 years Source: Imbulana, K.A.U.S., Wijesekara, N.T.S. and Neupane, B.R. (eds.), (2010) Sri Lanka Water Development Report 2010, Ministry of Irrigation, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 117p.
- 9. Floods and droughts are a continual threat to the livelihoods of Sri Lanka’s farmers Source: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2010. Sri Lanka: issues and opportunities for investment. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 4p. (IWMI Water Issue Brief 7)
- 10. Population growth Climate change Economic development Urbanization will put more demands on water resources
- 11. Sri Lanka currently loses the equivalent of a cricket pitch of forest every 10 hours…vital for ensuring regular, clean water supply Source: FAO. 2009. State of the world’s forests 2009. Rome, Italy; FAO. 2010. Global Forest Assessment Report 2010. Rome, Italy.
- 12. Water quality: since the mid 80s concentrations of pollutants in some Jaffna wells have increased by 400% Source: Imbulana, K.A.U.S., Ratnayake, U.R., Herath, G.B.B., Koncagul, E. and Neupane, B.R. (eds.), (2009) Case Study in Walawe Basin Sri Lanka, A contribution to the United Nations World Water Assessment Programme, UN-WWAP, Paris; UNESCO; Ministry of Agricultural Development and Agrarian Services, Sri Lanka
- 13. Over 5 million Sri Lankans lack access to safe drinking water Source: Imbulana, K.A.U.S., Ratnayake, U.R., Herath, G.B.B., Koncagul, E. and Neupane, B.R. (eds.), (2009) Case Study in Walawe Basin Sri Lanka, A contribution to the United Nations World Water Assessment Programme, UN-WWAP, Paris; UNESCO; Ministry of Agricultural Development and Agrarian Services, Sri Lanka
- 15. Only one quarter of available water resources in Sri Lanka is currently put to productive use.
- 16. Irrigation efficiency and paddy yield could be doubled. Source: Imbulana, K.A.U.S., Wijesekara, N.T.S. and Neupane, B.R. (eds.), (2010) Sri Lanka Water Development Report 2010, Ministry of Irrigation, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 117p.
- 17. Flood and drought mitigation measures can be put in place
- 18. Water needs to be higher on the national agenda, because with better water management
- 20. WE CAN grow more food
- 21. WE CAN keep ourselves healthy
- 24. Vision Combining art + science + development
- 25. Sri Lanka by… Water awareness workshops with schools
- 26. Sri Lanka by… Raising public awareness
- 27. Sri Lanka by… Putting into action some on-the-ground community water projects
- 28. Sri Lanka Contribute to a community project “ Water would make the biggest difference to our lives. We can no longer hunt so we need to grow our own food.” –Vedda chief
- 29. Sri Lanka Contribute to a community project Ripples “Community-Wide” water program
- 30. Sri Lanka be a part of something.. Look at all the different uses of water and build one solution for all
- 31. Sri Lanka Join us at The finale Ripples Water Dance Friday, March 23rd and Saturday, March 24th 2012 by
- 32. Sri Lanka Now RipplesOnWater Sign up for updates www.RipplesonWater.org
- 33. Sri Lanka
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- http://webworld.unesco.org/water/wwap/wwdr/wwdr3/case_studies/pdf/Sri_Lanka_Case_Study.pdfText has been changed here as well.
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- How you can help?
- art: raising awareness through the dance workshops and performancesscience: helps to make sure that the real water issues are communicated development: developing community projects that people can contribute to and be a part of
- Working with our partners such as the red cross.
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