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| Tuesday, 11 March 2003 |
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ISB program to mitigate negative effect of waste generated by Charlie Herat The Industrial Services Bureau (ISB) in collaboration with the Kurunegala Municipal Council, National Water Supply and Drainage Board, Industrial Technology Institute (former CISIR), Provincial Environment Authority of Wayamba and Puritas Limited of Hayleys recently commenced a series of technology transfer programs for the owners of restaurants, hotels and vehicle service stations of Kurunegala with the objective of helping them to be environmentally friendly in their business operations. The broad objective of this program is to mitigate the negative effect of waste generated and disposed by these business and industrial operations and to create an environment for them to carry out their respective operations in the most feasible environmentally friendly manner without being subjected to undue pressure from neighbours, public and enforcement authorities. The urgent need for a program of this nature emerged from the acute contamination of the Kurunegala lake that has been one of the major sources of drinking water for the city of Kurunegala. The treatment of contaminated water by any means either physical or biological will only be a short-term and curative solution if such efforts are not sustained by preventive measures of pollution at the source itself. ISB is attacking the problem from both ends. As an 'end-of-pipe' solution, experiments are now being carried out by the ISB for the biological treatment of contaminated water before the responsible authorities opt for more expensive measures such as emptying and dredging. The technology transfer program which commenced recently is to have effective (technologically feasible and economically affordable) waste treatment at the source itself. As the next step of this program the ISB is organising field visits for the target group (owners of restaurants, hotels and vehicle service stations of Kurunegala) to have first-hand experience on such treatment plants successfully operating elsewhere in the country. The ISB is also planning to have pilot units soon for the demonstration purposes of some technologies under the sponsorship of USAEP (United State - Asia Environmental Partnership) program. |
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