Grand staff gets water conservation advice

B.M. Mukthar Beruwala Spl. Corr.

A series of awareness programmes for hotel staff on conservation of water has been planned by the National Water Supply and Drainage Board Public Relation Unit at the Cinnamon Grand Colombo yesterday.

This awareness programme coordinated by Mrs. Devika Bandara (Public Relations Officer from NWSDB), Mrs. Tharika Goonathilake (Journalist and Manager Marketing Communications and Sustainability of Cinnamon Grand) and also supported by Mrs. Rushani Sasintha Jayakody (Cinnamon Grand).

Piyal Padmanatha Marketing Manager, Sarathchandra Mutubanda Senior Public Relations, Mrs F.L. Kaleimathi Chemist from National Water Supply and Drainage Board addressed the audience. As part of Cinnamon Grand Colombo’s ongoing staff education and awareness on sustainability, the hotel invited a team of personnel from the National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) to educate staff on the importance of reducing water wastage.

Aptly titled “how to reduce your water bill at home and office” the one hour session emphasized the importance of water conservation and cultivating the habit of productive use. The target audience was from areas in the hotel that account for high water usage, given the nature of the operations concerned. These included staff from the Kitchen, laundry, gardening and the angsana spa, where water consumption is high.

The interactive and insightful one-hour session, covered a range of topics which included tips by the Water Board’s team of experts, on how to save water in our day-to-day activities, water its historical, modern day and future significance, water quality and purification, water wars that could occur and most importantly water usage and wastage in the Sri Lankan context, that result in the depletion of this precious resource and money.

The NWSDB team also showed staff on how they can reduce their water bill through more conscious consumption patterns! The awareness session was attended by over 100 associates and was linked to the hotel’s green forum, which aims at providing a platform of environmental learning for the hotel’s staff.