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Brandix Lanka, Sri Lanka's largest exporter and US apparel giant Gap Inc., together with the Water Resources Board (WRB) will set up a training facility and laboratory in Anuradhapura for Water Conservation and Management.

The foundation stone for the facility was laid last week to mark World Water day. The objective of this project is to further the Brandix commitment to ensuring "the sustainable usage of water and improving the availability and quality of drinking water in Sri Lanka".

Manager, Corporate Social Responsibility Shamilka Samarasinghe, said that once operational the Centre's scope would initially encompass about 10% to 15% of the households that is approximately 13,000 households in the North Central Province. "We anticipate that once awareness is created as a result of the initial activity of this project it will attract further funding which will enable us to expand the scope and reach of the Centre's activities" Ms. Samarasinghe said. The Centre is scheduled to be completed by July this year.

The Centre will be managed by the WRB with a senior hydro geologist who will be responsible for the overall management of the laboratory and training centre, along with a steering committee compressing the Chairman and General Manager of the WRB, a senior lecturer of the Geology Department of the University of Peradeniya and representives from Brandix.

The capital cost of the Centre Rs. 21 million will be borne by Brandix Lanka and GAP Inc, USA. Gap Inc. is one of the world's largest specialty retailers and the single largest apparel buyer out of Sri Lanka.

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