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Goal 1: No PovertyGoal 2: Zero HungerGoal 3: Health and WellbeingGoal 4: Quality EducationGoal 5: Gender EqualityGoal 6: Clean Water and SanitationGoal 7: Affordable and Clean EnergyGoal 8: Decent Work and Economic GrowthGoal 9: Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureGoal 10: Reduced InequalitiesGoal 11: Sustainable Cities and CommunitiesGoal 12: Responsible Consumption and ProductionGoal 13: Climate Action Goal 14: Life Below WaterGoal 15: Life on LandGoal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong InstitutionsGoal 17: Partnerships for the GoalsAll 17 Goals

  • The Bachelor of Agro-Technology Degree consists of training on good water management in Agriculture for the farming community. Under the UNDP-funded project Lot 1 – Irrigation and water management, public education and training programs about good water management are being conducted.
  • The UCIARS has a reservoir to collect water coming from the paddy fields (drainage water).
  • Under the UNDP-funded project Lot 1 – Irrigation and Water Management, the Local Authority Level, Provincial Level and National Level Governance bodies cooperated to conduct the Training Needs Assessment on Irrigation, Water Management and Water-secured agriculture in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka.
  • Sewage treatment plants have been implemented in the Faculty of Management & Finance and the Faculty of Technology. Rainwater Harvesting Project in the Faculty of Graduate Studies.
  • The university has taken all the steps to increase awareness of conscious water consumption via online platforms, posters, etc.
  • The university conducts several projects, webinars and activities on water conservation.
  • A double layer of standard waterproofing method had been done to the water sump at the construction stage to prevent contamination with external polluted water at the University of Colombo School of Computing. Proper mechanisms to discard and treat wastewater are being used by all the other Faculties/ Institutes/ Campus (dilute and discharge the wastewater into wastewater canals as per the Colombo Municipal Council`s (CMC) standards).