Navy-built mobile RO plant handed over to Police STF

A mobile Reverse Osmosis (RO) plant, built by the Sri Lanka Navy for the Police Special Task Force (STF) contingent scheduled to join the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations in South Sudan, was formally handed over to the STF at its Training School, in Katukurunda, on 25th July, 2023.

The project was initiated on the directives of the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera, and under the coordination of the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Public Security.

The Navy and STF entered in to a Memorandum of Understanding in this regard on 29th December 2022. Accordingly, the Research and Development Unit of the Sri Lanka Navy fabricated this mobile RO system, in a 20 feet shipping container, and this RO plant is capable of providing 60 tons of safe drinking water per day. As a result of the engineering excellence of the Research and Development Unit, this facility was built at a significantly lower cost, compared to other commercial RO plants available in the market.

This occasion was also attended by Senior Co-ordinator of the Naval Social Responsibility Project, Commander Buddhika Randimal, and a group of officers from the Police Special Task Force.