North Western Provincial Office of Water Resources Board which is situated at Senakudirippuwa, Puttalam was established in 1982 , that has been working as the major institute of groundwater development and management activities within Kurunegala and Puttalam districts that falls in the province of North West. North western province falls on the dry zone and intermediate zone of Sri Lanka in which the major aquifer systems are Alluvial Deposits associated with major streams, the fractured basement rock aquifers, Limestone aquifers and dune Sand formations. There are considerable amount of community water supply projects and agriculture activities are conducted in the province which are totally dependent on groundwater.
The present activities of the Provincial Office include:
- Commercial activities
- Groundwater Investigations
- Pumping Tests
- Environmental Impact Assessments
- Laboratory Analysis
- Long Term Groundwater Monitoring Project (Puttalam)
- Groundwater Monitoring at Malwathu Oya Reservoir Project
- Groundwater Monitoring at Yan Oya Reservoir Project
Special tasks covered by Puttalam provincial office are,
