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Challenges to Urban Water Management in Sri Lanka.

Seneviratne, L.W. (2000)

Sri Lanka has an urban population of 22% of the national population living in 1% of its land area in 1985. Coastal lands in the wet zone are thickly populated and demand for water supply is increasing for pipe-borne safe ...
Requlating non point source pollution from agriculture.

Sooriyakumar, K. (2003)

set of policy options to regulate non point source pollution from agriculture in Jaffna district. Studies are oriented towards comparing the effects of input oriented measures (Fertilizer tax) and policy measures directed ...
Management policy of water table in dry zone of Sri Lanka to subsidise the pain of non rice crop cultivators for the food productivity improvement.

Sivakumar, S.S. (2013)

The growth of population in time span leads to very high and uncontrolled extraction of ground water in the dry zone of Sri Lanka. This leads the water table to go very low in non-monsoon seasons. This gives the poor ...
Water Utility and Management Policy for Effective Sharing of Natural Water Resource in the Costal Dry Zone of Sri Lanka in the North East Region

Sivakumar, S. S. (2014)

Unlike other natural resources, water is a unique resource, which renews itself. It is due to its constant circulation in the ocean-atmosphere-earth-ocean system. No matter how much water is consumed in daily life, its ...
Groundwater mapping and locally engaged water governance in a small island terrain: Case study of Karainagar island, Northern Sri Lanka

Karthiga, I.; Rameshwaran, P.; Ketheesan, B.; Sriskandarajah, N. (Wiley, 2015-05-15)

Groundwater is a vital resource under threat in island communities. Karainagar, a 22km2 island, is one of seven islands off the coast of Jaffna in Northern Sri Lanka, with its population of just about 11,000 persons, ...
A framework for groundwater policy for Sri Lanka

Gunawardena, E.R.N.; Pabasara, P. K.D. (2016)

Except in Jaffna peninsula groundwater has never been used on a large scale in the past. From late 1970's, various government and non-government agencies have been involved in groundwater development. In 1989 with a subsidy ...
Operational policy of the reservoirs in Malwathu oya river basin to minimize flood damages in Anuradhapura, Vavuniya and Mannar districts in northern Sri Lanka.

Thiruvarudchelvan T.; Sivakumar, S.S. (2019)

The need for water is universal. It is present everywhere, and without water, life, as we know it, will simply cease to exist. Water is constantly in motion, passing from one state to another, and from one location to ...
Water Policy for Northern Sri Lanka to Improve the Livelihood of Farming Community Together with Economic Sustainable Growth of the Region

Sivakumar, S.S. (2021)

Water for Agriculture sector in Sri Lanka is facing challenges through increased demands by other sectors and also confronts the issues of a market economy and international and regional trade agreements that are exerting ...
Water quality in Northern Province of Sri Lanka: A bibliometric analysis of publications 1960–2021

Rubini, S.; Chandrasekar, K.; Janen, T.; Sriskandarajah, N. (2023-03-27)

Groundwater contamination derived from human activities including farming is a serious problem threatening water security in the Northern Province (NP) of Sri Lanka. Gathering all existing research knowledge on the province’s ...
Newspaper coverage of water security issues in the water-stressed Northern Province of Sri Lanka: An explorative study of three Tamil dailies

Rubini, S.; Kumarendran, B.; Raguram, S.; Sriskandarajah, N. (Wiley, 2023-06-22)

Newspapers remain as an effective medium for circulating information among the public in the North of Sri Lanka and have the potential to influence public opinion and people’s behavior regarding sustainable use of groundwater. ...

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