Saravanan, s.; Thavendrakumar, B.; Thushyanthy, M.; Gunaalan, K.(2014)
The demands for water supply, irrigation, domestic and industrial water have increased considerably in recent past in Jaffna district. The shallow karstic aquifer in Jaffna peninsula is one of the six main groundwater ...
De Silva, C.S.(Open University of Sri Lanka, 2015)
In drier regions, accurate knowledge of groundwater recharge is important for the sustainable management of scare water resources. Thirunelvely in Jaffna Peninsula is an area where groundwater is being utilized for domestic, ...
Shanmuhananthan, S.; Jehangir, F. P.(Water Resources Board, 2011)
Kayts is one of several islands which lie off the western end of the Jaffna Peninsula in the northern- most part of Sri Lanka. A low salinity groundwater lens is the only promising source of fresh water on the island. The ...
A study was carryout for a restricted ground water catchment about 160 sq. kilo meters in Vavuniya in Northern Sri Lanka to find out an operational policy of minor and medium Irrigation schemes, to recharge the ground ...
The development of a groundwater management strategy is essential for the sustainable management of groundwater resources. This study describes the hydrogeology of the two main geological formations, which contain freshwater ...
The problems in sustainable groundwater management are of major and vital importance in the areas that comprise shallowly weathered and rarely fractured rocks with thin soil mantle, as recharge and yield are relatively low ...
Continual replenishment of groundwater storage and its sustainable utilisation is indispensable to meet the ever-increasing needs of Killinochi district. To ascertain the sustainable exploitation of groundwater, the area ...