The appropriate operation of a water distribution network (WDN) of any water supply scheme is vital to supply sufficient potable water to consumers at sufficient pressure. However, the performance of the WDN may vary from ...
The Kilinochchi water treatment plant (KWTP) which has a Roughing Filter, an Aerator and Slow Sand Filters (SSF-KWTP) had been designed to meet the increasing water demand of Kilinochchi district. The Source for the KWTP ...
Thinarthika, T.; Thushyanthy, M.; Prabhaharan, M.; Saravanan, S.;
(2020)
Per Aru reservoir is located in Vavuniya District and water from the reservoir is treated through the water treatment plant. Chlorine is used as a disinfectant and it should ensure that there is a constant minimum residual ...
he greatest risk from microbes in water is associated with consumption of drinking-water that is contaminated with human and animal excreta, although other sources and routes of exposure may also be significant. The aims ...
Water is unsafe for human consumption when it contains pathogenic, or disease causing microorganisms. The aims of the present studies were to evaluate the microbial contamination of drinking water and the examination of ...
More than thousands of bottled drinking water is sold in the Jaffna peninsula (19L, 5L, 1.5L, IL & 0.5L). People rely on the quality of bottled drinking water. In this study, attempts were made to evaluate the quality of ...
Drinking water is largely from groundwater in Sri Lanka, so quality management is of great concern. In order to achieve the 6th goal of United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), more efforts are being ...
More than 20 brands of bottled drinking water are supplied in Jaffna peninsula. People rely on the quality of the bottled drinking water, expecting them to be free of microbial contamination which will not cause any health ...
One of the findings of this study is that regional variations in the infant mortality rates of Sri Lanka are large, ranging from 26 per 1000 live births in Jaffna to 91 per 1000 in Nuwara Eliya, a tea estate district. These ...
Gunaalan, K.; Thushyanthy, M.; Saravanan, S.(cap-net Lanka, 2012)
The purpose of the study was to justify the availability of freshwater for irrigation and the water quality of the Nilawarai tube well for drinking water. Water samples were collected from Nilawarai well and tube well. The ...
Anoja, N.; Thushyanthy, M.; Bandunee, AthapattuC.L.(Cap-net Lanka, 2007)
Vavuniya district is in the south of the northern province of Sri Lanka having four divisions each division consists of one MOH division namely Vavuniya, Cheddikulam,Vavunija south and Vavuniya North . People in Vavunija ...
Ravi, V.; Hareth, G.B.B.; Manobavan, M.; Sivakumar, S.S.(2016)
Urbanization and migration of population towards cities become a new challenge nowadays in planning cities, particularly safe domestic water. One of the primary objective of sustainable development goal is to ensure the ...
Chunnakam and Vadamaradchi are two major aquifer systems in Jaffna Peninsula, Sri Lanka. This study was performed to compare water quality in the domestic wells in these aquifers and to assess the efficacy of household ...
Arulnesan, C .A.; Kamsan, S.; Rajeshkannan, N.; Sivapalan, K.; Murugananthan.K.(2015)
Incidence of water borne diseases is high in the Jaffna district with ground water being the main source for the Jaffna population. Ensuring the quality of groundwater is therefore mandatory to prevent water borne diseases. ...
Jaffna Peninsula of Sri Lanka depends on groundwater for drinking water. Supply of clean drinking water has become limited due to overuse of agrochemicals, widespread use of pit latrines, and seawater intrusion. The aim ...