• Characterization and seasonal variation of intake wells for drinking water at Vadamarachchi Aquifer of Jaffna District in Sri Lanka 

  Saravanan, S.; De Silva, C.S.; Thushyanthy, M. (2021)

  Jaffna peninsula is depending on groundwater for their entire water requirement. Seasonal variation of groundwater quality is a matter of serious concern for Jaffna. Groundwater quality becomes crucial ...
• Efficiency of micro filtration and oxidation on removal of Iron and manganese in ground water and surface water 

  Jancika, G.; Thushyanthy, M.; Saravanan, S.; Gunalan, K. (2016)

  Water resources are becoming increasingly scarce in many areas of the world due to development, and increased demand. Groundwater is the major water resource in the Jaffna peninsula. One of the problems related to groundwater ...
• Groundwater-related issues and the importance of the establishment of a proper groundwater monitoring network for Sri Lanka 

  Samaraweera, K.D.A.; Egodawithana, A.; Kumarasinghe, K.M.S.M.; Mayomi Pumika; Hidayathulla, M.S.M.; Wijesekera, R.S. (2015)

  Demand for groundwater has grown rapidly as a result of population increase and economic development of the country. A wide variety of users such as small-scale irrigators, households and housing development schemes, ...
• Sustaining a limestone aquifer: Case of Jaffna Peninsula in Sri Lanka 

  Sutharsiny, A.; Manthrithilake, H. (2013)

  The population of the Jaffna Peninsula, in Northern Sri Lanka depends entirely on groundwater resources to meet all their water requirements. The four, main fresh water aquifers in the Jaffna Peninsula are saddled within ...
• Proceedings of the Senior Stakeholders’ Meeting on groundwater in the Jaffna Peninsula. 

  Unknown author (International Water Management Institute (IWMI), 2013)
• Estimation of Groundwater Recharge in Limestone Aquifer using an Improved Soil Moisture Balance Method: A Case Study in Jaffna District. Tropical Agricultural Research 

  Thushyanthy, M.; De Silva,C. (2010)

  Estimation of recharge is extremely important for proper management of groundwater systems. The main purpose of this paper is to study the possibility of estimation of potential recharge in limestone aquifer as a case study ...
• An economic analysis of groundwater use for agriculture in the Jaffna District. 

  Thiruchelvam, S.; Abeygunawardena, P.; Gunawardena, E.R.N. (1994)

  Heavy withdrawal of ground-water has been identified as a serious problem affecting ground-water quality, threatening agricultural productivity and thereby the income of the farmers in the Jaffna district. A two stage ...
• Impact assessment of land use on water scarcity in urban areas: case of Jaffna Peninsula, Sri Lanka. 

  Mutu Tantrige Osada Vishvajith Peiris; Navarethnam Gowshitharan (2022)

  Urbanization-led land use changes have significant effects on urban water problems as water scarcity is a common challenge for planning of cities today. Chunnakam aquifer in Jaffna, Sri Lanka has been significantly depleted ...
• Water resource development Jaffna Peninsula 

  Sanmugarajah, K. (1993)
• Jaffna Peninsula water resource challenges 

  Sanmuganathan, K. (2009)
• Groundwater potential in the Jaffna Peninsula and impacts of climate change 

  Tyriakidis, V.; Guganesharajah, R.K; Ouki, S.K. (2009)

  Excessive pumping and over-abstraction in Jaffna Peninsula, in Sri Lanka, has decreased the ground water levels in the last years. The total area of the Peninsula is 1017 km’ and includes two internal lagoons with an area ...
• Temporal variation of nitrate pollution in agro wells in Vavuniya district, Sri Lanka with special reference to Kanthapuram 

  Loganathan, P. (2010)

  Management of good quality ground water is a prime factor for sustenance of life. Use of nitrate-contaminated drinking water is well known risk factor for infant methemoglobinemia and various types of human cancer. There ...
• Local technologies for removal of hardness in groundwater. 

  Nishani, S.; Thushyanthy, M.; Saravanan, S. (2012)

  Groundwater is the major natural resource in Jaffna peninsula and it is used for all purposes. Jaffna peninsula is underlain by a Miocene limestone aquifer which is the main source for hard water. Considering problems of ...
• Assessment of potential removal of nitrate from synthetic medium by selected herotrophic bacteria – an approach for reducing nitrate in groundwater of Jaffna Peninsula 

  Thurairajah, A.; Gnanavelrajah, N.; Ratnayake, R.R (2018)
• An Approach to Delineate Potential Groundwater Zones in Kilinochchi District, Sri Lanka, Using GIS Techniques 

  Pathmanandakumar, V.; Thasarathan, N.; Ranagalage, M. (2021)

  The scarcity of surface water resources in the dry season in the Kilinochchi district increases the demand for freshwater. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to delineate potential groundwater zones in Kilinochchi, ...
• Major Ground Water Development Issues in South Asia. 

  Sinha Ray, S. P.; Abhijit Ray (Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd, 2019)

  The complex nature of groundwater problems in South Asia, i.e., India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar, requires an in-depth analysis of the groundwater regimes in different hydrogeological frameworks ...
• Assessment of groundwater quality in Jaffna Peninsula for the establishment of a long-term groundwater monitoring network 

  Kumara, I.G.C.I.; Rajapakse,R. R. G. R. (2012)
• Groundwater Resources and Management Challenges in Sri Lanka–an Overview 

  Villholth, K.G; Rajasooriyar, L.D. (Springer Science+Business Media B.V, 2009)

  This paper gives an overview of the geophysico-chemical groundwater conditions in Sri Lanka and the associated contemporary management challenges. Groundwater is extensively used in Sri Lanka today, for agriculture, domestic ...
• Managing shallow aquifers in the dry zone of Sri Lanka 

  Sood, A.; Manthrithilake, H.; Siddiqui, S.; Rajah, A.; Pathmarajah, S. (Springer, 2015)

  This study looks at the groundwater issues in the dry zone of Sri Lanka and shows how the use of remote sensing with high-resolution images can help in groundwater management. A new approach is devel oped for automatic ...
• Groundwater Recharge Study in Jaffna Peninsula -Sri Lanka: An assessment using stable isotope technique 

  Edirisinghe, E.A.N.V.; Karunaratne,G.R.R.; Hidayathulla, M.S.M.; Kumara, I.G.C.I.; Tilakarathna, I. A. N. D. P.; Gunasekara, J.D.C.; Rathnayaka, S.S.K.; Priyadarshanee, K.S.G.S. (2013)

  Jaffna peninsula in northern Sri Lanka consists of different aquifer systems such as shallow karstic, alluvial, coastal sand and lagoon. Investigating groundwater recharge mechanism in different aquifers is important for ...

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