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Analysis on drinking water quality in the Vavuniya divisional secretary division using GIS

Krishanthan, P.; Samanmali Mathara Arachchi, D. (2016)

Poor drinking water quality in the Vavuniya discourages people to drink ground water and to use bottled water or boiled the water instead in recent years due to the health issues such as Chronic Kidney Diseases. There is ...
Arsenic contamination in sedimentary groundwater basin of Mukunkan in northern Sri Lanka

Premathilaka, M.; Chandrajith, R. (2023)

Present study was carried out to assess the status of arsenic (As) in groundwater of Murunkan sedimentary basin. This basin supplies 10,000 m3/day of groundwater as potable water to surrounding region. A total of 19 ...
Arsenic, cadmium, lead, and chromium in well water, rice, and human urine in Sri Lanka in relation to chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology.

Ayala, H. M.; Herath, S.; Tomonori Kawakami; Shiori Nagasawa; Yuka Serikawa; Ayuri Motoyama; Tushara Chaminda, G. G.; Weragoda, S. K.; Yatigammana, S. K.; Amarasooriya, A. A. G. D. (IWA publishing, 2018)

Chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) is spreading gradually in Sri Lanka. In the current research, 1,435 well water samples from all 25 districts of Sri Lanka, 91 rice samples, and 84 human urine samples from ...
Assessing and mapping the groundwater potability in Vallipuram coastal area, Jaffna peninsula, Sri Lanka by weighted arithmetic water quality indexing method

Anoja, N.; Sharmilaa, R.; Sirisena, A. (2023)

Ground water is an extremely valuable resource and pollution of ground water resources is a matter of serious concern. Though more than 80% of people in the Jaffna region, rely on groundwater self-supply wells, the extent ...
Assessing and mapping the groundwater potability in Vallipuram coastal area, Jaffna peninsula, Sri Lanka by weighted arithmetic water quality indexing method.

Anoja, N.; Sharmilaa, R.; Sirisena, K. A. (2023)

Ground water is an extremely valuable resource and pollution of ground water resources is a matter of serious concern. Though more than 80% of people in the Jaffna region, rely on ground water self-supply wells, the extent ...
Assessment and mapping of groundwater quality for drinking purposes: A case study on Vallipuram coastal area, Jaffna peninsula, Sri Lanka.

Sharmilaa, R.; Anoja, N.; Sirisena, K. A. (2023)

The people of the Jaffna Peninsula completely rely on groundwater for all of their water requirements. The Vallipuram water supply scheme has been started by National Water Supply & Drainage Board (NWS&DB) with the ...
Assessment of groundwater quality in Vavuniya and Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka using multivariate statistical techniques and a Water Quality Index

Meegahakumbura, S. P. S.; Nanayakkara, N. (2023)

Groundwater is the primary source of potable water in the Northern province of Sri Lanka. Extensive development projects, comprising resettlements after the civil war, resulted in more groundwater extraction. This study ...
Assessment of nitrate-N contamination in the Chunnakam aquifer system, Jaffna Peninsula, Sri Lanka

Vithanage, M.; Thushyanthy, M.; Pathmarajah, S.; Arasalingam, S.; Manthrithilake, H. (2014)

Jaffna peninsula in Sri Lanka is an area of intensive agriculture using extensive organic and inorganic nitrogenous compounds and hence, this study was focused on assessing vulnerability of karstic aquifer system with ...
Assessment of Physico-Chemical Parameters of Groundwater For Drinking Purpose With Reference to Resettlement Area, Vavuniya

Pradip Shah; Nanthakumaran, A.; Kawamoto, K. (2019)

This study deals with Physico-chemical of groundwater and surface water that are degraded by geological structure, poor sanitation, solid waste dumping and cultivation in this area have led surface and groundwater pollution ...
Assessment of water quality and pollution in Gurunagar fishery harbour, Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Sivanandan, A.; Kuganathan, S.; Ketheesan, B. (2023)

Coastal marine water pollution is caused by anthropogenic activities either directly or indirectly. Substances released into marine coastal environment result in deleterious effects such as harmful to living resources, ...
Assessment of water quality index of groundwater quality in Chunnakam and Jaffna Town, Sri Lanka

Harshan, s.; Thushyanthy, M.; Gunatilake, J.; Srivaratharasan, T .; Gunaalan, K. (2017)

The Water Quality Index (WQI) is simple tool and compound indicator, aggregates information from several water quality parameters to convey water quality information in single value to planners, policy makers and the public. ...
Challenges Ahead in Groundwater of Sri Lanka

Asanthi, H.B. (2023)

Groundwater has been a safe water storage in Sri Lanka throughout history and the unique characteristics of different aquifers impact variation of the water quality. However, due to population growth, unplanned urbanization, ...
Characterization of iron Bacterium Gallionella ferruginea isolated from the drinking water of the collector wells in Northern Sri Lanka.

Aberamy, S.; Jashothan, Ponipus T. J.; Saravanan, S; Kapilan, R. (2016)

The objective of the study was to isolate, identify and characterize the organism/s responsible for the brownish slime colour and bad odour of the water from the collector wells at Vallipuram area of the Northern Sri ...
Coliforms in the ground water system of the University of Jaffna premises and surroundings after the cyclone; Nisha, 2008

Gajapathy, K.; Kapilan, R.; Saravanan, S.; Vengadaramana, A. (2009)

The coliforms are commonly found in nature in various habitats. After the recent cyclone (Nisha), there is a chance for the contamination of feacal matters to the deeper levels of the ground water system. The current study ...
Conservation of groundwater to its sustainable use in Jaffna Peninsula of Sri Lanka.

Thushyanthy, M. (2007)

Groundwater has been life blood of Jaffna Peninsula of Sri Lanka and other sources are inaccessible to meet the requirement of water except seasonal rainfall. At times, concern has been raised on the deterioration of ...
Controls of evaporative irrigation return flows in comparison to seawater intrusion in coastal karstic aquifers in northern Sri Lanka: Evidence from solutes and stable isotopes

Chandrajith, R.; Diyabalanage, S.; Premathilake, K.M.; Hanke, C.; Van Geldern, R.; Barth, J.A. (2016)

Groundwater in Miocene karstic aquifers in the Jaffna Peninsula of Sri Lanka is an important resource since no other fresh water sources are available in the region. The subsurface is characterized by highly productive ...
Determination of Drinking Quality of Water near the Coastal Areas of Jaffna Lagoon.

Kapilan, R. (2015)

Ground water pollution by human activities is one of the areas of major concern to the world. Water quality is one of the principle health index of a country. Industrialization, urbanization and modern agriculture practices ...
Determination of water quality index and suitability of Murunkan groundwater for drinking water supply.

Anoja, N. (2017)

In Sri Lanka, groundwater is one of most precious natural resources and almost 80% of the rural populations rely on groundwater for their domestic needs. In Mannar district availability of groundwater is limited and ...
The effect of land use on quality of groundwater: A case study from Jaffna peninsula

Jeyaruba, T.; Thushyanthy, M. (Cap-Net Lanka, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, 2008)

The study was focused on quality of groundwater in different land use. Sixty eight wells were selected randomly from different land use such as high land crops, mixed crops, banana field and paddy field. Groundwater samples ...
Effect of pipeline sources on drinking water quality in selected areas in Jaffna Peninsula, Sri Lanka

Aravinthan, A.; Prabagar.J. (2013)

People in the Jaffna peninsula depend mainly on groundwater for their utilities as other water sources such as tanks and rivers are not available, and fresh water ponds and rainfall are not sufficient. However, the groundwater ...

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