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The Profits of Doom: Agriculture, Construction, Water and Land Use in Jaffna Peninsula

Devanesan Nesiah; Rajasooriyar, L.D.; Jayasingam, T. (2005)

The fresh water problem in Jaffna has engaged the attention of scholars and community leaders for over a century, and specific remedies, including the progressive desalination of the lagoons, have been explored for over ...

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 ...

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 ...

Impact of water quality on Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) in Thunukkai Division in Mullaitivu District, Sri Lanka

Gobalarajah, K.; Subramaniam, P.; Jayawardena, U.A.; Rasiah, G.; Rajendra, S.; Prabagar, J. (2020)

ncrease in the number of cases in Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown etiology (CKDu) in Sri Lanka has become a health issue of national concern. Even though, Northern Province is not identified as a high-risk province, there ...

Vulnerability assessment for shallow aquifers using chemical quality of groundwater: A case study from Thirunelvely and Kondavil in Jaffna district

Thushyanthy, M.; De Silva, C.S. (2008)

Analysis of chemical parameters of drinking water was carried out to determine the level of pollution in forty wells at monthly intervals from March 2007 to February 2008 along with three ...

Seasonal variation of Nitrate-N in groundwater: A case study from Chunnakam aquifer, Jaffna peninsula

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

The Jaffna Peninsula has four main aquifer systems. The largest of these is the Chunnakam aquifer in the Valikamam area. Intensive cultivation in this area has led to groundwater pollution, which is due to the ...

Possible impacts of nitrate pollution in groundwater on oesophagus and stomach cancer in Thenmaradchi division in the Jaffna Peninsula

Manjceevan, A.; Naveendrakumar, G. (2011)

This research groundwater on human health in Thenmaradchi division in the Jaffna peninsula. According to the Cancer Unit of Teaching hospital data, highly affected villages in Thenmaradchi were identified and samples were ...

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 ...

Incidence of oesophageal and stomach cancer as related to nitrate-N concentration in groundwater in Jaffna Peninsula

Gunaalan, K.; Asanthi, H. B.; Gamage, T.P.D.; Thushyanthy, M.; Saravanan, S.; Jayakumaran, N. (2011)

This study focused on assessment of the risk association between cancer and consumption of drinking water with high nitrate-N in three selected areas in Jaffna peninsula. Based on the available patients' data sheets in ...

Nitrate contamination of groundwater: An issue for livelihood in Jaffna Peninsula, Sri Lanka

Prabagar, J.; Prabagar, S.; Thuraisingam, S. (2020)

Groundwater stored in large cavities and channels of Miocene limestone is the only source of portable water in Jaffna Peninsula, Sri Lanka. It is increasingly exploited and polluted by various contaminants that results in ...

Oil spill contamination of Ground water in Chunnakam Aquifer, Jaffna, Srilanka

Saravanan, S. (2018)

The Chunnakam aquifer has high capacity and contains acceptable quality water for drinking and other usages. Water supplies are generated from this area. Fuel smell had been continuously observed in Chunnakam water intake ...

Geo-statistical approach for prediction of groundwater quality in Chunnakam aquifer, Jaffna Peninsula

Sutharsiny, A.; Herath, M.; Selvarajah, P.; Thushyanthy, M.; Meththika, V. (2020)

Chunnakam aquifer is the main limestone aquifer of Jaffna Peninsula. The population of the Jaffna Peninsula depends entirely on groundwater resources to meet all of their water requirements. Thus for protecting groundwater ...

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 ...

Geochemical Variations of Groundwater Quality in Coastal and Karstic Aquifers in Jaffna Peninsula, Sri Lanka

Gunaalan, K.; Asanthi, H.B.; Gamage, T.P.D.; Thushyanthy, M.; Saravanan, S. (2015)

Sources of extent of groundwater pollution in shallow aquifer: A case study from Jaffna district in Sri Lanka.

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

Twenty six countries including Sri Lanka now classified are water deficient, and nearly 230 million people are affected with water shortage. And prediction is that by 2025, one quarter of the world’s population will face ...

Health hazardous: nitrate-n in groundwater and soil in intensified agricultural areas.

Jeyaruba, T.; Thushyanthy, M. (2010)

The study was focused on estimation of nitrate-N in groundwater and soil in intensive agricultural areas mainly on Valikamam East, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Groundwater samples from sixty eight wells were collected from the ...

Groundwater quality in the Jaffna peninsula of Sri Lanka and a qualitative study of BTEX removal by greenly synthesized iron nanoparticles-electro-catalyst system.

Ehanathan, S.; Raagulan, K.; Rajapakse, R.G.; Velauthamurty, K. (2020)

The Jaffna peninsulais northern part of Sri lanka (Longitude: 80° 06′ 2.28″ E and Latitude: 9° 41′ 12.20″ N), mainly gains water from groundwater which is continuously protected by various human activity even with reckless ...

Impact of salinization and pollution of groundwater on the adaptation of mosquito vectors in the Jaffna peninsula, Sri Lanka

Surendran, S.N.; Senthilnanthanan, M.; Jayadas, T.T.P.; Karunaratne, S.H.P.P.; Ramasamy, R. (2020)

Mosquito-borne diseases are a major health concern in many tropical and sub-tropical countries. In the absence of specific treatment for many mosquito-borne diseases, vector control in the form of eliminating preimaginal ...

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 ...

Environmental factors controlling arsenic mobilization from sandy shallow coastal aquifer sediments in the Mannar Island, Sri Lanka

Amarathunga, U.; Diyabalanage, S.; Bandara, U.G.C.; Chandrajith, R. (2019)

Elevated levels of arsenic (As) have been reported in groundwater from sandy aquifer systems in the Mannar Island, located in the northwest of Sri Lanka. As a result of serious health concerns, this study aims to investigate ...

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