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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...