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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 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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Water quality in Northern Province of Sri Lanka: A bibliometric analysis of publications 1960–2021

Rubini, S.; Chandrasekar, K.; Janen, T.; Sriskandarajah, N. (2023)

Groundwater contamination derived from human activities including farming is a serious problem threatening water security in the Northern Province (NP) of Sri Lanka. Gathering all existing research knowledge on the province’s ...

Water quality of some wells in Jaffna and Kilinochchi with special reference to nitrate pollution

Nagarajah, S.; Emerson, B.N.; Abeykoon, V.; Yogalingam, S. (1988)

Water samples from 65 wells in the Jaffna and Kilinochchi districts were analysed for pH, EC, Na, K, Ca, Mg. P and NO,-N. About 65% of the wells in the Jaffna peninsula had high salinity water; la the Islands more than 80% ...

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 ...

The occurrence of Enterobacteriaceae in the well water of Nallur Divisional Secretariat area of Jaffna district, Sri Lanka

Briyangari, A. (2021)

The access for safe drinking water has become a challenge to human at present due to contamination with the different sources of pollution such as domestic waste, animal excreta and latrine leakage. Therefore, this study ...

An overview of a water quality monitoring in water supply scheme: A case study on iron present in groundwater wells in Vallipuram, Jaffna

Saravanan, S.; Thushyanthy, M.; Gunaalan, K. (2015)

Drinking water is one of the basic needs of life and essential for survival. Iron is a harmless element in the groundwater, though sometimes annoying elementpresent in water supplies. Iron is primarily componentof groundwater ...

Microbial Contamination in Shallow Wells in Limestone Aquifer of Jaffna Peninsula

Saravanan, S.; Thushyanthy, M.; Sutharsiny, A. (2009)

Pollution of waterways is a serious environmental problem faced by the world today. Water has been estimated globally that 3 to 4 million people, mostly children, die annually from water related diseases such as cholera, ...

Geogenic fluoride and arsenic in groundwater of Sri Lanka and its implications to community health

Chandrajith, R; Diyabalanage, S; Dissanayake, C.B (2020)

Fluoride and arsenic in groundwater are two of the most discussed elements in the emerging science “Medical Geology”. This paper reviews the studies conducted during the last 30 years in Sri Lanka on fluoride and arsenic ...

A comprehensive water safety plan for Kilinochchi Dri Aaru water supply scheme

Rishanth, J.; Amsathvany, K.; Ketheesan, B. (2019)

The safe drinking water is essential to human health but water borne disease is one of the major health problems worldwide. In Asian countries, safe drinking water supply at household lever is limited and the rural area ...

Quality of groundwater in Jaffna Peninsula.

Mageswaran, R. (2003)

More than 80% of diseases that affect humankind are water born. Good quality drinking water is of primary importance for human health and well-being. Even though a person needs only about 4 litres of water per day for ...

Potential contaminant introduced to environment from agricultural sector in Jaffna Peninsula

Gnanavelrajah, N. (2003)

Fate of agrochemicals introduced into soil water and biotic system is important in assessing the environmental pollution caused by these chemicals. In Jaffna peninsula fertilizers and pesticides have been extensively used ...

Impact of fertiliser and manure use on the environment.

Loganathan, P.; Mohanadas, S. (2003)

Fertiliser and manure application to agricultural land has markedly increased agricultural production in the world including the North-East (NE) of Sri Lanka. However, improper use of fertiliser and manure with respect to ...

Environmental problems of Jaffna peninsula.An overview.

Rajadurai, S. (2003)

Assesment of water quality and pollution leval at kakaitheevu lagoon of Jaffna district,Northern Sri Lanka.

Senthuran, L.; Sivashanthini, K.; Thavarangith, A.C.; Sutharsiny, S. (2015)

The present study was carried out to investigate the water quality and pollution levels at Kakaithivu Lagoon of Jaffna district. Water samples were collected from 8 locations of the Kakaithivu Lagoon. Monthly samplings ...

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