The foundry industry has a major role to play in the economic development of our country. Unfortunately in Sri Lanka the technological development of this industry has stagnated. The quality of foundry products manufactured ...

Air being an important part of the environment is always required to be in a satisfactory condition for proper functioning of the entire eco system. Air quality is affected due to several reasons such as increasing number ...

Severe contamination of water resources including groundwater with iron (Fe) due to various anthropogenic activities has been a major environmental problem in the industrial areas of Sri Lanka. At present Fe rich industrial' ...

Chromium is a highly soluble transition metal of vital industrial importance. It occurs in both trivalent and hexavalent forms. Due to many well identified adverse impacts of chromium to human health and natural ecosystems, ...

There is an increasing need to implement a total business solution, which supports major functionalities of a business. ERP software is designed to meet this need, and has been adopted by many of the largescale organizations ...

The Indian Ocean Tsunami de 'r-stated the- coastline of Sri Lanka. This paper sumrnarises the initial efforts in understanding the tsunami wave and its hydraulic impact on the Sri Lankan coastline. It focuses attention ...

Natural rubber processing factories generate large amount of wastewater containing organic pollutants and various process chemicals. The effluents exhibit high BOD, COD, NH4+-N and suspended solid concentrations. The ...

The soil-water characteristic curve (SWCC) of the soil found at Pussellawa landslide site is developed for a wide range of metric suction values, based on the results obtained from a series of laboratory triaxial tests ...

Oil palm was introduced to Sri Lanka from Malaysia in late nineteen sixties. As of now it has spread over 10,000 acres of the southern part of the Island. However the country does have only one palm oil mill processing ...