In recent years, the downstream floodplain of the Kelani River Basin has been suffering from
frequent floods. With the current climate change trend, flood-related damages are expected to
amplify in future. Therefore, ...
Kalu Ganga is the primary source of potable water supply in the greater Colombo area and
total Kalutara District. Kethhena water treatment is supposed to cover the water demand in the
middle and southern parts of the ...
This study was carried out to assess the impacts of climate change on the dynamics of surface water
availability for different present and future users in the Mahaweli river basin.
A multi-tier modeling method was ...
Hydrological modelling plays a vital role in understanding the hydrological system of
any watershed and providing reliable data to manage the water resources of the relevant
watershed in a sustainable manner. Among the ...
Watershed, Sri Lanka
An accurate representation of spatial precipitation is significant for hydrological studies.
Spatial precipitation is also the basic input for distributed hydrological models and the
accuracy of ...
Streamflow variability is important in basin water resources management to analyze and plan
for the present and future hazards and vulnerabilities affecting effective water management.
The unique feature of soil to hold ...
Drought is an creeping hazard that is least understood and the most complex of all-natural
hazards. The drought study requires large historical climatological and meteorological datasets
and their complex inter-relationships. ...
Drought is a natural phenomenon that occurs because of climate change. Droughts are
localized events influenced by climatic variables such as precipitation, evapotranspiration, and
temperature. As a result, the characteristics ...
Population growth raises demand and competition for water resources and food stocks while
it changes the landuse types by anthropogenic activities to adopt applicable measures for
supplying water for domestic, agricultural, ...
Climate change, population increase, and economic development will all have an impact on
future water availability for drinking water supply, agriculture, and recreation activities, with
different effects in different ...
Floods are getting severe due to climate change and anthropogenic activities which neeimmediate response to lower the risk and decrease the human and financial losses. Floodinundation mapping for flood risk preparedness ...
Floods are a frequent major disaster throughout the world, usually resulting in fatalities andmassive economic and environmental damage. Seasonal and localized flooding is one of theextremely common natural disasters in ...
Kalu Ganga basin is one of the main waterway basins in Sri Lanka which gets exceptionally
high rainfalls with higher discharges. This report is about how the different zones, having a
higher likelihood of a flood in the ...
The impact of climate change on the freshwater resources of Sri Lanka is most likely to affect the Sri Lankan economy since most sectors are vulnerable to climate change. There is limited research on Climate Change in Sri ...
Mahaweli river basin is the major river basin for hydropower generation in Sri Lanka and it supplies about 1800 GWh annually to the national grid, but the expected generation is about 2400 GWh (2019). The annual hydropower ...
Water scarcity is being exacerbated by population growth, urbanization, industries and climate change amplifies the prevailing circumstances. Scarcity of water creates the necessity for sustainable water resource planning ...
Water is an essential finite natural resource for the developing world, however water is under growing stress due to, increased water consumption resulting from rapid population growth, development activities and ...
Most common method of accounting spatial variability of rainfall in hydrologic modelling
is with the use of Thiessen Weights whereas some authors consider it illogical as it can
result in biased distribution of rainfall. ...
The recurrent occurrence of major floods around the world as well as in Sri Lanka has significantly increased in the recent past. Thus, flood forecasting models have been developed to provide reliable and accurate simulation ...
Water is a fundamental requirement for human persistence and one of the essential resources for achieving sustainable development in the country. The growing population and expansion of economic sectors have created an ...