This study was based on Small Town Water Supply Schemes which were constructed in Ratnapura District under a World Bank loan and implemented with user community participation. The study was limited to the first two ...

Poor water supply & sanitation services continue to be critical problems in rural areas despite considerable effort to improve and expand coverage. Mounting evidence indicates that centrally managed schemes, are difficult ...

The Colombo Municipal Council dispose of the solid waste by dumping on open marshy land. The land suitable for dumping waste, was fast exhausting and as a mean of lengthening the life time of the available dumping areas, ...

This study is concerned with the development of an analytical model to predict wave reflection and transmission characteristics of porous, vertical coastal structures. Because of the complexity of the problem the study ...

In Sri Lanka more than 60% of the population living in rural area does not have access to safe drinking water. As per census records of 2001, 75% of total population are living in rural areas and do not have proper water ...

Gin River which is 113km long is situated in the South-West of Sri Lanka. Its lower basin has a flood history, which usually destroys about 6000ha of paddy and 3000ha of highland crops. The South-West of Sri Lanka receives ...

Katunayake has been a hive of activity ever since the International Airport was opened several years ago. With the advent of the Investment Promotion Zone and the concept of an open economy, Katunayake has today become ...

The anaerobic digestion of vegetable garbage, is quite slow, with retention times of 80- 100 days. Because of these slow rates of digestion, reaction vessels needed, are quite large. Research clearly needs to concentrate ...

Considerable number of studies show a favourable impact of vegetation and an adverse impact of synthetic built environment on urban micro-climates. Despite these findings, people eradicate these favourable micro-climatic ...

Sludge remaining at water treatment plants is an inescapable byproduct of the water treatment process. The nature of sludge depends on suspended solids of raw water, coagulant type and chemicals that are used in the treatment ...