Groundwater of Jaffna peninsula is polluted with chloride severely of a number of places identified as saline areas with poor quality water. A water supply system with good quality water had been established to rectify ...

Sugar cane is cultivated mainly in the dry zone of Sri Lanka on reddish brown earth soil with rainfall. In rainfed cultivation, planting is done in the rainy season, either during October – November (Maha) or during March ...

Water balance technique is a standard hydrologic process based on the basic physical principle of conservation of mass. In most cases, the term water balance implies an analysis which balances the continuity of equation ...

The availability of moisture is a vital factor in crop growth. This availability depends principally on three factors, namely rainfall, soil and plant characteristics. Drought is the condition where moisture is not available ...

Cassava is a major food crop for farmers and especially small holder farmers and cultivated under low input other than the irrigation. It is cultivated as mono crop or intercrop at early stage and cultivating throughout ...

The Miocene limestone bedrock of the Jaffna P eninsula of Sri Lanka extends below the sea level and is an excellent aquifer. The North-East Monsoonal rainfall infiltrates into the soil and forms a layer of fresh water in ...

This study is centered on quantitative estimation of groundwater resources of a selected study area in a limestone aquifer, which is the main resource for agriculture, domestic use and water supply in Jaffna Peninsula. ...

The study was focused on quality of groundwater in different cropping system. Groundwater samples were collected from different cropping systems and an analysis was done periodically from July 2007 to February 2008 for ...

The aim of the study was to evaluate the yield response of okra under drip irrigation system by measuring the growth, root growth, yield and water use efficiency in red yellow latosol soil. The drip system performance and ...

Estimation of recharge is extremely important for proper management of groundwater systems. The main purpose of this paper is to study the possibility of estimation of potential recharge in limestone aquifer as a case study ...