WATER

CONSERVATIONIN

SRILANKA

WATER CRISIS

SOURCES OF WATER

WATER INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR SRI LANKAThe water information system

for Sri Lanka aims to provide a web-based framework with access to information on water resources in Sri Lanka. The objective of this information system are as follows :-• provide a clear understanding of the status and trends of the country’s water resources .• produce a water resource assessment for Sri Lanka at various scale.

WAYS OF WATER CONSERVATIONThe NGOs are encouraging people to take steps immediately to save water. These include not drawing from the well until it is dry, using water pumps discriminately, spacing out the times when crops are watered, and maintaining water tanks and other traditional catchment equipment. “The ultimate goal is to give people the idea that is our water, not the government’s, to conserve.

ASSESMENT OF WATER SHORTAGE IN SRILANKA

CURRENT STATUS

To develop a policy on dredging canals and reservoirs regularly to maximize water retention, protect water catchment areas fromdegradation and deforestation, and enforce sand mining restrictions in riverbeds.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY TO STOP WASTAGE OF WATER

The international water manegement instituteIWMI, srilanka, and the AERC, COA and many more institute are busy to find the ways to stop the wastage of water through science and technology.

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