Sri Lanka's dry zone is studded with nearly 12,500 small tanks built by ancient kings to store rain water for irrigation purposes. Most of them are called minor tanks which cater to land extents less than 80 ha.. Farmers--^nder ...

Moving from one place to another has become a major concern in today's context. On one hand there is an increasing financial requirement due to cost of vehicles and escalating fuel price, and on the other hand there is ...

In a developing Country like Sri Lanka, it is very important to plan and manage its land development programmes to attract investments to develop land resources. In this context special emphasis should be given to urban ...

The need for the improvement of communication capabilities of engineers had been recognised by the engineers themselves and this effort had been built into the activities of most leading engineering institutions. The ...

Utilization of available water resources in needed to be optimized to meet the necessary capacity enhancements for future demands. In this context, water research plays a vital role, enabling rational decision making at ...

This research analyzes the sensitivity of field estimated watershed parameters and their influence to the results of watershed mathematical modelling using US EPA SWMM 5. The approximations done in channel physical ...

Use of Geographic information System (GIS) to determine the spatial availability of environmental resources is a very versatile method in any present level of practice. In this context, identification of environmental ...

This paper is based on the studies of existing problems with regards to the storm water in Walgama area Matara Municipal Council and providing Engineering and Management options through a mathematical model EPA SWMM5. ...

Road designs need to forecast the hydrologic system performance in order to implement effective solutions for proper stormwater management. Field assessment and hydrologic analysis were carried out in Kalu Oya catchment ...

Study region: Considering the availability of gauged data, the Karasnagala watershed of Attanagalu Oya located in the Gampaha district in the Western province of Sri Lanka was modeled with EPA SWMM 5. Study focus: This ...