Water scarcity variations within a country: a case study of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is a country with vast spatial and seasonal variations of water supply and demand. Statistics in the form of aggregated information at national level sometimes mask issues of local water scarcity. But when the same indicators are used at subunit level, a substantial area of the country com...

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Main Authors: Amarasinghe, Upali A., Mutuwatte, L.P., Sakthivadivel, Ramaswamy
Format: Informe técnico
Language:Inglés
Published: International Water Management Institute 1999
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39819
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author Amarasinghe, Upali A.
Mutuwatte, L.P.
Sakthivadivel, Ramaswamy
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description Sri Lanka is a country with vast spatial and seasonal variations of water supply and demand. Statistics in the form of aggregated information at national level sometimes mask issues of local water scarcity. But when the same indicators are used at subunit level, a substantial area of the country comes under severe water-scarce conditions. Knowledge of subunit level water scarcities is very important because most of the food requirement of the country at present comes from water-scarce regions and projected additional requirements are also to be met by the same regions.
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spelling CGSpace398192025-11-07T08:46:40Z Water scarcity variations within a country: a case study of Sri Lanka Amarasinghe, Upali A. Mutuwatte, L.P. Sakthivadivel, Ramaswamy water scarcity indicators water resources water supply water demand maps surface runoff river basins reservoir storage irrigation efficiency recycling irrigation requirements rice case studies Sri Lanka is a country with vast spatial and seasonal variations of water supply and demand. Statistics in the form of aggregated information at national level sometimes mask issues of local water scarcity. But when the same indicators are used at subunit level, a substantial area of the country comes under severe water-scarce conditions. Knowledge of subunit level water scarcities is very important because most of the food requirement of the country at present comes from water-scarce regions and projected additional requirements are also to be met by the same regions. 1999 2014-06-13T14:29:29Z 2014-06-13T14:29:29Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39819 en Open Access application/pdf International Water Management Institute Amarasinghe, U. A.; Mutuwatta, L.; Sakthivadivel, R. 1999. Water scarcity variations within a country: a case study of Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). vi, 28p. (IWMI Research Report 032)
spellingShingle water scarcity
indicators
water resources
water supply
water demand
maps
surface runoff
river basins
reservoir storage
irrigation efficiency
recycling
irrigation requirements
rice
case studies
Amarasinghe, Upali A.
Mutuwatte, L.P.
Sakthivadivel, Ramaswamy
Water scarcity variations within a country: a case study of Sri Lanka
title Water scarcity variations within a country: a case study of Sri Lanka
title_full Water scarcity variations within a country: a case study of Sri Lanka
title_fullStr Water scarcity variations within a country: a case study of Sri Lanka
title_full_unstemmed Water scarcity variations within a country: a case study of Sri Lanka
title_short Water scarcity variations within a country: a case study of Sri Lanka
title_sort water scarcity variations within a country a case study of sri lanka
topic water scarcity
indicators
water resources
water supply
water demand
maps
surface runoff
river basins
reservoir storage
irrigation efficiency
recycling
irrigation requirements
rice
case studies
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39819
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