Books and Reports
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| 1 | Rain Water Harvesting Practitioners Guide for Sri Lanka Edited by: Ms. Tanuja Ariyananda Color pictures: Higullawela Dissanayake Content & Authors: Chapter 1:Importance of rain water by Dr. C.S. Weerarathne & Dr. P.A.Weerasinghe Chapter 2 – Rain water harvesting options by Mr. Deva Hapugoda Chapter 3 – Economic & social aspects of rain water harvesting systems by Mr. M.M.Aheeyer Chapter 4 - Case studies – Eng. Jayantha Gunathilake & Eng. Ajith Panagoda, Acht.I.D.Kuruppu, Mr. Niel Perera First published English: May 2009 Sinhala: 2010 Tamil: 2010 Book details English - 133 pages, A5 sized, illustrated. Sinhala - 137 pages, A4 sized, illustrated. Tamil - 124 pages, A4 sized, illustrated. Languages English - ISBN No: 978-955-1064-06-8 Sinhala- ISBN No: 978-955-1064-07-2 Tamil - ISBN No: 978-955-1064-06-8-2 |  |
| 2 | Home Gardening Through Rain Water Haresting This booklet provides necessary details of how to use rain water for home gardening Author:Sanduni Ariyawansa Advice: Dr. C. S. Weerarathne, Dr. P. A. Weerasinghe and Ms. Tanuja Ariyananda First Published:February 2009 Book details:25 pages, illustrated. Languages: Sinhala - ISBN 978-955-1064-04-4 Tamil - ISBN 978-955-1064-05-1 |  |
| 3 | Rain Water Harvesting in Urban Areas Rain Water Harvesting in Urban Areas is a compact manual on RWH in urban environment. It gives a brief introduction to RWH, and highlights the necessity of RWH in urban areas with its advantages. It describes the technology, general components of a RWH system and gives details of practical systems which can be used in houses, apartments, offices and factories Author: Dhanesh Wisumperuma Artist: Saman Sissanayake First Published: December 2004 Book details: 24 pages, illustrated. Languages: English - ISBN 955-1064-02-X Sinhala - ISBN 955-1064-01-1 Tamil - ISBN 955-1064-03-8 |  |
| 4 | Problem: Water - Solution : Rainwater Problem: Water - Solution : Rainwater is a manual which provides an idea of RWH with special attention to the technological aspects. It gives detailed descriptions of how to build a tank above the ground, on the ground or underground. Further this manual gives instructions on how to maintain a RWH tank and describes the qualities of rain water. Design & Layout: Dharshana Karunatilake. First Published: 1998 Book details: 16 pages, illustrated. Languages: English, Sinhala, Tamil |  |
| 5 | Rain Water to quench the thirst - අහස් දියෙන් පිපාසයට Rain Water to quench the thirstis a small booklet. It explains the technology how rain water is harvested in a simple manner.
First Published: 2013 Book details: 8 pages, illustrated. Languages: Sinhala, Tamil Sinhala Version - View | [PDF - 8.86 MB] Tamil Version - View | [PDF - 7.82 MB] |  |
| 6 | Manual for Operation and Maintenance of Rain Water Harvesting System Rainwater Harvesting System in Schools in Sri Lanka First Published: 2015 English Version - View | [PDF - 1.04 MB] |  |
| 7 | Operation and Maintenance of Mobile Weather Station - කාලගුණ මැණුම් උපකරණය භාවිතය හා පිරික්සීම The manual on Use and Maintenance of Mobile Weather Station aims to leverage both Open Source Hardware and Open Source Software to step-by-step guide the creation of a mobile weather station based on the Open Design, Open Source Hardware, Open Source Software and commodities off the shelf from local shops in Sri Lanka. First Published: Sinhala – 2015, Tamil - 2015 Book Details: Sinhala – 21 pages, A5 sized, illustrated. Tamil – 21 pages, A5 sized, illustrated. Languages: Sinhala Version - View | [PDF - 1.43 MB] Tamil Version - View | [PDF - 1.02 MB] |  |
| 8 | Atmosphere Automatic Weather Station First Published: English – 2016, Tamil - 2016 Content Chapter 1: Product information Chapter 2: Hardware information Chapter 3: Powering up Chapter 4: GSM/GPRS Interface Chapter 5: SMS Features English Version - View | [PDF - 1 MB] |  |
| 9 | Rain Water Harvesting Manual for Jaffna Author: Ms. Tanuja Ariyananda Jointly Published By: Lanka Rain Water Harvesting Forum & World Vision Lanka ISBN 978-955-1064-09-9 Content Chapter 1: Introduction to Jaffna and its Water Sources Chapter 2: Rain Water Harvesting Chapter 3: Rain Water Harvesting Technology Chapter 4: Operation and Maintenance Chapter 5: Social and Economic Aspects Chapter 6: Mobile Weather Stations in Schools in Jaffna District English Version - View | [PDF - 6.30 MB] Tamil Version - View | [PDF - 6.30 MB] |  |
| 10 | International Rainwater Catchment Systems Experiences Published by: IWA Publishing , London , UK First Published: 2020 ISBN : 9781789060577 ( paperback) ISBN : 9781789060584 (eBook) Content Chapter 3: T N Ariyananda Transforming tradition of rainwater harvesting in Sri Lanka English Version - View |  |
| 11 | Sustainable Climate Action and Water Management Published by: Springer Singapore Content Chapter 2: Author : T N Ariyananda Rainwater Harvesting Systems as Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Tool for Drought and Flood Prone Areas of Sri Lanka English Version - View |  |
| 12 | Voice of Rainwater Harvesting Users E published: April 2021 Content The success stories reported in this publication is a result of a 3 year project commenced in 2016 -2019 in partnership with USAID and Districts authorities to provide safe disaster resilient drinking water to floods and drought prone areas in the island. English Version - View [PDF] |  |