Books and Reports
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| 1 | Understanding Land Degradation - An Overview Author: Stanley Weerarathne PublisherSpringer Cham ISBN978-3-031-12138-8 eBook ISBN978-3-031-12138-8 Contents (6 chapters) This book highlights issues related to land degradation, the causal factors, and methods of control. The audience is agricultural practitioners and planners as well as students of agriculture. Environmentalists would also benefit by understanding the main issues related to land degradation discussed. English Version - Go to Book |  |
| 2 | 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 |  |
| 3 | 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 |  |
| 4 | 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 |  |
| 5 | 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 |  |
| 6 | 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] |  |
| 7 | 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] |  |
| 8 | 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] |  |
| 9 | 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] |  |
| 10 | 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] |  |
| 11 | 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 |  |
| 12 | 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 |  |
| 13 | 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] |  |