Abstract:
'.i.'bi,:; 4is~a~1Oft 1. S't&1omi ttted a. a partial
ful:i:ilment in requi&'ement. fOZ' t:be ".$0 c::cw:se . in .L'1vironmental eclence. to tbe NaturalScience
Faculty- Uni~.1ty of Colombo.
'l'he '3&111pw;:poee of cboo8iDg t:biCl ~1cu1ar
SW;jjecM is dUe to the. fact:. that. UJ:';eat. need
for c1evelOp1Defttand -g8II8Dt of watc neourc:e.
in sri Lanka. To 1DOet.the bIuIic neceae1t.y of t:be
growing population ~ fO1: more prodcot:1on
which relies on more _~.r aad land. Thougb
history baa recorded -y nt"n." of 1nipt.J.on
pro ject.a , Bel: auffic1encyia yet an unceacbed
target:. one of ube eontZ'!buteJ:y cow:eed fOJ: tM.
is poor water ~ OJ: lack of water managemeat..
A proper _tat: manageme.nt. ahO\1l4 .bave a mutual
relationabl.p 1»t.ween t:be fumleve1 8ftd bigb l.evel
manayC/:lent..30, 1t. 18 cJ.eazrthat. vat_, as well..
the other .t...'1p11t8used in a fam .. very J.mpor:1:.ant.
which should bemanagec! well in or&R: to achieve
hi\.jh product.ion rates.
In t h 1s repoI1:. 1t 18 d1acuued tbe ~ of
farm pOWer U88 in a vat- managemeat. .cnome vbicb
helps to {Jive a ijood reault likethe otherinput..
j?or caa&-studie. ":~la It ,pro:lect. u-ea in the
dry zone vaG cbosen, ample inf0l:t3ation about the
area was ~at bered and aJ.so oll88rVatioDa were made
where eve7: neceseuy end possible. Fresh data
about the usage of farm power at. KanduUa vas
collected. With'thi8 aa a backgJ:ound the . problems are 4i.ecussed and solutions suggest.ed.
The first. part. of the report. 1s tbe 11terature
review of the water managemen't object.1 we as
carried out;. in t:.be inigaUon project.s of the
dry acme. Since Ithe patt.ern of managemen.t.is
a.tmila2:'in ..u aebGmesthe problema are quite
identical"ao, a general view ia d1acribed
quoting acme sp8Cialearamp1e8. An appendix is
attached behind. containing tbe relevant. tables
and graphs in order to illuaUate the review
further. Tbe main report. of the study area and
the discus.ion follows t'O18. %t is further
enr lobed by mapa and tables.
