Walawe River Basin, Sri Lanka

Basin fact sheet

Proposal

Documents available

• Bibliography on Walawe river basin (periodically updated)

• Molle, F.; Jayakody, P.; Ariyaratne, R.; Somatilake, H.S. 2007. Irrigation vs. Hydropower: Sectoral conflicts in Southern Sri Lanka. Water Policy.

• Molle, François, Priyantha Jayakody, Ranjith Ariyaratne and H.S. Somatilake. 2005. Balancing Irrigation and Hydropower : Case Study from Southern Sri Lanka. IWMI Research Report 94.
• Molle, François; Renwick, M. 2005. Economics and politics of water resource development: Uda Walawe irrigation project, Sri Lanka. IWMI Research Report No 87.
• Molle, François; Jayakody, Priyantha and Shyamalie de Silva. 2003. Anicut Systems in Sri  Lanka: The Case of the Upper Walawe River Basin. Working Paper No.61, IWMI.
• Molle, F.; Aloysius, N.; Bellaubi, F. 2004. Seasonal water accounting: The case of the Walawe river basin, Sri Lanka. Draft. International Water Management Institute.
• Someratna, P.G.; Jayakodi, P.; Molle, F. Jinapala. 2005.  Small tank cascade systems in Walawe river basin. Draft. International Water Management Institute. IWMI Working Paper. 45p.
• Jayakody, P.; Molle, F.; Gamage, C. 2004. Growing pressure over land and water resources: Transformations in the Belihuloya catchment. Proceedings of the “Water Professionals’ day”, Peradeniya University, 1st of October 2004. Edited by Ranjith Premalal De Silva.
• Pieris, W.R., Dayawansa, N.D.K., Molle, F.; De. Silva, W.P.R.P. 2005. Tertiary level irrigation water management practices at tail end - a case study from Uda Walawe Irrigation Scheme. Tropical Agriculture. (forthcoming).

Grey literature (on request):

Jayakody, P.; Molle, F.; Pieris, R.; Weragala, N.; Ariyaratne, R. 2004. Report on the study of water management in three distributary canals of Uda Walawe Irrigation Project (Yala 2003). Survey report. Colombo: International Water Management Institute. 80p.

Pieris, R.; Molle, F. Ariyaratne, R. 2004. Report on the water balance of the Right Bank Main canal of Uda Walawe Irrigation Project (1984-2003). Technical report. Colombo: International Water Management Institute. 30p.

Perera L.R. 2003. Assessment of Multiple Use of Water Resources: Inland Fisheries in the Walawe Basin.

Bellaubi, Francesc. 2004. Water efficiency and equity in an irrigation system: the case study of Walawe River Basin, Sri Lanka. MSc thesis, Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen.

de Silva, S.; Molle, F. 2004. A historical profile of Walawe river basin. Settlements, irrigation and livelihoods in Southern Sri Lanka. International Water Management Institute. Draft.

Other documents made available

Boele, E. 2004. Agro-ecosystem Management for Human Health in the Uda Walawe Irrigation Scheme, Sri Lanka.  Final Technical Report. International Water Management Institute.

Klinkenberg, E. (Ed.) 2001. Malaria risk mapping in Sri Lanka - Results from the Uda Walawe area: Proceedings of a workshop held in Embilipitiya, Sri Lanka, 29th March 2001. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI. iii, 46p. (IWMI working paper 21)

Klinkenberg, E. 2001. Towards a risk map for Southern Sri Lanka: Results from the Uda Walawe Region. In Klinkenberg, E. (Ed.), Malaria risk mapping in Sri Lanka: Implications for its use in control - Proceedings of a workshop held at the International Water Management Institute, Colombo, 25 May 2001. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI. pp.24-28. (IWMI working paper 29)

Stanzel P, Öze A, Smakhtin V, Boelee E, Droogers P. (2002). Simulating impacts of irrigation on the hydrology of the Karagan lagoon in Sri Lanka.  International Water Management Institute, Colombo. (IWMI Working Paper 44)

Smakhtin, V.U., Piyankarage, S.C., Stanzel, P., Boelee, E. 2004. Simulating the hydrology of small coastal ecosystems in the conditions of limited data. IWMI, Colombo, Sri Lanka. (IWMI Research Report 77)

Smakhtin, V.U. and Piyankarage, S.C. 2003. Simulating hydrological reference condition of coastal lagoons affected by irrigation flows in southern Sri Lanka. Wetlands : 23(4).

Klinkenberg E, van der Hoek W, Amerasinghe FP, Gunawardena DM, Muttawatte L, Jayasinghe G. Malaria and Agriculture: a Risk Analysis in Southern Sri Lanka, (IWMI Research Report 68).

Aloysius, Noel and L. Zubair. 1999. Simulation of irrigation networks: Case of Walawe basin in Sri Lanka. Paper presented to the Civil and Engineering Conference: New frontiers and challenges, Bangkok, 8-12 November 1999.

Maaike Buysse. 2002. Irrigation water supply for non-irrigation purposes in Uda Walawe; policy and effects. University of Twente, The Netherlands. International Water Management Institute, Sri Lanka.

Boelee E, van der Hoek W. (2002). Impact of irrigation on drinking water availability in Sri Lanka. ICID-CIID 18 th Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, 21-28 July, Montreal, Canada. Q. 51, R. 5.04. International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage.