Information Exchange Workshops
Part II
Impact of Tsunami on Groundwater, Soils and Vegetation in Coastal Regions of
22 September 2005
at
Auditorium, Industrial Technology Institute
363, Bauddhaloka Mawatha,
Sponsored by
National Science Foundation of
Soil Science Society of
09:30 am | - | Welcome Address Prof. Sirimali Fernando, Chairperson-NSF, SL Prof. Ananda Gunatilaka – NSF, SL |
09:45am | - | Project Background, Goals and Planned Outcomes Prof. Tissa Illangasekare, Dr. Jayantha Obeysekera, |
10:00 am | - | Prof. David Hyndman, MSU. The 2004 |
10:30 am | - | Dr. A. M. Mubarek – ITI, SL Water quality monitoring and Laboratory facilities in |
11:00 am | - | Tea |
11:15 | - | R.S.C George – NWSDB, SL |
11:45pm | - | Prof. Jagath Kaluarachchi – Risk based decision making, Water Resources Management in coastal regions |
12:15 | - | Lunch |
1:30 pm | - | Dr. Nalin Wickramanayake, OU, SL Coastal Groundwater, Water Supply and Sanitation: A Vicious Cycle? |
2:00 pm | - | Dr. Kevin Cunningham, Hydrogeologic, borehole and surface geophysical methods applied to aquifer characterization and water-supply recovery: post-tsunami coastal aquifers, |
2:30 pm | - | Tea |
2:45 pm | - | Prof. Prabhakar Clement, Understanding the Dynamics of Contaminant Transport near a Salt Wedge using Field/ Laboratory Observations and Computer Simulations |
3:15 pm | - | Prof. Karsten H. Jensen, Hydrological characterization of the unsaturated zone using cross-borehole radar and resistivity imaging |
3:45 pm | - | Summary of findings, future needs and options for future projects Facilitators: Prof. Tissa Illangasekare,CSM, USA Dr. Jayantha Obeysekera, SFWMD, USA Dr. Karen Villhoth, IWMI, SL |
5:00 pm | - | Prof Ananda Gunatilaka, Prof. Tissa Illangasekare, Concluding Remarks and note of thanks |