Information Exchange Workshops

Part II

 

Impact of Tsunami on Groundwater, Soils and Vegetation in Coastal Regions of Sri Lanka

 

 

 

22 September 2005

 

 

 

at

 

 Auditorium, Industrial Technology Institute

 

363, Bauddhaloka Mawatha,

Colombo 07

 

 

Sponsored by

 

United States National Science Foundation (USNSF)

National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka (NSF)

Soil Science  Society of Sri Lanka

 

                                                                                               

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROGRAM

09:30 am

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Welcome Address

Prof. Sirimali Fernando, Chairperson-NSF, SL

Prof. Ananda Gunatilaka – NSF, SL

 

09:45am

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Project Background, Goals and Planned Outcomes

Prof. Tissa Illangasekare, CSM, USA

Dr. Jayantha Obeysekera, SFWMD,USA

 

10:00 am

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Prof. David Hyndman, MSU. USA

The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: A Prospective from Natual Hazards to Water Resources

 

10:30 am

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Dr. A. M. Mubarek – ITI, SL

Water quality monitoring and Laboratory facilities in Sri Lanka

11:00 am

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Tea

 

11:15

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R.S.C George – NWSDB, SL

Impact on drinking water supply & sanitation facilities and  rebuilding of the water & sanitation infrastructure affected by the Tsunami tidal waves

 

11:45pm

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Prof. Jagath Kaluarachchi – USU, USA

Risk based decision making, Water Resources Management in coastal regions

 

12:15

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Lunch

 

1:30 pm

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Dr. Nalin Wickramanayake, OU, SL

Coastal Groundwater, Water Supply and Sanitation: A Vicious Cycle?

2:00 pm

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Dr. Kevin Cunningham, USGS, USA

Hydrogeologic, borehole and surface geophysical methods applied to aquifer characterization and water-supply recovery: post-tsunami coastal aquifers, Sri Lanka

 

2:30 pm

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Tea

 

2:45 pm

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Prof. Prabhakar Clement, Auburn U.,USA

Understanding the Dynamics of Contaminant Transport near a Salt Wedge using Field/ Laboratory Observations and Computer Simulations

 

3:15 pm

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Prof. Karsten H. Jensen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Hydrological characterization of the unsaturated zone using cross-borehole radar and resistivity imaging

 

3:45 pm

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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

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Prof Ananda Gunatilaka, Prof. Tissa Illangasekare, Concluding Remarks and note of thanks