Wastewater use in agriculture in Sri Lanka A case study from Kurunegala Sri Lanka

Environmental problems and biodiversity conservation through silviculture in Sri Lanka: Current state, struggles and cooperation with Czech foresters - A review

“…The rising population growth on the island has intensified the demand for land, primarily for agriculture and housing, resulting in detrimental impacts on Sri Lanka's forest cover (Akurugoda, Karunaratne 2022). The specific impacts are unsustainable harvesting practices, deforestation, and forest degradation (Kottawa-Arachchi, Wijeratne 2017), the conversion of forest land into farms, further reducing forest cover (Dissanayake et al 2017) and overgrazing in forest areas, damaging vegetation and hindering regeneration (Aluthwatta et al 2015).…”

A Review of Reclaimed Water Reuse for Irrigation in South Asian Countries

“…Only Afghanistan still disposed all wastewater directly into the environment without any treatment or reuse . In other South Asian countries, reuse of untreated and partially treated wastewater in irrigation have been reported in few studies, ,, whereas irrigation with RW is not widely documented in reviewed literature except in India. , This predisposition toward untreated wastewater use might be why those nations have not focused on developing RW guidelines, whereas only India has developed it. However, the inverse may also be true.…”