134
B. M. J. K. Balasooriya et al.
Mr. Tissa Ramawichrama and Mr. Thilanka Damith, NWS & DB, Matara, Sri Lanka, is highly
acknowledged for the support of creating GIS maps.
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Water Sci Technol 62(4):920–928
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slopes and highly urbanized spaces in Mid-Levels area, Hong Kong. J Water Res 40(4):753–767
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in a Blackfoot disease area in Taiwan. J Sci Total Environ 313:77–89
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Mr. Tissa Ramawichrama and Mr. Thilanka Damith, NWS & DB, Matara, Sri Lanka, is highly
acknowledged for the support of creating GIS maps.
References
Azizullah A, Khattak MNK, Richter P, Häder D (2011) Water pollution in Pakistan and its impact
on public health—a review. J Environ Int 32(2):479–497
Bencer S, Boudoukha A, Mouni L (2016) Multivariate statistical analysis of the groundwater of
Ain Djacer area (Eastern of Algeria). Arab J Geosci 9(4):1–10
Braga MAS, Paquet H, Begonha A (2002) Weathering of granites in a temperate climate (NW
Portugal): granitic saprolites and arenization. J Catena 49:41–56
Chandrajith R, Chaturangani D, Abeykoon S, Barth JAC, Geldern R, Edirisinghe EANV, Dissanayake CB (2014) Quantification of groundwater–seawater interaction in a coastal sandy aquifer
system: a study from Panama, Sri Lanka. J Environ Earth Sci 72:867–877
Climate Change Secretariat Sri Lanka—Ministry of Mahaweli Development & Environment (2016)
Sri Lanka Climate Profile (Online). Available at: http://www.climatechange.lk/Climate_Profile.
html. Accessed 29 March 2017
Das N, Patel AK, Deka G, Das A, Sarma KP, Kumar M (2015) Geochemical controls and future perspective of arsenic mobilization for sustainable groundwater management: a study from Northeast
India. Groundwater Sustain Dev 1(1–2):92–104
Daughney CJ, Raiber M, Moreau-Fournier M, Morgenstern U, Van der Raaij R (2012) Use of
hierarchical cluster analysis to assess the representativeness of a baseline ground-water quality
monitoring network: comparison of New Zealand’s national and regional groundwater monitoring
programmes. Hydrol J 20(1):185–200
Davis J (1986) Statistics and Data Analysis in Geology, 3rd edn. Wiley India, Toronto
Department of Meteorology-Sri Lanka (2016) Climate of Sri Lanka (Online). Available at:
http://www.meteo.gov.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=94&Itemid=310&
lang=en. Accessed 29 March 2017
Dissanayake C, Chandrajith R (2007) Medical geology in tropical countries with special reference
to Sri Lanka. J Environ Geochem Health 29:155–162
Dohare D, Deshpande S, Kotiya A (2014) Analysis of ground water quality parameters: a review.
Res J Eng Sci 3(5):26–31
Jiang Y, Wue Y, Groves C, Yuan D, Kambesis P (2009) Natural and anthropogenic factors affecting
the groundwater quality in the Nandong karst underground river system in Yunan, China. J
Contaminant Hydrol 109:49–61
Juahir H, Zain SM, Yusoff MK, Hanidza TIT, Armi ASM, Toriman ME, Makhtar M (2011) Spatial
water quality assessment of Langat River Basin (Malaysia) using environmetric techniques. J
Environ Monit Assess 173(1–4):625–641
Kumar M, Das A, Das N, Goswami R, Singh UK (2016) Co-occurrence perspective of arsenic and
fluoride in the groundwater of Diphu, Assam, Northeastern India. Chemosphere 150:227–238
Kumar M, Furumai H, Kurisu F, Kasuga I (2010) Evaluating the mobile heavy metal pool in
soakaway sediment, road dust and soil through sequential extraction and isotopic exchange.
Water Sci Technol 62(4):920–928
Leung C, Jiao JJ (2006) Heavy metal and trace element distributions in groundwater in natural
slopes and highly urbanized spaces in Mid-Levels area, Hong Kong. J Water Res 40(4):753–767
Liu C, Lin K, Kuo Y (2003) Application of factor analysis in the assessment of groundwater quality
in a Blackfoot disease area in Taiwan. J Sci Total Environ 313:77–89
Liu CW, Wang SW, Jang CS, Lin KH (2006) Occurrence of arsenic in ground water in the Choushui
River alluvial fan, Taiwan. J Environ Qual 35:68–75