i'd like to know when it was started,the purpose of the project, how the reservoir was built, how the water was utilised, who reaps the benefits?
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usually i look for these things on wikipedia but all i could find was "the geography of sri lanka". heres a paragraph from that article:\n\nThe nature of agricultural pursuits in Sri Lanka has changed over the centuries and has usually depended upon the availability of arable land and water resources. In earlier times, when villagers had access to plentiful forests that separated settlements from each other, slash-and-burn agriculture was a standard technique. As expanding population and commercial pressures reduced the amount of available forestland, however, slash-and-burn cultivation steadily declined in favor of permanent cultivation by private owners. Until the 13th century, the village farming communities were mainly on the northern plains around Anuradhapura and then Polonnaruwa, but they later shifted to the southwest. In the 1980s, wide expanses of the northern and eastern plains were sparsely populated, with scattered villages each huddled around an artificial lake. The Jaffna Peninsula, although a dry area, is densely populated and intensively cultivated. The southwest contains most of the people, and villages are densely clustered with little unused land. In the Central Highlands around Kandy, villagers faced with limited flat land have developed intricately terraced hillsides where they grow rice. In the 1970s and 1980s, the wet cultivation area was expanding rapidly, as the government implemented large-scale irrigation projects to restore the dry zone to agricultural productivity. In the 1980s, the area drained by the Mahaweli Ganga changed from a sparsely inhabited region to a wet rice area similar to the southwest. Through such projects, the government of Sri Lanka has planned to recreate in the dry zone the lush, irrigated landscape associated with the ancient Sinhalese civilization.
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google it.  \n\nrecon--the gov wont waste their time with this.  it could be for a project or something.  dont assume you moron.
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http://www.epa.gov/history/
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It is renewable; We are always going to have waves.\nIt is quiet.\nIt does not take up land.\n\nTidal Power is a distinct source in itself. (See both sites)
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Most of the water resources goes towards farming.  Already the Colorado River in the US and the Yellow River in China no longer make it to the sea.  (this is what they mean when they say the Nile will run dry... we divert more and more water, taking it away from ecosystems downstream.)\n\nConservation helps, but better farming irrigation techniques and eating less meat is crucial as the world population continues to grow exponentially.  70% of all fresh water goes to farming and the majority of the produce goes to feed livestock!  The UN recently did a report on water resources and they estimated that for every 1 lb of beef it takes 7 lbs. of feed grain, which takes 7,000 lbs. of water to grow.  The water that goes to make the corn could used to feed more people with 7 lbs of vegetables and beans than 1 lb of steak.  This is not to say that we all must become vegans, but if we all ate one less meal with meat a week it would make a tremendous difference!  "Pass up one hamburger, and you'll save as much water as you save by taking 40 showers with a low-flow nozzle." \n\nHere's an article that has some good statistics about the Nile:\nhttp://www.earth-policy.org/Books/Eco/EEch2_ss6.htm\n\nIt says " Another river that is leading to sleepless nights is the Nile, because its waters must be allocated not among provinces, as in China, but among countries. Ten countries share the Nile River basin, but just three—Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia—dominate. Eighty-five percent of the Nile's flow originates in Ethiopia, but the lion's share is used by Egypt. Most of the rest is used in Sudan. Once the claims of these two countries are satisfied, little water is left when it enters the Mediterranean"
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I'm an old timer who got interested in Sri Lank forty years ago. I was fascinated by the Kandy Empire, the legend of Adam's peak, the singing shellfish at Lake Batticaloa, the construction of the ancient tanks among many other things. I read a book that I still find interesting called "Jungle Tide". I forget the author's name but he must have written it during the British occupation as he was English. I am sure there are many other fascinating archaeological and educational opportunities in your country, which, I regret, I never did visit. Still, after 40 years, my interest has been retained by what I read. My very best wishes with your project.
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If it wasn't for the revenue from licences and the vigilance of fishermen our rivers would be in a state. How much time do the antis spend near the water, how much knowledge do they have of aquatic life and what are they doing to keep rivers and ponds maintained. I've been in a syndicate before, the lake was dug on an old grass-track racing track. The lake is teeming with life, we maintained it and paid particular attention ti the wildlife that we were keen to attract to the water, from insects up to water birds and even mammals such as the water vole which is supposed to be extremely rare. Pffft I've seen them every time I visited the lake. Anglers can also recognise the first signs of disease and nip it in the bud before it gets out of hand.\n\nWhat next? Ban fly spray?
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For all things water see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water
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you need to tell us where this residential project is because geography is pretty important! Of course not less important is culture and customs where this is located! Otherwise if no restrictions exist and weather allows it then make lots of swimming pools and and lots of outdoor activities like  golf courses and tennis courts, having these features in your project plus a secure and environmentally clean atmosphere will enable the project to sell itself without much hassle...\n\nyou are welcome to contact me for further discussion
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Dear Asker!\nfirst you have to know equilibrum between income and outgoing flow. \nSecond if we have equilibrum , we must evaluate if the flow is taking the shorter way or is expanding all the cross section of the reservoir. If the second is right ( which is not fully right) it could be calculated easely. \nso, residence time is T=V(volume)/P(income flow or outgoing flow)
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There's a page that covers this here (http://www.urbanedpartnership.org/target/units/river/tour/hist.html)
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Basically, its about Great Britain. At least that's what this site says......\n\n"AN ACT for the better securing the dependency of his Majesty's dominions in America upon the crown and parliament of Great Britain......"\n\nHope this helps. Good luck with the project!
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a lot of people didn't like it because the government was spending so much money.  I think it was a good thing though.  You need to put money into the economy if you want to make it better.  An analagy my history teacher used was priming the pump.  You need to put water in the pump or nothing will happen.  The pump will burn up if there is nothing to pump.
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First of all, there are laws that govern the use of rivers or waterways even if they are inside your property. Remember that  you do not actually own the waterway since other people rely on these downstream from your property.\n\nNext, taking for granted you get the necessary and required "go ahead and do it" signal from the Department of Environmental Protection (and other agencies looking after our natural resources and habitats), you will need a strong current which is necessary to drive the turbines fast enough to convert these source of power into electricity. River current alone will not do the trick (why do you think we have the Hoover Dam in Nevada/Arizona?).
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Engineers without borders! and the UN off course. They help build water treatment facilities, roads to wells and wells.
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you can surely visit google to know more.....\ntry the pdf search so that you get even the slightest of the details
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The S.E of the UK has experienced two years of below average rainfall resulting in falling groundwater levels.\n\nThe population in the S.E has continued to grow and new housing os on the increase.\n\nPlus, we all use much more water. We have power showers, dishwashers, jet washers for the car, expensive but thirsty shrubs in our gardens and more swimming pools.\n\nIn the UK, Direct abstraction from groundwater and non-tidal waters amounted to nearly 9.6 billion cubic metres. The electricity and gas production and fishing industries accounted for the bulk of that with usage of 5.6 billion cubic metres of water. The fishing industry used 2.1 billion cubic metres.\n\nPublic water supply amounted to 7.2 billion cubic metres of which 1.8 million was lost through leakage. Domestic use accounted for nearly 45 per cent of the public water supply with the remainder spread fairly evenly across the manufacturing and services sectors.\n\nSo, although not only does increased domestic usage put strain on the water supply, the increased use of electricity also pushes up the demand for water. So ironically, pumping in extra water will require more electricity which in turn requires more water!\n\nMost of the water infrastructure was designed decades ago so it is little wonder that its beginning to creak at the seams. The leakage figures are alarming, but as a third of domestic water is used in flushing toilets, 2.4 billion cubic metres are being simply flushed away.\n\nWouldn't it be great if all new houses captured rainfall on their rooves and channelled it into header tanks for toilet cisterns? That way we could save a huge proportion of that 2.4 billion cubic metres of water.\n\nAll it would take is some imagination when applying planning regulations. The cost compared to the overall cost for a new home would be minimal.