A Investigation of faceal pollution in water used for domestic purposes in two highly congested areas in and around the municipal limits of Colombo.
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1982
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University of Colombo: UC(SCI).
Abstract
An Investigation of faecal poiiution of water used for domestic purposes,in two highly congested areas, was carried at Kelaniya and Mattakuliya. The Henamulla Camp at Thotalanga (below the old Kelaniya bridge) is a highly condested tenement area. The Camp is of two settlements one being situated in close Proxmity to a very extensive Land reclamation site,which is filled with decomposing "Rubbish" There is also a large sewage drain believed to have been built more than forty years age. This drain carries inadequately treated domestic sewage from a very poorly functioning sevage treatment plant. which is about half a mile away from this area. The second settlement is more congested, and is clearly demarcated from the first, by a bund that runs acrose the marshy land that lies between the two schemes. "Kakkaduwa" (Crow Island) is a highty inhabited area in Mattakkuliya, situated behind the Mattakuliya Bus depot, and stretching towards the mounh of the Kelani River. This area provides a fair portion of habitable land for many fisher folk.
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Dissertation: M.Sc., University of Colombo: UC(SCI), 1982.
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Environmental health, Water pollution
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FERNANDO, RV, A Investigation of faceal pollution in water used for domestic purposes in two highly congested areas in and around the municipal limits of Colombo., University of Colombo UC(SCI), 1982: p.