Project Components
Component 01
Watershed and Water Resources Planning - US $13.7Mn
Sub Components• 1.1 Watershed Management Planning • 1.2 Watershed restoration • 1.3 Multi-sector water resources planning |
Watershed Management Planning (US $5Mn)
Will help to develop a Watershed Management Plan for the upper Mahaweli watershed through a consultative approach, with activities to be implemented at mini-watershed levels.
Watershed Restoration (US $5Mn)
Improve the livelihood of the inhabitants through a technically sound method inclusive socially, institutionally, and environmentally manner.
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Green Climate Fund (GCF) principally agreed to provide grant funding for the Watershed Restoration of the IWWRMP as it helps to reduce the impact of the climate change
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Multi-Sector Water Resources Planning (US $7.7Mn)
a. Enhancing bulk water allocation model & expanding HMIS Network
Strengthen and enhance the existing bulk water management model (VISTA Model at WMS-MASL) and expand the existing Hydro-Meteorological Information System (establishing 120 new stations for MASL & ID).
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b. Groundwater Management Support for the water resource board (WRB) in the development of knowledge-based integrated groundwater management basin plans in eight pilot basins. • Malwathu Oya |
Issues in Upper Mahaweli Watershed and proposed solutions
| Issues | Solutions |
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• Deforestation, encroachment and forest fires • On-farm as well as off-farm soil erosion • Increased silt in river water which causes • Reduced water flows from the catchment • Poor quality of Mahaweli water (inorganic
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• Reforestation of degraded forest lands and • Establishment of soil conservation measures • Rehabilitation of abandoned small tanks in • River bank conservation. • Home garden development. • Livelihood development. |
IWWRMP
Integrated Watershed And Water Resources Management Project
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