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Challenges in Dam Safety and Extreme Rainfall Estimation in Relation to Sri Lanka

  • Wickramasuriya S
  • Fernando W
Engineer: Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (2012) 45(1) 39
DOI: 10.4038/engineer.v45i1.6948
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Ensuring the safety of our dams in a changing global climate is of paramount importance to Sri Lanka. The devastating floods of January–February 2011 caused an enormous Rs. 66 billion in damages which included a massive Rs. 13 billion loss in the rice crop alone. A …

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Wickramasuriya, S. S., & Fernando, W. C. D. K. (2012). Challenges in Dam Safety and Extreme Rainfall Estimation in Relation to Sri Lanka. Engineer: Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, 45(1), 39. https://doi.org/10.4038/engineer.v45i1.6948

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