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Coastal areas are among the world’s most productive but ecologically fragile regions. Coastal groundwater is a dynamic and replaceable resource. Ground water is the largest source of fresh water available on earth, which is exploited to satisfy domestic, agriculture and industrial purposes. Ground water plays a significant role in the overall circulation of water through the hydrologic cycle. It is always considered as a readily available and safe source of water for domestic, agricultural and industrial use (Bear, 1979; Gavich et al., 1980). Groundwater will be less directly and more slowly impacted by climate change as compared to surface water, but in coastal areas ground water will be directly affected by sea level rise. Sea level rise would directly affect the coastal river basin areas and increase saline water intrusion to the coastal areas of Sri Lanka. Sea water intrusion in coastal areas of Sri Lanka cause serious problems to various sectors of natural and anthropogenic environments.
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Piyadasa, R.U.K., Weerasinghe, K.D.N., Liyanage, J.A., Wijayawardhana, L.M.J.R. (2013). Role of Sea Level Rise on the Groundwater Quality in Coastal Areas of Sri Lanka. In: Sundaresan, J., Sreekesh, S., Ramanathan, A., Sonnenschein, L., Boojh, R. (eds) Climate Change and Island and Coastal Vulnerability. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6016-5_14
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