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Wastewater Agriculture in Kurunegala City, Sri Lanka

Jayakody P., Gunawardana I., Guneratne S., Clemett A., Dissanayake P.

IWMI Research Reports (WASPA Asia Project Report 8), International Water Management Institute

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This IWMI report documents peri-urban paddy cultivation using diverted municipal wastewater around Kurunegala city, highlighting the practice as representative of urbanization impacts on Sri Lankan agriculture while identifying significant public health risks from untreated effluent irrigation.