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IJSRP, Volume 10, Issue 8, August 2020 Edition [ISSN 2250-3153]


Spatiotemporal Characteristics of the Domestic Water Consumption Patterns and Related Issues in Sri Lanka
      G.N. Kaushalya, V.P.I.S. Wijeratne, L. Manawadu
Abstract: Water is essential for all sorts of growth and development of humankind, animal, and plant. One of the most important uses of water is for domestic purpose and it is the third-largest water consumer from total water consumption in the world. This study mainly explored the spatiotemporal patterns of domestic water consumption and related issues in semi-urban and rural areas. Primary data collection mainly conducted with a hundred (N=100) sample household questionnaires and sample households were selected based on main drinking water sources (groundwater and tap water) using a stratified random sampling method. Correlation, Kernel density, nearest neighbor analysis, and interpolation techniques were used to fulfill the main research objective of the study.

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G.N. Kaushalya, V.P.I.S. Wijeratne, L. Manawadu (2020); Spatiotemporal Characteristics of the Domestic Water Consumption Patterns and Related Issues in Sri Lanka; International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications (IJSRP) 10(08) (ISSN: 2250-3153), DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.29322/IJSRP.10.08.2020.p10492
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