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Beneficiary Capacity building in the Use of GIS Tools for Water Infrastructure Planning and Management
| Title: GIS for Dam Safety & Water Resources Planning Project
Client: Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka In Collaboration with the ICGAT University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka Number of Water Practitioners Trained (Direct Beneficiaries) – 20 Civil Engineers Duration – 4 weeks Course Team: Prof N.T.S. Wijesekera, Ms G. Edirisinghe, Mr. Waruna Rasanga Course Brief: Short term training on the utilization of Geographic Information Systems for Water Infrastructure Development activities in the regions associated with the Mahaweli River Authority, Sri Lanka. The work involved case study examples and hands on training on techniques for groundwater and surface water planning, techniques for computing spatial averages of rainfall, land use, stakeholder involvements. The Tool used was ArcGIS with other Microsoft Office software. Raster and Vector models and using Model Builder for conceptual modelling for water resources applications was the main attraction. |
2. Beneficiary Capacity building in the Use of Modelling Tools for Water Infrastructure Planning and Management
| Title: 2-Day – Modeling River Flow and Morphodynamics Workshop
In Collaboration with USGS, UMCSAWM, Hokkaido University
Number of Water Practitioners Trained (Direct Beneficiaries) – 38 Water Modelers Duration – 2 Days
Core Team Involved for Workshop Prof. Yasuyuki Shimizu Japan Hokkiado University Prof. Ichiro Kimura Japan Hokkiado University Dr. Tomoko Kyuka Japan Hokkiado University Dr. Jonathan Nelson USA United States Geological Survey (USGS) Dr. Duminda Perera Japan Dr. Lalith Rajapakse UMCSAWM, Sri Lanka
Course Brief: The workshop covered a broad spectrum of river modelling techniques within the International River Interface Cooperative public-domain modelling interface. The workshop covered almost all aspects starting with basic data input and stepping through the process of grid generation, model execution, visualization and verification. Participants were taught on how to effectively use the modelling approaches like, FaSTMECH, Nays2DH, NaysFlood and NaysCube |
