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Sri Lanka water supply still suffers effects of 2004 tsunami

8th May 2006, 15:23 GMT

Sri Lanka's coastal drinking water supply continues to suffer the effects of the December 2004 tsunami. Some 40,000 shallow wells were destroyed or contaminated by the tsunami. The continued sustainability of the aquifers that supply such wells is in doubt, due to continued saltwater contamination, erosion of beaches, and other human impacts. During investigations in Sri Lanka, an international team of researchers found that the tsunami had affected coastal drinking water sources in several ways.

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