Nutrient Pollution of Groundwater by Agricultural Activities in Coastal Sandy Aquifers:Experience from Sri Lanka

Kalpitiya peninsular aquifer which is one of the highly productive and extremely permeable quarternary sand aquifers in Sri Lanka is heavily used for irrigation purposes of agricultural activities for decades.This study focuses on the spatial and temporal nutrient pollution of groundwater of shallow aquifer of Kalpitiya peninsula and nitrate,phosphate, major cations and some physical parameters were measured during one year period covering two