UMCSAWM Two-Day Training Workshop on the Application of HEC-HMS for Watershed Modeling"

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News UMCSAWM, Moratuwa - 17th March 2025

We are delighted to share the successful completion of a two-day training workshop on the ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž'๐ฌ ๐‡๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ (๐‡๐„๐‚-๐‡๐Œ๐’) ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ , held on the 23rd and 24th of January 2025 at the ๐‘ผ๐‘ต๐‘ฌ๐‘บ๐‘ช๐‘ถ - ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’…๐’‚๐’๐’‹๐’†๐’†๐’• ๐‘บ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’‰ ๐‘ช๐’†๐’๐’•๐’“๐’† ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐‘บ๐’๐’–๐’•๐’‰ ๐‘จ๐’”๐’Š๐’‚ ๐‘พ๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• (๐‘ผ๐‘ด๐‘ช๐‘บ๐‘จ๐‘พ๐‘ด), ๐‘ผ๐’๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ด๐’๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’–๐’˜๐’‚.

This workshop brought together water professionals representing esteemed organizations, including the Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka (MASL), Water Management Secretariat (WMS) – MASL, Ministry of Irrigation, Irrigation Department, National Water Supply and Drainage Board, Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau (CECB), Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Lands, and Irrigation, and the Ceylon Electricity Board.

Organized under the ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ & ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ (๐ˆ๐–๐–๐‘๐Œ๐) of the Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka, and funded by the World Bank, the workshop aimed to:

- ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘›-๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™-๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘“ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ .

- ๐ธ๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘”๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘™๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘ 

-๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› โ„Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”.

- ๐ธ๐‘›โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘“ โ„Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘’๐‘“๐‘“๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก.

The training was conducted by the dedicated staff of the UMCSAWM and the Civil Engineering Department at the University of Moratuwa. We are confident that this initiative has strengthened the participants' capacity to address critical challenges in water resources management and contribute meaningfully to the sustainable development of Sri Lanka.

๐”๐Œ๐‚๐’๐€๐–๐Œ ๐“๐ฐ๐จ-๐๐š๐ฒ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž'๐ฌ ๐‡๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ (๐‡๐„๐‚-๐‡๐Œ๐’) ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ 

๐”๐Œ๐‚๐’๐€๐–๐Œ ๐“๐ฐ๐จ-๐๐š๐ฒ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž'๐ฌ ๐‡๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ (๐‡๐„๐‚-๐‡๐Œ๐’) ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ 

๐”๐Œ๐‚๐’๐€๐–๐Œ ๐“๐ฐ๐จ-๐๐š๐ฒ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž'๐ฌ ๐‡๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ (๐‡๐„๐‚-๐‡๐Œ๐’) ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ 

๐”๐Œ๐‚๐’๐€๐–๐Œ ๐“๐ฐ๐จ-๐๐š๐ฒ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž'๐ฌ ๐‡๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ (๐‡๐„๐‚-๐‡๐Œ๐’) ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐