Vavuni Kulam

Vavuni Kulam (வவுனி குளம் Vavuṉi Kuḷam) is an irrigation tank in northern Sri Lanka, approximately 2 mi south east of Mallavi.

History
The tank on Pali Aru was earlier knowns as Peli Vapi. Restoration of the tank, which had a catchment area of 88 sqmi, commenced in 1954 with the support of the Australian government.

By the late 1960s the tank's bund was 2 mi long and 24 ft high whilst the tank's storage capacity was 35300 acre.ft and its water spread area was 3150 acre. There was a 500 ft spill on the left bank and two spills on the right bank - 1200 ft and 700 ft. The left and right bank sluices were each 4 ft by 3 ft 6 in whilst the central sluice had a diameter of 18 in. By 2014 the tank was capable of irrigating 6900 acre.