Arsenic contamination in groundwaters in Bangladesh and options of sustainable drinking water supplies
Edited book (chapter)
Chapter Title | Arsenic contamination in groundwaters in Bangladesh and options of sustainable drinking water supplies |
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Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
ERA Publisher ID | 1624 |
3415 | |
Book Title | The global arsenic problem: challenges for safe water production |
Authors | Bhattacharya, Prosun (Author), Bundschuh, Jochen (Author), von Bromssen, Mattias (Author), Hossain, Mohammad (Author), Ahmed, Kazi Matin (Author), Hoinkis, Jan (Author) and Litter, Marta (Author) |
Editors | Kabay, Nalan, Bundschuh, Jochen, Hendry, Bruce, Bryjak, Marek, Yoshizuka, Kazuharu, Bhattacharya, Prosun and Anac, Suer |
Page Range | 21-35 |
Series | Arsenic in the Environment |
Chapter Number | 2 |
Number of Pages | 15 |
Year | 2010 |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Taylor & Francis | |
Place of Publication | London, United Kingdom |
ISBN | 9780415575218 |
9780203843390 | |
ISSN | 1876-6218 |
Abstract | Groundwater sources used for drinking in many parts of the world contain geogenic arsenic (As) with levels of concentrations above the drinking water guideline value of the World Health Organisation (WHO, 10 iJg L-1). Occurrence of arsenic in groundwater has been known a century ago from Argentina, where the toxic effects on public health were described already in the year 1917. However, it was not before half a century later, that the As problem achieved world interest. This was the consequence of a UNICEF program to provide the rural population of Bangladesh with microbe-free drinking water by changing the drinking Since several decades, the contamination of groundwater and to less extent of surface water by geogenic As is well known from countries such as Mexico, Chile, Peru, Taiwan and some small regions in European countries such as Hungary. Until recently, it was thought that the problem is limited to these countries. However, there were many new discoveries all over the world such as in several regions of the People's Republic of China (1993- 1996), Nicaragua |
Keywords | arsenic; drinking water; mitigation; Bangladesh |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 410402. Environmental assessment and monitoring |
370799. Hydrology not elsewhere classified | |
400499. Chemical engineering not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden |
Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, Germany | |
Ramboll Sverige AB, Sweden | |
NGO Forum for Public Health, Bangladesh | |
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh | |
National Atomic Energy Commission, Argentina | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2v06/arsenic-contamination-in-groundwaters-in-bangladesh-and-options-of-sustainable-drinking-water-supplies
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