Enhancing the capacity of local drillers for installing arsenic-safe drinking water wells — experience from Matlab, Bangladesh
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Paper/Presentation Title | Enhancing the capacity of local drillers for installing arsenic-safe drinking water wells — experience from Matlab, Bangladesh |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Hossain, M. (Author), Bhattacharya, P. (Author), Jacks, G. (Author), Ahmed, K. Matin (Author), Hasan, M. A. (Author), von Bromssen, M. (Author) and Frape, S. K. (Author) |
Editors | Bhattacharya, Prosun, Bhattacharya, Marie, Jarsjo, Jerker, Kumpiene, Jurate, Ahmad, Arslan, Sparrenbom, Charlotte, Jacks, Gunnar, Donselaar, Marinus Eric, Bundschuh, Jochen and Naidu, Ravi |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment (AS 2016) |
Number of Pages | 2 |
Year | 2016 |
Place of Publication | London, United Kingdom |
ISBN | 9781138029415 |
9781315629438 | |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | https://www.crcpress.com/Arsenic-Research-and-Global-Sustainability-Proceedings-of-the-Sixth-International/Bhattacharya-Vahter-Jarsjo-Kumpiene-Ahmad-Sparrenbom-Jacks-Donselaar-Bundschuh-Naidu/p/book/9781138029415 |
Conference/Event | 6th International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment: Arsenic Research and Global Sustainability (AS 2016) |
Event Details | 6th International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment: Arsenic Research and Global Sustainability (AS 2016) Parent International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment (AS) Event Date 19 to end of 23 Jun 2016 Event Location Stockholm, Sweden |
Abstract | Nearly 90% of the estimated 10 million tubewells in Bangladesh are installed privately by local drillers for rural drinking water supplies in Bangladesh. The awareness of local drillers on elevated Arsenic (As) concentrations in tubewell water at shallow depths have made them change their practice of installation of tubewells. Using the visual color attributes of the shallow sediments (<100 m) and content of dissolved iron, generally associated with high As concentrations, the local drillers presently install community tubewells at depths targeting red/brownish or off-white sediments. This study recognizes the local tubewell drillers as important stakeholder in the business of tubewell installation. A Sediment Color Tool has been developed to enhance the local driller’s capacity to identify the As-safe aquifers that would bring significant change to reduce As exposure and scale-up safe water access in rural Bangladesh. |
Keywords | aquifers; arsenic; drilling equipment; hydrogeology; sediments; sustainable development; tubes (components); water; water supply; water wells |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 370799. Hydrology not elsewhere classified |
400411. Water treatment processes | |
370104. Atmospheric composition, chemistry and processes | |
Public Notes | Copyright © 2016 Taylor and Francis Group, London, UK. All rights reserved. No part of this publication or the information contained herein may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, by photocopying, recording or otherwise, without written prior permission from the publisher. |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Byline Affiliations | KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden |
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh | |
Ramboll Sverige AB, Sweden | |
University of Waterloo, Canada |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q524w/enhancing-the-capacity-of-local-drillers-for-installing-arsenic-safe-drinking-water-wells-experience-from-matlab-bangladesh
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