Arsenic mitigation for water supply in Bangladesh: Appropriate technological and policy perspectives

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 226-234

  Hoque, Bilqis A ^a   Yamaura, Sombo ^b   Sakai, Akira ^c   Khanam, Sufia ^a   Karim, Mahbooba ^a   Hoque, Yamen ^d   Hossain, Sanowar ^a   Islam, Shoriful ^a   Hossain, Obaid ^a  

^a Environment and Pollution Research Centre   (Bangladesh)

^b Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Appropriate technology; Arsenic mitigation; Performance; Quality

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PUBLIC POLICY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER WELLS;

ARSENIC MITIGATION; DEEP TUBEWELLS; PIPED WATER SYSTEMS; SHALLOW TUBEWELLS; TUBE WELL WATER;

WATER TREATMENT;

ARSENIC; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PUBLIC POLICY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; WATER WELLS;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33746949468     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.2006.026     Document Type: Article

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