Mobilization of arsenic in groundwater of Bangladesh: Evidence from an incubation study

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 553-565

  Anawar, H M ^a   Akai, J ^b   Yoshioka, T ^c   Konohira, E ^d   Lee, J Y ^d   Fukuhara, H ^b   Tari Kul Alam, M ^e   Garcia Sanchez, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bacteria; Biogeochemistry; Groundwater; Iron oxyhydroxide; Organic nutrients

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; FERRIC ION; FERTILIZER; NITROGEN;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARSENIC; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IRON HYDROXIDE; ORGANIC MATTER; PH; REDOX POTENTIAL; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; SEDIMENT; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FERTILIZERS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33845423928     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-006-9054-0     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Acharyya, S. K., Chakraborty, P., Lahiri, S., Raymahashay, B. C., Guha, S., & Bhowmik, A. (1999). Arsenic poisoning in the Ganges Delta. Nature, 401, 545.
2. Akai, J., Fukuhara, H., Masuda, H., & Yoshimura, T. (2000). Estimated sources of arsenic and possible model for release of arsenic into groundwater in relation to biological activity. In P. Bhattacharya & A. H. Welch (Eds.), Abstract of 31st IGC workshop on groundwater arsenic in sedimentary aquifers, pp. 9-11. Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, August 3-5, KTH, Stockholm and USGS, Nevada..
3. Akai, J., Izumi, K., Fukuhara, H., Masuda, H., Nakano, S., Yoshimura, T., Ohfuji, H., Anawar, H. M., & Akai K. (2004). Mineralogical and geomicrobiological investigations on groundwater arsenic enrichment in Bangladesh. Applied Geochemistry, 19, 215-230.
4. Anawar, H. M., Akai, J., Komaki, K., Terao, H., Yoshioka, T., Ishizuka, T., Safiullah, S., & Kato, K. (2003). Geochemical occurrence of arsenic in groundwater of Bangladesh: Sources and mobilization processes. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 77, 109-131.
5. Bose, P., & Sharma, A. (2002). Role of iron in controlling speciation and mobilization of arsenic in subsurface environment. Water Research, 36, 4916-4926.
6. Chowdhury, T. R., Basu, G. K., Mandal, B. K., Biswas, B. K., Samanta, G., Chowdhury, U. K., Chanda, C. R., Lodh, D., Roy, S. L., Saha, K. C., Roy, S., Kabir, S., Quamruzzaman, Q., & Chakraborti, D. (1999). Arsenic poisoning in the Ganges delta. Nature, 401, 545-546.
7. Cornell, R. M., & Schwertmann, U. (1996). The Fe oxides: Structure, properties, reactions, occurrences, and uses. VCH:NEw York.
8. Cummings, D. E., Caccavo, F. J. R., Fendorf, S., & Rosenzweig, R. F. (1999). Arsenic mobilization by the dissimilatory Fe(3)-reducing bacterium Shewanella alga BrY. Environmental Science and Technology, 33, 723-729.
9. Cummings, D. E., March, A. W., Bostick, B., Spring, S., Caccavo, F. J. R., Fendorf, S., & Rosenzweig, R. F. (2000). Evidence for microbial Fe(3) reduction in anoxic, mine-impacted Lake sediments (Lake Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 66, 154-162.
10. Das, D., Samanta, G., Mandal, B. K., Chowdhury, T. R., Chanda, C. R., Chowdhury, P. P., Basu, G. K., & Chakraborti D. (1996). Arsenic in groundwater in six districts of West Bengal, India. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 18, 5-15.
11. Fredrickson, J. K., & Onstott, T. C. (2001). Biogeochemical and geological significance of subsurface microbiology. In J. K. Fredrickson & M. Fletcher (Eds.), Subsurface microbiology and biogeochemistry. New York: John Wiley & Sons, pp. 6-7.
12. Fredrickson, J. K., Zachara, J. M., Kennedy, D. W., Dong, H., Onstott, T. C., Hinman, N. W., & Li, S. M. (1998). Biogenic iron mineralization accompanying the dissimilatory reduction of hydrous ferric oxide by a groundwater bacterium. Geochimca et Cosmochimica Acta, 62, 3239-3257.
13. Griggs, E. M., Kump, L. R., & Böhlke, J. K. (2003). The fate of wastewater-derived nitrate in the subsurface of the Florida Keys: Key Colony Beach, Florida. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 58, 517-539.
14. Harvey, C. F., Swartz, C. H., Badruzzaman, A. B. M, Blute, N. K., Yu, W., Ali, M. A., Jay, J., Beckie, R., Niedan, V., Brabander, D., Oates, P. M., Ashfaque, K. N., Islam, S., Hemond, H. F., & Ahmed M. F. (2002). Arsenic mobility and groundwater extraction in Bangladesh. Science, 298, 1602-1606.
15. Islam, F. S., Gault, A. G., Boothman, C., Polya, D. A., Charnock, J. M., Chatterjee, D., & Lloyd, J. R. (2004). Role of metal-reducing bacteria in arsenic release from Bengal delta sediments. Nature, 430, 68-71.
16. Keimowitz, A. R., Simpson, H. J., Stute, M., Datta, S., Chillrud, S. N., Ross, J., & Tsang M. (2005). Naturally occurring arsenic: Mobilization at a landfill in Maine and implications for remediation. Applied Geochemistry, 20, 1985-2002.
17. Kendall, C. (1998). Tracing nitrogen sources and cycling in catchments. In C. Kendall & J. J. McDonnell (Eds.), Isotope tracers in catchment hydrology. Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 519-576.
18. Lonergan, D. J., Jenter, H., Coates, J. D., Phillips, E. J. P., Schmidt, T., & Lovley, D. R. (1996). Phylogenetic analysis of dissimilatory Fe(3) reducing bacteria. Journal of Bacteriology, 178, 2402-2408.
19. Lovley, D. R. (1997). Microbial Fe(3) reduction in subsurface environments. FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 20, 305-313.
20. Lovley, D. R. (2001). Reduction of iron and humics in subsurface environments. In J. K. Fredrickson & M. Fletcher (Eds.), Subsurface microbiology and biogeochemistry. New York: John Willey & Sons, pp. 193-203.
21. Lovley, D. R., & Phillips, E. J. P (1988). Novel mode of microbial energy metabolism: Organic carbon oxidation coupled to dissimilatory reduction of iron or manganese. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 54, 1472-1480.
22. McArthur, J. M., Ravenscroft, P., Safiullah, S., & Thirlwall, M. F. (2001). Arsenic in groundwater: Testing pollution mechanisms for sedimentary aquifers in Bangladesh. Water Resources Research, 37, 109-117.
23. Nickson, R. T., McArthur, J. M., Ravenscorft, P., Burgess, W. G., & Ahmed, K. M. (2000). Mechanism of arsenic release to groundwater, Bangladesh and West Bengal. Applied Geochemistry, 395, 338-348.
24. Pye, K., Dickson, J. A. D., Coleman, M. L., & Cox, M. (1990). Formation of siderite-Mg-calcite-iron sulphide concretions in intertidal marsh and sandflat sediments, north Norfolk, England. Sedimentology, 37, 325-343.
25. Rittle, K. A., Drever, J. I., & Colberg, P. J. S. (1995). Precipitation of arsenic during bacterial sulfate reduction. Geomicrobiology Journal, 13, 1-11.
26. Schwertmann, U., & Taylor, R. M. (1989). Iron oxides. In J. B. Dixon & S. B. Weed (Eds.), Minerals in soils environments, 2nd ed. (pp. 379-438). Soil Science Society America Journal Book Series No 1.
27. Senn, D. B., & Hemond, H. F. (2002). Nitrate controls on iron and arsenic in an Urban Lake. Science, 296, 2373-2376.
28. Swartz, C. H., Keon, N. B., Badruzzman, B., Ali, A., Brabander, D., Jay, J., Besancon, J., Islam, S., Hemond, H. F., & Harvey, C. F. (2004). Mobility of arsenic in a Bangladesh aquifer: Inferences from geochemical profiles, leaching data, and mineralogical characterization. Geochimica et Cosmochimca Acta, 68, 4539-4557.
29. Welch, A. H., Lico, M. S., & Hughes, J. L. (1988). Arsenic in groundwater of the western United States. Ground Water, 26, 333-347.
30. Zachara, J. M., Fredrickson, J. K., Smith, S. C., & Gassman, P. L. (2001). Solubilization of Fe(III) oxide-bound trace metals by a dissimilatory Fe(III) reducing bacterium. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 65, 75-93.