Management of the groundwater arsenic disaster in Bangladesh

Natural Arsenic in Groundwater: Occurrence, Remediation and Management - Proceedings of the Pre-Congress Workshop "Natural Arsenic in Groundwater (BWO 06)", 32nd International Geological Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 283-296

  Ahmed, K M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRRIGATION; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; POTABLE WATER; REMEDIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; ARSENIC IN GROUNDWATER; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; DRINKING AND IRRIGATIONS; GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION; INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

EID: 36549025040     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1201/9780203970829.sec5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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