Searching for a sustainable arsenic mitigation strategy in Bangladesh: Experience from two upazilas

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 415-430

  Jakariya, Md ^a   Von Bromssen M ^b   Jacks, G ^b   Chowdhury, A M R ^c   Ahmed, K M ^d   Bhattacharya, P ^b  

^a NGO Forum for Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation   (Bangladesh)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Alternative safe water option; Bangladesh; Groundwater; People's initiatives; Reinstallation of tubewell; Sustainable arsenic mitigation

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POTABLE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ALTERNATIVE SAFE WATER OPTION; SUSTAINABLE ARSENIC MITIGATION;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; WELL WATER;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; MITIGATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 36549081499     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2007.016506     Document Type: Article

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