Stable groundwater quality in deep aquifers of Southern Bangladesh: The case against sustainable abstraction

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 454-455, Issue , 2013, Pages 627-638

  Ravenscroft, P ^a   McArthur, J M ^b   Hoque, M A ^b  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bangladesh; Deep aquifer; Groundwater; Salinity; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTION MANAGEMENT; ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; BANGLADESH; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; GROUNDWATER COMPOSITION; INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT; SALINITY; STRONG SUSTAINABILITY;

ABSTRACTING; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; EDUCATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TUBES (COMPONENTS); WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; BARIUM; BORON; GROUND WATER; IRON; MANGANESE;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; MITIGATION; SALINITY; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER QUALITY; WELL WATER;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BANGLADESH; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

BANGLADESH; BENGAL;

EID: 84876299786     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.02.071     Document Type: Article

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