Sediment color tool for targeting arsenic-safe aquifers for the installation of shallow drinking water tubewells

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 493, Issue , 2014, Pages 615-625

  Hossain, Mohammed ^a,b   Bhattacharya, Prosun ^a   Frape, Shaun K ^c   Jacks, Gunnar ^a   Islam, M Mainul ^b   Rahman, M Moklesur ^d   von Brömssen, Mattias ^a,e   Hasan, M Aziz ^d   Ahmed, Kazi Matin ^d  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b NGO Forum for Public Health   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^e Soil and Water Environment Ramböll Sweden AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bangladesh; Local driller; Sediment color tool; Sustainable mitigation; Tubewell

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; DRILLING EQUIPMENT; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; POTABLE WATER; TUBES (COMPONENTS); WATER SUPPLY;

BANGLADESH; LOCAL DRILLER; SEDIMENT COLORS; SUSTAINABLE MITIGATION; TUBEWELLS;

COLOR;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; WATER POLLUTANT; WELL WATER;

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; GUIDELINE; MITIGATION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHEMICAL SAFETY; COLOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRILL; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; ECOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT; RURAL AREA; SEDIMENT COLOR TOOL; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; WATER POLLUTANT;

BANGLADESH;

ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; COLOR; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER WELLS;

EID: 84903479548     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.05.064     Document Type: Article

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