Low-cost aquifer storage and recovery: Implications for improving drinking water access for rural communities in coastal Bangladesh

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Sultana, S ^a   Ahmed, K M ^a   Mahtab Ul Alam, S M ^a   Hasan, M ^a   Tuinhof, A ^b   Ghosh, S K ^c   Rahman, M S ^c   Ravenscroft, P ^c,d   Zheng, Y ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b Acacia Water   (Netherlands)

^c Dept of Public Health Engineering ^*  (Bangladesh)

^d UNICEF   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquifer storage and recovery; Arsenic; Climate resilience; Clogging; Coastal bangladesh; Groundwater; Low cost; Managed aquifer recharge; Water scarcity; Water security

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; COSTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOODS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; INFILTRATION; LAKES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; POTABLE WATER; RECOVERY; SAND; STORAGE (MATERIALS); TANKS (CONTAINERS); TURBIDITY; WASHING; WATER; WATER FILTRATION; WATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY; BANGLADESH; CLIMATE RESILIENCE; CLOGGING; LOW COSTS; MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGES; WATER SCARCITY; WATER SECURITY;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; COASTAL ZONE; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; INFILTRATION; RECOVERY; RESOURCE SCARCITY; RURAL AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER STORAGE;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84923197828     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0001100     Document Type: Article

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