Abstract
The presence of elevated levels of naturally occurring arsenic in groundwater of Bangladesh has severely impaired the decade long effort of providing safe water to its population. Most of the recognized stages of arsenic poisoning have been identified in Bangladesh and the risk of arsenic poisoning in the population is increasing every day. The severity of arsenic contamination is demanding extensive research in this field. Many studies have been carried out in Bangladesh, West Bengal in India and other countries as well, but the situation is still out of sound control. In order to minimize arsenic exposure, a work to provide various alternate safe drinking water options to the exposed population has been initiated. This article implies to look at the sustainable management for safe drinking water in Bangladesh by reviewing different measures to remedy the arsenic contamination in groundwater.
Highlights
Ground water arsenic contamination in Bangladesh poses the most drastic mass poisoning in history [1,2]
High level of Arsenic contamination in the ground water of Bangladesh first identified at 1993 [3,4,5,6,7]. This has resulted in a severe environmental disaster affecting several million people in the region, as groundwater is the main source of potable water for nearly 98% of the population in Bangladesh
This report of stated that no national assessment was done for safe drinking water programs and status
Summary
Ground water arsenic contamination in Bangladesh poses the most drastic mass poisoning in history [1,2]. High level of Arsenic contamination in the ground water of Bangladesh first identified at 1993 [3,4,5,6,7]. This has resulted in a severe environmental disaster affecting several million people in the region, as groundwater is the main source of potable water for nearly 98% of the population in Bangladesh. This article implies to look at the sustainable management for safe drinking water in Bangladesh. Leading organization of water resource management organization, health organization like International Water Resources Association (IWRA), World Health Organization (WHO), The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) – their website was searched for their policy paper, past and current project on drinking water and arsenic mitigation. Lastly but most importantly policy, strategy and evaluation research paper of Govt. of Bangladesh was reviewed for this article
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