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Targeting arsenic-s...
Targeting arsenic-safe aquifers for drinking water supplies
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- Bundschuh, Jochen (författare)
- KTH,Mark- och vattenteknik
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Litter, Marta I. (författare)
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- Bhattacharya, Prosun (författare)
- KTH,Mark- och vattenteknik
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(creator_code:org_t)
- 2010-04-23
- 2010
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Environmental Geochemistry and Health. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0269-4042 .- 1573-2983. ; 32:4, s. 307-315
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Abstract
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- At present, 70 countries worldwide are affected by groundwater contamination by arsenic (As) released from predominantly geogenic sources. Consequently, the As problem is becoming a global issue. The option to target As-safe aquifers, which uses geological, geochemical, hydrogeological, morphological and climatic similarities to delimit As-safe aquifers, appears as a sustainable mitigation option. Two pilot areas, Meghna Flood Plain in Matlab Upazila, representative of Bengal Delta in Bangladesh, and Rio Dulce Alluvial Cone, representing a typical aquifer setting in the Chaco-Pampean Plain in Argentina groundwater As occurrence, were compared. In rural Bangladesh, As removal techniques have been provided to the population, but with low social acceptance. In contrast, "targeting As-safe aquifers" was socially accepted in Bangladesh, where sediment color could be used to identify As-safe aquifer zones and to install safe wells. The investigation in Argentina is more complex because of very different conditions and sources of As. Targeting As-safe aquifers could be a sustainable option for many rural areas and isolated peri-urban areas.
Ämnesord
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Miljövetenskap (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Environmental Sciences (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Safe aquifers
- Arsenic
- Mitigation option
- Drinking water
- Groundwater
- Environmental chemistry
- Miljökemi
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- ref (ämneskategori)
- art (ämneskategori)
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