Arsenic Pollution in Bangladesh
  In Bangladesh over 18 millions people are drinking arsenic poisoned water daily
 

THE GROUNDWATER ARSENIC PROBLEM IN BANGLADESH

British Geological Survey

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Volume 1: Summary (3.69 MB) Download
Volume 2: Final Report  
Cover, preliminary pages (513 kB) Download
Executive Summary (61 kB) Download
Chapter 1: Introduction (75 kB) Download
Chapter 2: Arsenic in groundwaters across the world (393 kB)  Download
Chapter 3: Geology and sedimentology (7.18 MB) Download
Chapter 4: Hydrogeology (1.96 MB) Download
Chapter 5: Groundwater flow modelling (702 kB) Download
Chapter 6: The National Hydrochemical Survey (8.12 MB) Download
Chapter 7: Hydrogeochemistry of three Special Study Areas  (8.51 MB) Download
Chapter 8: A village survey: Mandari, Lakshmipur District (2.05 MB) Download
Chapter 9: Scales of variation (4.70 MB) Download
Chapter 10: Changes with time: groundwater monitoring (398 kB) Download
Chapter 11: Mineralogy and sediment chemistry (3.92 MB) Download
Chapter 12: Sorption and transport (823 kB) Download
Chapter 13: Conclusions and recommendations (507 kB) Download
References (212 kB) Download
 
Volume 3: Hydrochemical atlas  
Cover, preliminary pages (368 kB) Download
1. The National Hydrochemical Survey
Samples, Geology, Age of well, Well depth (3.17 MB) Download
Arsenic (3.86 MB) Download
Barium, Boron, Calcium, Hardness (1.95 MB) Download
Iron, Magnesium, Manganese (2.35 MB) Download
Phosphorus, Potassium, Silicon, Sodium, Strontium (1.97 MB) Download
Sulphate, Arsenic and iron, Arsenic and manganese, Iron and manganese, Magnesium and calcium, Sodium and Potassium, Reference (2.31 MB) Download
2. The BWDB Water Quality Monitoring Network
Introduction, Site details, Water quality parameters (6.18 MB) Download
3. Special Study Areas
Introduction, Location of Special Study Areas, Sample IDs, Geology, Depth of wells, Alkalinity, Ammonium, Arsenic (total), Arsenic (As(III)), Barium, Boron, Bromide, Calcium, Chloride (4.68 MB) Download
Dissolved organic carbon, Dissolved oxygen, Fluoride, Iodide, Iron, Lead, Lithium, Magnesium, Manganese, Molybdenum, Nickel, Nitrate, pH, Phosphorus (5.45 MB) Download
Potassium, Redox potential, Rubidium, Silicon, Sodium, Specific electrical conductance, Strontium, Sulphate, Uranium, Zinc, Carbon 13, Hydrogen (2H/1H), Oxygen (18O/16O) (4.98 MB) Download
4. A village survey: Mandari, Lakshmirpur
Sample points, Depth of well, Aluminium, Arsenic, Arsenic (close-up), Boron, Barium, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Phosphorus, Potassium, Silicon, Sodium, Strontium, Sulphate (3.53 MB) Download
 
Volume 4: Data compilation (2.2 MB) Download

The same data is available in csv format which can be imported by most spreadsheet, plotting, GIS and word processing packages.
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British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG.
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