Multi-Hazard Groundwater Risks to the Drinking Water Supply in Bangladesh : Challenges to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

Multi-Hazard Groundwater Risks to the Drinking Water Supply in Bangladesh : Challenges to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

Groundwater currently provides 98 percent of all the drinking water supply in Bangladesh. Groundwater is found throughout Bangladesh but its quality (that is, arsenic and salinity contamination) and quantity (that is, water storage depletion) vary...

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Main Authors: Shamsudduha, Mohammad, Joseph, George, Haque, Sabrina S., Khan, Mahfuzur R., Zahid, Anwar, Ahmed, Kazi Matin U.
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:
GROUNDWATER
WATER SUPPLY
PUBLIC HEALTH
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
DRINKING WATER
WATER CONTAMINATION
SALINITY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/797421561652185435/Multi-Hazard-Groundwater-Risks-to-the-Drinking-Water-Supply-in-Bangladesh-Challenges-to-Achieving-the-Sustainable-Development-Goals
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31994

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/797421561652185435/Multi-Hazard-Groundwater-Risks-to-the-Drinking-Water-Supply-in-Bangladesh-Challenges-to-Achieving-the-Sustainable-Development-Goals
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31994

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