Organization Working on Water in Bangladesh...

BAMWSP (Bangladesh Arsenic Mitigation Water Supply Project), Mohakhali, Dhaka

The overall objective of BAMWSP is to reduce mortality and morbidity in rural and urban population caused by arsenic contamination of ground water, through sustainable safe water supply, health and management strategies. The website gives information on the project, on arsenic mitigation, and it gives an overview of who is doing what on arsenic in Bangladesh. It also provides access to a newsletter in Bengali language.

Address House # 450, Road # 31, New DOHS, Mohakhali,
Dhaka 1206, Bangladesh
Phone +880 2 881 3815
Fax +880 2 881 3646
Org. type project
Area of operation Bangladesh

Bangladesh Water Partnership, Dhaka

Overall objectives is Integrated Water Resources Management which can be obtained through coordinated development and management of water, land, and related resources in Bangladesh by maximising economic and social welfare without compromising the sustainablility of vital economic systems. Is practised under the auspices of the Global Water Partnership.

Address LGED Bhaban (Level 11], Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar
Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh
Phone +880 2 81 48 04 / 68 17
Fax +880 2 81 31 44
Email ce-lged@bangla.net, sswrdsp@bangla.net
Website http://www.bdnetwork.com/bwp/
Org. type project
Notes webmaster@lged.org

BRAC (Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee), Dhaka

BRAC affords relief and assistance to resettle refugees returning to Bangladesh from India after Bangladesh's Liberation War. The immediate task of relief and rehabilitation are over so BRAC turned its focus on the long-term issue of poverty alleviation and empowerment of the poor, especially women, in the rural areas of Bangladesh.

Address 75 Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
Fax +880 2 882 35 42 / 36 14
Email brac@brac.net, public-affairs@brac.net
Website http://www.brac.net/
Org. type private sector
Notes webmaster@brac.net

DSK (Dushtha Shasthya Kendra), Dhaka

Provides non-formal primary education, pond agriculture, water supply and sanitation, skill development training and credit programs to some of the most distressed slums throughout, and just outside Dhaka city.

Address 5/8, Sir Syed Road (Gr. Floor), Block A Mohammapur
Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh
Phone +880 2 912 85 20
Fax +880 2 81 57 64
Email dsk@citecho.net
Org. type national non-governmental

EPRC (Environment and Population Research Centre), Dhaka

Member of the Asian Alliance of Resource Centres of the Streams of Knowledge's Network

Address 1/7 Block E Lalmatia, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Phone +880 2 811 53 76
Email eprc@bol-online.com, epre@bol.online.com

ICDDR,B (International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh), Dhaka

The fundamental mission of the Centre (commonly known as the Centre for Health and Population Research) is to develop and disseminate solutions to major health and population problems facing the world, with emphasis on simple and cost-effective methods of prevention and management. Especially address diarrhoeal diseases and related problems.

Address Mohakhali, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
Phone +880 2 88 11 751 - 60
Fax +880 2 88 23 116 / 26 050
Email info@icddrb.org
Website http://www.icddrb.org/index.html
Org. type research institution

ITN Bangladesh (International Training Network Center for Water Supply and Waste Management), Dhaka

Member of the Asian Alliance of Resource Centres of the Streams of Knowledge's Network

Address Civil Engineering Building
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
BUET
Dhaka 1000
Bangladesh
Phone +880 2-9663693
Fax +880 2-9663695
Email itnaz@dhaka.agni.com, itn@dhaka.agni.com
Website http://www.agni.net/itn/
Org. type international non-governmental

NGO Forum For Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation, Dhaka

NGO Forum for Drinking Water Supply & Sanitation has dedicated itself to ensure the basic needs of safe potable water, sound sanitation practice and maintenance of personal hygiene for the distressed humanity. Their motto is to initiate a radical change in the depressing water supply and sanitation situation. Member of the Asian Alliance of Resource Centres of the Streams of Knowledge's Network.

Address 4/6 Block E , Lalmatia, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh
Phone +880 2 811 95 97 / 99
Fax +880 2 811 79 24
Email ngof@bangla.net, ngofaic@bangla.net
Website http://www.ngo-forum.org

SWMC (Surface Water Modelling Centre), Dhaka

The applications of SWMC modelling tools cover a wide range of water related aspects such as: flood control, flood forecasting, irrigation and drainage, water resources management, river morphology, salinity and sediment transport, coastal hydraulics, environmental impact assessment, bridge hydraulics and related infrastructure development.

Address House 476, Road 32, New DOHS, Dhaka 1206, Bangladesh
Phone +880 2 88 79 02
Fax +880 2 88 79 01
Email swmc@swmc.bangla.net
Website http://www.swmc.net/

WARPO (Water Resources Planning Organization), Dhaka

WARPO is responsible for (1) prepare and update a National Water Management Plan (2) update and maintain a National Water Resources Database (3) act as a clearing house for all water sector projects undertaken by any agency involved in the water sector.

Address House No. 4A, Road No. 22, Gulshan -1, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
Phone +880 2 881 42 17 / 44 31 / 45 54 / 45 56
Fax +880 2 988 34 56
Email dg_warpo@bangla.net
Website http://www.warpo.org/
Org. type government department

WasteNet Bangladesh, Dhaka

Network launched by WSP-South Asia. Address waste management issues through collection and dissemination of information; formation of a think tank and pressure group; and linkage with national and international bodies.

Address House 21 (side B), Road 7 Block G, Banani, Dhaka 1213, Bangladesh
Phone +880 2 988 47 74
Fax +880 2 988 47 74 or (880) 2 956 4732
Email wastecon@dhaka.agni.com
Website http://www.wasteconcern.org/wastenet/
Org. type international networks and prof. assoc.

WSP - South Asia & Pacific - Bangladesh, Dhaka

The agenda for WSP-Bangladesh is to bring about procedural and institutional changes to ensure access of urban and rural population to sustainable water and sanitation services, recognizing that water is an economic good and finite in quantity.

Address Flat #03-04, Priya Prangan, 2 Parinagh, c/o World Bank, GPO 97, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
Phone +880 2 86 10 56 / 10 68
Fax +880 2 861 53 51 / 32 20
Email wspsa@worldbank.org
Website http://www.wsp.org/english/sa/bangladesh.html
Org. type intergovernmental (UN, OECD, etc.)

 

The Executive Summary of the UN World Water Development Report is available online...

Why Water is the Big Issue
• at any given moment almost half the developing world's people are sick from unsafe water and sanitation.
• lack of water supply and sanitation robs millions of dignity, energy, and time.
• frequent disease is the main cause of poor growth and early death.
• for a third of the world the real environmental crisis is squalor, smells and disease on the doorstep.
• half of the developing world’s hospital beds are occupied by victims of unsafe water and poor sanitation.

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