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About World Water Day 2006 |
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WWD 2006 Message |
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WWDR 2006 |
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Arsenic Contamination |
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World
Water Day 2006: Water and Culture
Arsenic
: Bangladesh
Statistics of Arsenic Calamity
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Total Number of districts
in Bangladesh |
64
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Total Area of Bangladesh |
148,393 km2
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Total Population of
Bangladesh |
120 million
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GDP per capita (1998) |
US$ 260
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WHO arsenic drinking
water standard |
0.01 ppm
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Maximum permissible
limit of arsenic in drinking water of Bangladesh |
0.05 ppm
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Number of districts
surveyed for arsenic contamination |
64
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Number of districts
having arsenic above maximum permissible limit |
59
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Area of affected 59
districts |
126,134 km2
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Population at risk
of the affected districts |
75 million
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Potentially exposed
population |
24 million
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Number of patients
suffering from arsenicosis |
7,600
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Total number of tubewells
in Bangladesh |
4 million
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number of affected tubewells |
1.12 million
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Source: BBS, Dhaka
Community Hospital, NIPSOM, DPHE
Water Quality
Summary of groundwater charecteristics in selected
Tube Wells of Bangladesh.
Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality : World
Health Organization.
Arsenic
Contamination
Arsenic Contamination
In Bangladesh : Upazila Wise Summary
National
Screening Program By BAMWSP : Upazila Wise Summary Result
Arsenic
Prone Upazilas In Bangladesh
Arsenic
Contamination In Bangladesh : As of DFID Assisted Study
Arsenic
Contamination In Bangladesh : Upazila Wise Result of the National
Screening Program
Arsenic
Contamination In Bangladesh : Screening of Production Wells of Pourashavas
Arsenic Contamination
In Bangladesh : Geographical
Distribution of Safe and Contaminated Tube Wells at Different Depth
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'Due
to its fundamental role in society's life, water has a strong cultural
dimension. Without understanding and considering the cultural aspects
of our water problems, no sustainable solution can be found.'
Session on Water and Cultural Diversity,
Statement to the Ministerial Conference, 3rd World Water Forum, 22
March 2003
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