Ross T. Nickson, J.M. McArthur, William Burgess, Kazi Matin Ahmed et al.
Ross T. Nickson, J.M. McArthur, Peter Ravenscroft, W. G. Burgess et al.
J.M. McArthur, Peter Ravenscroft, S. Safiulla, M. F. Thirlwall
In the deltaic plain of the Ganges‐Meghna‐Brahmaputra Rivers, arsenic concentrations in groundwater commonly exceed regulatory limits (>50 µg L −1 ) because FeOOH is microbially reduced and releases its sorbed load of arsenic to groundwater. Neither pyrite oxidation nor competitive exchange with ...
Peter Ravenscroft, William Burgess, Kazi Matin Ahmed, Melanie Burren et al.
Peter Ravenscroft, J.M. McArthur
David A. Polya
This book on the human health disaster caused by arsenic in groundwaters in circum-Himalayan Asia (and many other parts of the world) has been eagerly awaited and is a must-buy for any professional working in any of the many relevant disciplines. A review citing over 700 publications and reports, it...
Peter Ravenscroft, J.M. McArthur, M. A. Hoque
In forty six wells >150 m deep, from across the arsenic-polluted area of south-central Bangladesh, groundwater composition remained unchanged between 1998 and 2011. No evidence of deteriorating water quality was found in terms of arsenic, iron, manganese, boron, barium or salinity over this period o...
Peter Ravenscroft, Zahid Hayat Mahmud, M Shafiqul Islam, M. Sirajul Islam et al.
Faecal contamination of groundwater from pit latrines is widely perceived as a major threat to the safety of drinking water for several billion people in rural and peri-urban areas worldwide. On the floodplains of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta in Bangladesh, we constructed latrines and monitor...
Syeda Sharmeen Sultana, Kazi Matin Ahmed, S. M. Mahtab-Ul-Alam, Mahmudul Hasan et al.
Fresh water resources are scarce in rural communities in the southern deltaic plains of Bangladesh where both shallow and deep groundwater is frequently brackish, and fresh water ponds have been increasingly salinized by inundation during storm surges and brackish-water aquaculture. Low-cost aquifer...
Abd Rahman, Peter Ravenscroft
Peter Ravenscroft, Ahammadul Kabir, Syed Adnan Ibn Hakim, AA Ibrahim et al.
A nationwide survey of 125,000 public rural waterpoints installed between 2007 and 2012 reveals major changes from the pre-arsenic era and expectations of the 2004 Arsenic Policy. Shallow tubewell (STW) use has greatly reduced and deep tubewells (DTWs) now dominate in arsenic-affected areas. Arsenic...
Mario Maj
This report summarizes the main activities conducted by the WPA in implementation of its Action Plan 2008–2011, approved by the General Assembly in September 2008 1,2. WPA Member Societies have participated in the WPA-World Health Organization (WHO) Global Survey of Psychiatrists’ Attitudes Towards ...
Kazi Matin Ahmed, M. A. Hoque, M. K. Hasan, Peter Ravenscroft et al.
Abstract Gas occurrences in irrigation wells have been reported from most parts of the country, and in some parts of the southeast region, gas occurrences have become a limiting factor for groundwater development. Methane is the main component of water well gases and is readily identified by its ign...
M. Feisal Rahman, Muhammad Ali, Ahmed Ishtiaque Amin Chowdhury, Peter Ravenscroft
The frequent occurrence of manganese (Mn) at elevated concentrations in groundwater adds a new dimension to the already precarious safe water supply scenario in the alluvial plains and deltas of South Asia (SA). An essential micronutrient, Mn may co-occur with iron (Fe) and/or arsenic (As) and can i...
Peter Ravenscroft, J.M. McArthur, Muhammad Saifur Rahman
Abstract In the Bengal Basin of Bangladesh and West Bengal (India), where arsenic (As) and salinity adversely affect groundwater in shallow aquifers (<150 m deep), consumers increasingly turn to “the deep aquifer” as a source of low‐As and low‐salinity water. We show that “the deep aquifer,” whic...