Arsenic in Sylhet's drinking water — tube-well water quality and risk | Bangladesh Insider

In the 1999 DPHE/BGS survey, 18.2% of tube wells in Sylhet exceeded Bangladesh's arsenic limit of 50 µg/L. Risk, upazila figures, what to do and sources.

• arsenic_50: 18.2% (1999) — DPHE/BGS National Hydrochemical Survey — Arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh
• arsenic_10: 44.2% (1999) — DPHE/BGS National Hydrochemical Survey — Arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh

Sylhet

Sources

• DPHE/BGS National Hydrochemical Survey — Arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh — BGS and DPHE (2001). Arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh. Kinniburgh, D G and Smedley, P L (Editors). British Geological Survey Technical Report WC/00/19. British Geological Survey, Keyworth. Data reproduced with acknowledgement to BGS and DPHE; the project was funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID). https://www.bgs.ac.uk/groundwater/quality/groundwater-and-health/arsenic-contamination-of-groundwater/bangladesh-reports/