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Potential for arsenic contamination of rice in Bangladesh: spatial analysis and mapping of high risk areas

Knowledge of the location and severity of arsenic contamination in Bangladesh is required to develop land and resource management strategies to reduce human exposure to arsenic and arsenic contamination of food and water supplies. Potential high risk areas for arsenic contamination of rice were identified using spatial analysis and modelling. Existing country-wide data on groundwater arsenic ...

Apr. 24, 2006

By Inderscience Publishers

Arsenic contamination and its causative factors in parts of Chhattisgarh, Central East India

This paper reports the present status of ground water arsenic contamination in the parts of Ambagarh Chowki block in District Rajnandgaon, of Chhattisgarh State. This location is the first arsenic contaminated location reported outside Bengal Delta Plain. The analysis of arsenic contamination measured during year 2008 to 2009 is compared with previously reported synoptic sampling results. This ...

Oct. 1, 2013

By Inderscience Publishers

Slow arsenic poisoning of the contaminated groundwater users

This paper gives impact of Arsenic contaminated water on human health as well as overview of the extent and severity of groundwater arsenic contamination in Bangladesh. Scalp hair is the most important part of the human body to monitor the accumulation of this type of poison. Therefore, an experiment has been carried out by Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) at Atomic Energy Research Establishment ...

Oct. 1, 2006

By Center for Environment and Energy Research & Studies (CEERS)

Groundwater arsenic in Chimaltenango, Guatemala

In the Municipality of Chimaltenango, Guatemala, we sampled groundwater for total inorganic arsenic. In total, 42 samples were collected from 27 (43.5%) of the 62 wells in the municipality, with sites chosen to achieve spatial representation throughout the municipality. Samples were collected from household faucets used for drinking water, and sent to the USA for analysis. The only site ...

Sep. 25, 2014

By IWA Publishing

Health and socioeconomic effects of groundwater arsenic contamination in rural Bangladesh

This report discusses the health and socioeconomic problems that have recently emerged in the Bangladesh countryside because of arsenic contamination of the groundwater. A survey found that men in rural households are generally found to be more susceptible to arsenicosis than women. The survey also indicated that villagers with lower annual income are more likely to experience arsenicosis. About ...

May 1, 2008

By National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)

Efficacy of arsenic filtration by Kanchan Arsenic Filter in Nepal

Groundwater arsenic contamination has caused a significant public health burden in lowland regions of Nepal. For arsenic mitigation purposes, the Kanchan Arsenic Filter (KAF) was developed and validated for use in 2003 after pilot studies showed its effectiveness in removing arsenic. However, its efficacy in field conditions operating for a long period has been scarcely observed. In this study, ...

Sep. 25, 2014

By IWA Publishing

Characterisation of arsenic contamination in groundwater by statistical methods

Statistical investigation on groundwater arsenic concentration data of southwest Bangladesh was performed. Two data sets of 1998–99 and 2002–03 were selected for this analysis. Summary statistics of the data shows that the mean concentration exceeds the Bangladesh limit (0.05 mg/l) in all areas. Normality of arsenic concentration data was checked by frequency histogram, skewness coefficient and ...

Oct. 3, 2012

By Inderscience Publishers

Monitoring of a pilot GFO filter for removal of low-concentration arsenic in water

Many water treatment plants (WTPs) were designed to remove ammonia, iron, and manganese simultaneously using biofilters. In some cases (especially in the Pianura Padana area, in Italy) such plants were designed without a specific treatment stage for arsenic removal because its concentration in the groundwater (i.e. 10 to 20 μg/L) was lower than the previous maximum contaminant level (MCL) of ...

Jan. 1, 2016

By IWA Publishing

Inequitable allocation of deep community wells for reducing arsenic exposure in Bangladesh

Community wells that extend deeper than most private wells are crucial for reducing exposure to groundwater arsenic (As) in rural Bangladesh. This study evaluates the impact on access to safe drinking water of 915 such intermediate (90–150 m) and deep (>150 m) wells across a 180 km2 area where a total of 48,790 tubewells were tested with field kits in 2012–13. Half the shallow private ...

Dec. 15, 2015

By IWA Publishing

Removal of arsenic from an aqueous solution by pretreated waste tea fungal biomass

Arsenic exists in natural waters both in inorganic and organic forms. The inorganic form of arsenic is more toxic compared to its organic form. Inorganic arsenic is the predominant form in contaminated groundwater. Arsenic exists in two,oxidation states: arsenite, As (III) and arsenate, As (V) (Pokhrel and Viraraghavan, 2006). It is introduced in the aqueous system through geochemical reactions ...

Mar. 25, 2007

By University of Tehran

Arsenic in private drinking water wells: an assessment of jurisdictional regulations and guidelines for risk remediation in North America

Arsenic is a known carcinogen found globally in groundwater supplies due to natural geological occurrence. Levels exceeding the internationally recognized safe drinking water standard of 10 μg/L have been found in private drinking water supplies in many parts of Canada and the United States. Emerging epidemiological evidence confirms groundwater arsenic to be a significant health ...

Sep. 25, 2014

By IWA Publishing

Arsenic removal from groundwater by ion exchange and adsorption processes: comparison of two different materials

Among the different technologies for reducing arsenic concentration in drinking water, adsorption has demonstrated in many cases to be superior in terms of performance and costs. However, there are numerous types of commercial adsorbents potentially capable of treating arsenic-contaminated groundwater. The present paper compares arsenic uptake efficiency of two different commercial media, one ...

Apr. 28, 2015

By IWA Publishing

A novel approach to determine a resin's sorption characteristics for the removal of natural organic matter and arsenic from groundwater

The objective of this work was to study the sorption behavior of the strongly basic and macroporous commercial resin IRA 958-Cl for the removal of natural organic matter (NOM) from groundwater in the Melenci settlement located near Zrenjanin (Northern Serbia). The investigation was performed in a pilot plant using native groundwater and the same water after chlorination with sodium hypochlorite. ...

Dec. 1, 2011

By IWA Publishing

Effect of arsenic on soil, plant and foodstuffs by using irrigated groundwater and pond water from Nadia district, West Bengal

The total arsenic withdrawn by the seven shallow tubewells used for agricultural irrigation in the arsenic-affected areas of Nadia district per year is 3851 g (mean: 550 g, range: 118?2410 g). When the amount of arsenic in the groundwater is high, it has been observed that the levels of arsenic in agricultural land soil and plants are correspondingly high. Arsenic concentration in paddy field ...

Jul. 14, 2008

By Inderscience Publishers

Stanford Researchers Link Aquifer Overdraft to Arsenic Contamination

In a recent study, researchers used satellite data to establish a link between excessive pumping from California aquifers and dangerous arsenic concentration spikes in the groundwater of the Tulare Basin. This promises to be an important early warning system for the growing problem of arsenic contamination, which potentially threatens drinking water for more than a million people. Arsenic cannot ...

Jun. 28, 2018

By Fluence Corporation

Searching for a sustainable arsenic mitigation strategy in Bangladesh: experience from two upazilas

Arsenic concentrations of tubewell water that exceed the Bangladesh Drinking Water Standard pose a serious health problem for millions of people in Bangladesh. Groundwater is the source of drinking water for 98% of the population. The main object of the study was to review the status of the provided options, which were distributed during 1999?2001 in two upazilas. It was observed that ...

Jan. 4, 2008

By Inderscience Publishers

Plant algae method for arsenic removal from arsenic contaminated groundwater

Field studies were carried out in Urumqi River Basin in Northwest China. The study focused on experimentation on a plant algae method that was tested by taking various water chemistries into consideration. The results from a greenhouse experiment evaluated for four doses of P (0, 100, 200, and 300 μmol/L) using two ferns (30 and 60 day old) on 15 L of contaminated groundwater per plant revealed ...

Feb. 1, 2012

By IWA Publishing

Arsenic removal from groundwater by Anjili tree sawdust impregnated with ferric hydroxide and activated alumina

Arsenic is a toxic element found naturally in groundwater. Due to its carcinogenicity, risk for heart diseases and diabetes, arsenic needs to be removed from groundwater for potable application. ‘Anjili’ tree sawdust was chemically modified with ferric hydroxide and activated alumina (SFAA) and used as an adsorbent for the removal of arsenic from groundwater. The adsorbent was characterized ...

Aug. 10, 2015

By IWA Publishing

Removal of arsenic from a deep well by electrocoagulation in a continuous filter press reactor

We investigated arsenic removal from groundwater by electrocoagulation (EC) using aluminum as the sacrificial anode in a continuous filter press reactor. The groundwater was collected at a depth of 200 m in the plateau region, in Central Mexico, (As 134 μg L−1, Fe 0.3 mg L−1, Cd 0.7 mg L−1, Na 58 mg L−1, pH 6.8). The influence of current density (J) and mean ...

Apr. 14, 2014

By IWA Publishing

5 States with high levels of Arsenic in groundwater

Arsenic is a chemical element that enters the environment from mineral deposits, industrial activity, pesticides and the smelting of metals. In high levels, arsenic can cause toxicity, liver and kidney damage, and even cancer. In 2001, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) set a maximum contaminant level of 10 ppb for arsenic in all potable water. Since the standard went into effect ...

May 9, 2018

By Adedge Water Technologies, LLC

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