Spatial and temporal variations of groundwater arsenic in South and Southeast Asia

S Fendorf, HA Michael, A Van Geen - Science, 2010 - science.org
Over the past few decades, groundwater wells installed in rural areas throughout the major
river basins draining the Himalayas have become the main source of drinking water for tens …

A comprehensive review on current status, mechanism, and possible sources of arsenic contamination in groundwater: a global perspective with prominence of …

W Ali, A Rasool, M Junaid, H Zhang - Environmental geochemistry and …, 2019 - Springer
Arsenic (As)-mediated contamination of groundwater resources in different parts of the world
is a consequence of natural or anthropogenic sources, leading to adverse effects on the …

Near-surface wetland sediments as a source of arsenic release to ground water in Asia

ML Polizzotto, BD Kocar, SG Benner, M Sampson… - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
Tens of millions of people in south and southeast Asia routinely consume ground water that
has unsafe arsenic levels,. Arsenic is naturally derived from eroded Himalayan sediments …

Anthropogenic influences on groundwater arsenic concentrations in Bangladesh

RB Neumann, KN Ashfaque, ABM Badruzzaman… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
The origin of dissolved arsenic in the Ganges Delta has puzzled researchers ever since the
report of widespread arsenic poisoning two decades ago. Today, microbially mediated …

[HTML][HTML] Arsenic, fluoride and iodine in groundwater of China

D Wen, F Zhang, E Zhang, C Wang, S Han… - Journal of Geochemical …, 2013 - Elsevier
Arsenicosis and fluorosis, two endemic diseases known to result from exposure to their
elevated concentrations in groundwater of north China used by many rural households for …

Recent trends in groundwater levels in a highly seasonal hydrological system: the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta

M Shamsudduha, RE Chandler… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2009 - hess.copernicus.org
Groundwater levels in shallow aquifers underlying Asian mega-deltas are characterized by
strong seasonal variations associated with monsoon rainfall. To resolve trend and seasonal …

Dissolved organic matter quality in a shallow aquifer of Bangladesh: implications for arsenic mobility

N Mladenov, Y Zheng, B Simone… - … science & technology, 2015 - ACS Publications
In some high arsenic (As) groundwater systems, correlations are observed between
dissolved organic matter (DOM) and As concentrations, but in other systems, such …

[PDF][PDF] The impact of intensive groundwater abstraction on recharge to a shallow regional aquifer system: evidence from Bangladesh

M Shamsudduha, RG Taylor, KM Ahmed, A Zahid - Hydrogeology Journal, 2011 - Citeseer
Quantitative evaluations of the impact of groundwater abstraction on recharge are rare. Over
a period (1975–2007) during which groundwater abstraction increased dramatically in the …

[HTML][HTML] Waste-water impacts on groundwater: Cl/Br ratios and implications for arsenic pollution of groundwater in the Bengal Basin and Red River Basin, Vietnam

JM McArthur, PK Sikdar, MA Hoque… - Science of the Total …, 2012 - Elsevier
Across West Bengal and Bangladesh, concentrations of Cl in much groundwater exceed the
natural, upper limit of 10mg/L. The Cl/Br mass ratios in groundwaters range up to 2500 and …

Predicting groundwater arsenic contamination in Southeast Asia from surface parameters

L Winkel, M Berg, M Amini, SJ Hug… - Nature …, 2008 - nature.com
Arsenic contamination of groundwater resources threatens the health of millions of people
worldwide, particularly in the densely populated river deltas of Southeast Asia. Although …