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Reports
The final report on the rapid investigation phase is divided into a main report and five supplementary volumes.
- Review of existing data
- Regional arsenic survey
- Modelling studies
- Hydrogeochemistry of the special study areas
- Arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh (NGO volume)
- Volume 1: Summary (3.69 MB pdf)
- Volume 2: Final report (53.7 MB pdf)
- Volume 3: Hydrochemical atlas (45 MB pdf)
- Volume 4: Data compilation (2.2 MB pdf)
Data
The same data is available in CSV format, which can be imported by most spreadsheet, plotting, GIS and word processing packages.
- DPHE/BGS National Hydrochemical Survey (850 KB CSV) — results of the survey of 3534 boreholes from 61 of the 64 districts of Bangladesh
- Additional NHS data for some trace elements in selected samples (by ICP-MS) (9 KB CSV) — some of the National Hydrochemical Survey samples were also analysed for a broader range of trace metals using ICP-MS
- BWDB water quality monitoring network (45 KB CSV) —
the results of 113 boreholes from the BWDB water quality monitoring network located throughout Bangladesh - Special study areas (134 KB CSV) — the results of the 271 boreholes and dug wells from the three special study areas (Chapai Nawabganj, Faridpur and Lakshmipur)
- Village survey (59 KB CSV) — the results of the 236 boreholes from Mandari village in Lakshmipur district, south-east Bangladesh.
- Bangladesh coastline and districts (213 KB CSV) — approximate coastline and district boundaries in latitude-longitude format suitable for preparing water-quality maps
- Surface geology classification (176 KB CSV) — classification of National Hydrochemical Survey sample sites by surface geology according to the GSB map of Alam et al., 1990
Using this material
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This material was produced by the British Geological Survey and the Department of Public Health Engineering (Bangladesh) undertaking a project funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID). Any views expressed are not necessarily those of DFID.
In cases where only a map or diagram is reproduced or where data from the report is used, the above acknowledgement may be substituted by a full citation to the report as follows:
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. (Nottingham, UK: British Geological Survey.)