Essays about: "Tube wells"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words Tube wells.

  1. 1. Systematic and Automatized Hydrogeological Data Capturing for Provision of Safe Drinking Water in Daudkandi, Bangladesh

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Molly Boberg; Märta Selander; [2021]
    Keywords : Arsenic; Hydrogeology; Drinking water; Data capture; Bangladesh; GeoGIS; Visualization; Sustainable mitigation; Arsenik; Hydrogeologi; Dricksvatten; Datainsamling; Bangladesh; GeoGIS; Visualisering; Hållbara åtgärder;

    Abstract : Arsenic-contaminated drinking water exposes ~230 million people worldwide to increased risks of several diseases and is considered one of the greatest threats to public health. In Bangladesh, arsenic-contaminated water has been declared the largest poisoning of a population in history, where 39 million people are exposed to arsenic levels above the WHO guidelines (>10 μg/L). READ MORE

  3. 2. Managing farm-centric risks in production at the flood-prone locations of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Arifullah Arifullah; [2020]
    Keywords : agriculture; risk attitude; management strategies; risk perception; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa;

    Abstract : The monsoon floods of 2010, 2011, and 2014 in Pakistan caused severe damage to crops, fisheries, forestry, livestock, and primary infrastructures, such as water channels, tube wells, houses, people, seed stocks, animal shelters, fertilizers and agricultural equipment/machinery. Floods are a major source of risk to agriculture in Pakistan and other countries in South Asia. READ MORE

  4. 3. A preliminary assessment of the novel application ASMITAS using sediments from Matlab, Bangladesh

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Eva O’Kelly; [2020]
    Keywords : Rural Bangladesh; groundwater; arsenic; sediment color; Nix sensor; color difference; Munsell color code; tube wells;

    Abstract : Most of the drinking water supply in rural Bangladesh comes from groundwater collected using shallow tubewells. The tubewells, usually shallow because of the increased cost involved in deeper tubewells, have been installed by local drillers. READ MORE

  5. 4. Gendered groundwater technology adoption in Bangladesh : case studies from Thakurgaon and Rangpur

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Sadiq Zafrullah; [2019]
    Keywords : groundwater; technologies; irrigation; experiences; social construction; norms; intersectionality;

    Abstract : Groundwater irrigation technologies are crucial for dry season agriculture in the North Western part of Bangladesh. The production of the major crop of the country, rice, is highly dependent on groundwater irrigation using Shallow Tube Wells (STW) and Deep Tube Wells (DTW). READ MORE

  6. 5. Removal of arsenic from groundwater using adsorption to ferrihydrite-coated laterite in Burkina Faso

    University essay from KTH/Mark- och vattenteknik

    Author : Agnes Hagstroem; [2017]
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    Abstract : In several parts of Burkina Faso, there is an urgent need of making arsenic contaminated water potable. The shallow, dug out wells traditionally used in the rural areas provides small, inconsistent yields and are vulnerable to microbes. READ MORE