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Arsenic Mitigation Water Supply Project This project, supported by a US$44.4 million credit and implemented from 1998 to 2006, aimed at "reducing mortality and morbidity in rural and urban populations caused by arsenic contamination of groundwater using sustainable water supply, health, and water management strategies." The project focused ...
Water management authorities in Bangladesh (1 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Water supply and sanitation in Bangladesh" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Water Supply and Sewerage Authority or WASA is the main body administering Water supply, Drainage and Sanitation system in Bangladesh. [1] It was established in the year 1963 as an independent organization, under the East Pakistan ordinance XIX. At present WASA operates according to the WASA act 1996. [2]
Although Dhaka is located on the banks of the Buriganga River, only 18% of its drinking water supply comes from surface water because it is highly polluted. 82% of the city's water supply is abstracted from groundwater through 577 deep tube wells, while four relatively small surface water treatment plants provide the remaining 18%. [12]
Bangladesh was ranked 146th among 180 countries on Transparency International's 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index. [159] Land administration was the sector with the most bribery in 2015, [160] followed by education, [161] police [162] and water supply. [163]
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The Ministry of Water Resources (Bengali: পানি সম্পদ মন্ত্রণালয়; Pāni sampada mantraṇālaẏa) is a ministry of the ...
The Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Dhaka WASA) is "responsible for providing drinking water, sewerage, and stormwater drainage services to the city". [118] The work of Dhaka WASA is funded by the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development, and Cooperatives. 87% of the city's growing water demand is sourced from groundwater (as ...