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Arsenic contamination of water sources in rural Myanmar
conference contribution
posted on 2018-02-12, 15:09 authored by Tet N. TunArsenic contamination of drinking water sources is an
emerging public health issue in Myanmar. In early 2000, Save
the Children UK’s (SC UK) Water and Sanitation Programme
identified arsenic contamination of groundwater in rural
Ayeyerwady River Delta project communities. Since that
time, there has been growing interest, concern and action
related to arsenic testing, communication and mitigation in
Myanmar. The magnitude of arsenic contamination of
groundwater sources in Myanmar is unknown, as no
comprehensive studies have been conducted. This paper
describes SC UK’s experience conducting an extensive water
quality survey of drinking water sources in project communities
and implementation of a community-based pilot arsenic
action project.
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- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
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- Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)
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TUN, T.N., 2003. Arsenic contamination of water sources in rural Myanmar. IN: Harvey, P. (ed). Towards the millennium development goals - Actions for water and environmental sanitation: Proceedings of the 29th WEDC International Conference, Abuja, Nigeria, 22-26 September 2003, pp. 219-221.Publisher
© WEDC, Loughborough UniversityVersion
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This is a conference paper.Other identifier
WEDC_ID:12181Language
- en
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