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Executive Summary :
Groundwater Nitrate & Trace Elements in Coastal Bangladesh. Assessment of Spatiotemporal Distribution of Nitrate and Trace Elements Concentration of Groundwater in Costal Districts of Bangladesh. Groundwater is typically the more accessible option when no feasible alternatives that can supply drinking water to at least 50% of the world’s population.
To meet basic daily water needs, about 2.5 billion people rely only on groundwater resources. In developing countries 80% of all illnesses are related to unsafe drinking water (UN report, 2003). According to the U.N. World Water Development Report 2022, 97% people in Bangladesh rely on groundwater for daily activity and drinking purposes which ranks it sixth in the world for the largest estimated annual groundwater extraction.
Bangladesh is extremely vulnerable to the expected effects of climate change due to its low-lying topography and geographic location; among these, the water sector is the most sensitive and vulnerable, and the coastal regions are most at risk. Freshwater scarcity has become severe issue in Bangladesh’s coastal regions due to human activity and seawater intrusion affecting the region’s groundwater and surface water.
| Report Title : | Groundwater Nitrate & Trace Elements in Coastal Bangladesh. |
| University Name : | Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) |
| Submitted To : | Md. Golam Muktadir |
| Submitted By : | Fairose Tasnim |
| Total Page : | 80 |
Often groundwater gets contaminated due to natural geological phenomenon like ore formation, weathering of rocks and leaching etc. but the anthropogenic activities like mismanagement in waste dumping, fertilizer from agricultural land, industrial effluent discharge also elevate contamination in groundwater.
Outline of the Thesis
This outline of the thesis is included—
One: Introduction–Background of the Study, Problem Statement, Research Gap, Rational of the Study, Research Question, Research Objectives, 1. Broad / General Objective, 2. Specific Objectives, Limitations of the Study, Definitions of Terms Used in Thesis, Outline of the Thesis.
Two: Literature Review– Review on Various Trace Elements.
Three: Methodology–Study Area, Description about Coastal Region of Bangladesh, Coastal Biodiversity, Climate & Hazards, Hydrogeological Setting of Coastal Region, Bangladesh, Sample Collection & Analysis, Multivariate statistical Analysis, Health Risk Assessment.
Four: Result and Discussion–Present status of Physicochemical parameters in groundwater, Trace Elements’ Concentrations, Depth wise distribution of trace elements, District wise distribution of Trace Elements, Spatial Distribution Maps of Different seasons, Source Apportionment of Pollution Human Health Risk Assessment, Chronic Risk, Carcinogenic Risk.
Five: Conclusions & Recommendations–Conclusion & Recommendation.
