In Love with the ‘Devil’s Water’

Abhijit Das (), Joyashree Roy and Sayantan Chakrabarti ()
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Abhijit Das: Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College

A chapter in Socio-Economic Analysis of Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater in West Bengal, 2016, pp 27-30 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Arsenic contamination of groundwater in the lower Ganga-Meghna-Brahmaputra plains has been famously recognised as the worst man-made disasterMan-made disaster ever. In this chapter, we bring to fore the contribution of various human interventions in fuelling this catastrophe. We look into the circumstances that led to the introduction of groundwater usageGroundwater usage . We trace its gradual popularity and also take into account the role of hand pumps and other mechanisms of groundwater withdrawal that may have led to the escalation of the problem of arsenic contamination of groundwater manifold.

Keywords: Irrigate Area; Groundwater Withdrawal; Arsenic Contamination; Boro Rice; Central Water Commission (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-0682-1_7

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