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Rammelt, Crelis F.; Boes, Jan – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2004
For the people of Bangladesh, mostly in rural areas, a new disaster is emerging. Two-thirds of the deep tube wells installed over the last three decades--roughly 3 million in total--contain arsenic concentrations above the permissible levels set by the WHO. These wells were installed to contribute to a secure and reliable drinking water supply,…
Descriptors: Water, Private Sector, Income, Community Involvement