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Groundwater Development and Depletion: Prospects and Problems in a Pocket Area of Bangladesh

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dc.contributor.author Talukder, M.S.U.
dc.contributor.author Ahmed, Mahfuzuddin
dc.contributor.author Mojid, M.A.
dc.date.accessioned 2009-08-18T15:24:42Z
dc.date.available 2009-08-18T15:24:42Z
dc.date.issued 1991 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/10535/4623
dc.description.abstract "Bangladesh is mostly underlain by unconsolidated to poorly consolidated thick sediments. In addition, the tropical monsoon climate characterised by high temperature, heavy rainfall and often excessive humidity is very favourable for extensive development of groundwater resources in the country. Groundwater, a renewable natural resource, is observed in Bangladesh to be in dynamic equilibrium consistent with the extraction by natural and artificial means and recharge from rainfall, flood waters and surface water bodies. Different techniques and concepts for the development of groundwater are being practised without detailed investigation of the resources and its overall management policy. For example, the groundwater development programme using deep tubewells (DTWs) started in the country in late sixties. But tubewells were installed initially almost without evaluating the hydrogeologic characteristics and development potentialities of the local aquifers. There are important factors in determining the amount and cost of groundwater that can be developed and in forecasting the consequences of development." en_US
dc.language English en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Irrigation Management Network Paper 5 en_US
dc.subject groundwater en_US
dc.subject water management en_US
dc.subject environment en_US
dc.title Groundwater Development and Depletion: Prospects and Problems in a Pocket Area of Bangladesh en_US
dc.type Working Paper en_US
dc.type.methodology Case Study en_US
dc.publisher.workingpaperseries Overseas Development Institute, London en_US
dc.coverage.region Middle East & South Asia en_US
dc.coverage.country Bangladesh en_US
dc.subject.sector Water Resource & Irrigation en_US


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