What is it about?

This paper tries to identify the source of saline groundwater in the southwest region of Bangladesh.

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Why is it important?

High salinity groundwaters severely restrict the use of groundwater for sanitation, drinking, and irrigation for over 20 million coastal inhabitants in Bangladesh alone. From a global perspective, this paper provides a timely case-study as rising sea levels are likely to degrade deltaic groundwater resources worldwide.

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This work is exciting because it helped inform water resource engineering work that is now going on in Bangladesh to store fresh water underground during the monsoon season. Our findings showed that this is already a natural process, and locals can take advantage of this during the dry season.

Scott C Worland, PhD
Vanderbilt University

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This page is a summary of: Source, transport, and evolution of saline groundwater in a shallow Holocene aquifer on the tidal deltaplain of southwest Bangladesh, Water Resources Research, July 2015, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/2014wr016262.
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