Risk assessment of arsenic mitigation options (RAAMO-I & II)

Risk assessment of arsenic mitigation options (RAAMO-I & II)

Period: July 2004 - June 2005

Client(s): APSU , DFID

The study conducted a quantitative health risk assessment (QHRA) of the water supply options identified in the implementation plan for arsenic mitigation in Bangladesh. The study covered water quality analysis (through the presence of Arsenic, thermos-tolerant coliforms (TTC), with confirmatory testing of E.coli presence, and other selected physical and chemical water quality parameters), sanitary integrity assessment using standard sanitary inspection format, and social acceptability assessment based on a questionnaire survey for dug wells (DWs) and deep hand tube wells (DTWs), pond sand filters (PSFs) and rainwater harvesting systems (RWH) both in the dry season and monsoon.

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  • A Risk Assessment of Arsenic Mitigation Options (RAAMO) was conducted.
  • A Quantitative Health Risk Assessment (QHRA) model was developed to estimate the disease burden for Arsenic and TTC for any water supply technologies in a particular location.
  • A training manual for the QHRA tool was developed, and the key stakeholders were trained in the use of the QHRA tool.

Risk Assessment of Arsenic Mitigation Options (RAAMO)

This report is the output of a risk assessment of arsenic mitigation options that was undertaken by ITN-BUET over a 12-month period with funding from

Publisher(s): GoB, ITN-BUET, LGD

2005

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Water Safety Plan

RAAMO

MSF

 

Other Reports and Documents

  • The response to arsenic contamination of drinking water in Bangladesh: a position paper (provides an overview of all activities done since the detection of arsenic in 1993) [Main Report] [Annexes]

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