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  • Environmental Health
  • Public Health Policy
  • Water Resource Management

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  • The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) aimed to ensure safe drinking water access globally.
  • Bangladesh achieved significant progress in water provision via tubewell programs.
  • Arsenic contamination in groundwater, discovered in 1993, jeopardized these achievements.

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  • To document lessons learned from arsenic mitigation efforts in Bangladesh.
  • To identify persistent challenges hindering effective safe water provision.
  • To propose recommendations for future water supply strategies.

Main Methods:

  • Review of nationwide tubewell testing data (over 6 million tested).
  • Analysis of implemented mitigation measures (e.g., well replacement, filtration, rainwater harvesting).
  • Assessment of challenges based on author experiences in arsenic-related work.

Main Results:

  • Multiple mitigation strategies were employed, including deeper wells, filtration, and piped water supply.
  • Persistent challenges include inadequate stakeholder coordination, inter-sectoral conflicts, and insufficient region-specific research.
  • Poor work quality, limited knowledge dissemination, and public reluctance to adopt alternatives have delayed progress.

Conclusions:

  • A region-specific water supply policy, led by the health sector with multisectoral involvement, is recommended.
  • Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) are suggested for large-scale piped water supply initiatives.
  • Addressing coordination, research, quality control, and community engagement is crucial for sustainable safe water access.