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SUBMITTER: Khan MR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5052627 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Khan Mahfuzur R MR Koneshloo Mohammad M Knappett Peter S K PS Ahmed Kazi M KM Bostick Benjamin C BC Mailloux Brian J BJ Mozumder Rajib H RH Zahid Anwar A Harvey Charles F CF van Geen Alexander A Michael Holly A HA
Nature communications 20160927
Many of the world's megacities depend on groundwater from geologically complex aquifers that are over-exploited and threatened by contamination. Here, using the example of Dhaka, Bangladesh, we illustrate how interactions between aquifer heterogeneity and groundwater exploitation jeopardize groundwater resources regionally. Groundwater pumping in Dhaka has caused large-scale drawdown that extends into outlying areas where arsenic-contaminated shallow groundwater is pervasive and has potential to ...[more]