Performance of existing community-based water supply system in Arsenic affected rural areas (Chowgacha Upazilla) in Jessore District, Bangladesh. Abstract: Water Supply Phenomena has become a comprehensive health-based risk assessment and risk management approach to optimizing drinking-water supply from catchments to consumer. The maintenance of good water quality is one of the priority issues of our environment and requires an integrated approach to understand and solve key problems in areas where the social dimensions are larger and suffer from water-related problem. Aspiration of the study was to explore social acceptance, operation and maintenance of existing water supply system to implement arsenic mitigation approaches that includes both technical and socio-economic strategies. For this reason, the Chowgacha Upazilla which is under Jessore district in Bangladesh was used as a model for investigating the present status of water supply system. The study was conducted at four specific arsenic affected villages (Kustia-Ajmatpur, Phulsara-Arardha, and Dashpakhia) respectively. Keeping touch with the problem, various types of water supply options such as Dug-well Sand Filter (DSF), Pond Sand Filter (PSF) and Pipeline Water Supply System (PWSS) had been installed for providing safe water for the welfare of the affected people. Firstly, the data were collected during November to February, 2012 to fulfill my study. Secondly, all water samples were collected from its raw water and filtrate (supply water) to get a view of water quality status at the consumer point. Thirdly, primary data were collected directly from the respondents whereas secondary data were collected from different records available at AAN office, internet and journals. In addition, from this study revealed that Dug well and Pond sand filter water were used by 58% and 31% respondents whereas minority of the respondents use other sources. On the other hand, 2% respondents used shallow tube well water and 9% respondents used pond water for their cooking. Furthermore, it revealed that the microbial contamination of the water was being enhanced due to its improper maintenance. Some percentage of all of the alternative safe water supply options having a good chlorination system, which provides safe water for the people. Another crucial point is that the health condition of consumer is fairy understood among the residents. Keywords: Arsenic contamination, water supply, Situation, Analysis, Sanitary integrity, Bangladesh.

TITLE - Performance of Existing Community-based water supply system in Arsenic affected rural areas in Bangladesh
AUTHOR - Sabiha Sarwar
••••••IJSER Edition - November 2014

UNIVERSITY - Jessore University of Science and Technology, Jessore, Bangladesh
GUIDE NAME -
Dr. Gopal Chandra Ghosh