arsenic polluted groundwater and its countermeasures in the middle basin of the ganges, uttar pradesh state, india地下水砷污染及其对策在恒河流域,印度北方邦.pdfVIP

Journal of Environmental Protection, 2012, 3, 856-862 /10.4236/jep.2012.328100 Published Online August 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/jep) Arsenic Polluted Groundwater and Its Countermeasures in the Middle Basin of the Ganges, Uttar Pradesh State, India 1* 1 2 3 3 Yasunori Yano , Kenichi Ito , Akihiko Kodama , Koichiro Shiomori , Shigeki Tomomatsu , Mitsuhiro Sezaki3, Hiroshi Yokota1 1Center for International Relations, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan; 2Retec Engineering Inc., Tokyo, Japan; 3Faculty of Engineering, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan. * Email: anoya@cc.miyazaki-u.ac.jp th nd st Received June 15 , 2012; revised July 2 , 2012; accepted July 31 , 2012 ABSTRACT The arsenic contamination of groundwater in Uttar Pradesh State was first recognized in 2003 and is now seen at 20 Districts out of 70 Districts. University of Miyazaki has performed the arsenic mitigation project in Bahraich District, severest arsenic-affected one in the 20 Districts, from June 2008 until now, with JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency). The integrated mitigation, such as the raising awareness of villager, installing of alternative water supply units and healthcare of arsenocosis patients, have been executed at the 2 villages. The symptom of the arsenocosis patients was not so severe, which will be, therefore, improved by drinking arsenic-safe water supplied through arsenic removal units, installed by this project. In this paper, following results is discussed for the situation and mechanism of arsenic contamination of groundwater, objected in connection with the installation of arsenic removal units: 1) Groundwater is almost contaminated with arsenic in deep tubewell (depth: about 30 m), but sca