In this policy brief, the authors present new data and provisional findings from river water monitoring sites together with a survey of over 1,800 households. Regulatory compliance is assessed at these sites along the Tongi-Turag-Balu Rivers using spatial analysis and suggest strategies to support progress toward achieving target reductions in wastewater and improving safe water for all.
Bangladesh
Resilient options for improving drinking water security in coastal Bangladesh
In this discussion brief the authors present key results from a household survey, a water audit, six focus group discussions and 12 key informant interviews conducted between December 2017 and February 2018 to collect empirical evidence on different aspects of safe and sustainable drinking water services in Polder 29, southwest coastal Bangladesh.
Sustaining safely managed drinking water services in rural schools in Chandpur District, Bangladesh
This discussion brief presents insights from a REACH pilot study which explores the benefits of new, automated data loggers, being installed on handpumps across schools in Chandpur District, Bangladesh. The data will be used to review current institutional design to manage and monitor handpumps so schools and their children can benefit from more reliable water.
Restoring water quality in the polluted Turag-Tongi-Balu river system, Dhaka: Modelling nutrient and total coliform intervention strategies
In this paper published in Science of the Total Environment, the authors use a model to assess the water quality of the Turag-Balu river system in Bangladesh, and explore scenarios to clean up the system.
Achieving and sustaining safely managed drinking water in Bangladesh
Policy Brief reporting on a water audit of 3,830 tubewells across 10 villages in Chandpur and Comilla Districts in order to support national policy strategies seeking to achieve safely managed water for all.
Avoiding the water-poverty trap: Insights from a conceptual human water dynamical model for Coastal Bangladesh
In this study, the authors use water modelling to examine the dynamics between water related risks and poverty for an embanked area in coastal Bangladesh.
Identifying water quality risks and modelling intervention strategies
Mathematical models are used to assess water quality and pollution reduction strategies in the Turag-Tongi-Balu River in central Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Country Diagnostic Report, Bangladesh
This working paper highlights the key water security risks to Bangladesh’s growth and poverty reduction efforts and shows evidence of significant but uncertain risks.