Declining groundwater level and aquifer dewatering in Dhaka metropolitan area, Bangladesh: causes and quantification
Submitted by susan on Mon, 2007-10-15 05:30
Large abstraction by water-wells has been causing a linear to exponential drop in groundwater level and substantial aquifer dewatering in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The city is almost entirely dependent on groundwater, which occurs beneath the area in an unconsolidated Plio-Pleistocene sandy aquifer.
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