T106. Arsenic: Fate and Transport in Natural Waters and Aquifers from Basin to Pore-Space Scale II

Session No. 54
Sunday, 4 November 2012: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
213D (Charlotte Convention Center)

T106. Arsenic: Fate and Transport in Natural Waters and Aquifers from Basin to Pore-Space Scale II

GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA International Section; GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Geology and Health Division; Geochemical Society; International Society for Groundwater for Sustainable Development; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division

 

Prosun Bhattacharya, Abhijit Mukherjee, Ratan Dhar, Karen Johannesson and Lois Ongley, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:45 PM
USING COLUMN EXPERIMENTS TO EXAMINE TRANSPORT OF ARSENIC AND OTHER ELEMENTS RELEASED FROM POULTRY LITTER: IMPLICATIONS FOR TRACE ELEMENT MOBILITY IN AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS
OYEWUMI, Oluyinka, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0420 and SCHREIBER, Madeline E., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, ooyewum@vt.edu, ooyewum@vt.edu
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2:00 PM
ARSENIC IN IRRIGATION WATER: A POTENTIAL CAUSE OF INCREASED ARSENIC CONCENTRATION IN SOIL-RICE SYSTEM
SANDHI, Arifin1, GREGER, Maria2, JACKS, Gunnar3, HOSSAIN, Mohammed3 and BHATTACHARYA, Prosun1, (1)KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Teknikringen 76, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden, (2)Faculty of Applied Ecology and Agricultural Sciences, Hedmark University College, Blæstad, Elverum, NO-2418, Norway, (3)KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Dept of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 76, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden, asandhi@kth.se, asandhi@kth.se
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2:15 PM
ASSESSMENT OF ARSENIC EXPOSURE RISKS FROM DRINKING WATER AND DIETARY COMPONENTS IN RURAL BENGAL
HALDER, Dipti1, BISWAS, Ashis1, BHOWMICK, Subhamoy2, CHATTERJEE, Debashis3, NRIAGU, Jerome4, GUHA MAZUMDER, D.N.5, ŠLEJKOVEC, Zdenka6, JACKS, Gunnar7 and BHATTACHARYA, Prosun8, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N5E2, Canada, (2)Department of Chemistry, University of Girona, Campus Montilivi, Girona, 17071, Spain, (3)Department of Chemistry, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, 741235, India, (4)Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, 109 Observatory Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-202, (5)DNGM Research Foundation, 37C Block B, New Alipore, Kolkata, 700 053, India, (6)Department of Environmental Sciences, Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, Ljubljana, SI-1000, Slovenia, (7)KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Dept of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 76, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden, (8)KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Teknikringen 76, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden, dipti@kth.se, dipti@kth.se
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2:30 PM
DISTRIBUTION AND MOBILITY OF GEOGENIC ARSENIC IN THE SHALLOW AQUIFERS OF NORTHEASTERN LA PAMPA PROVINCE, ARGENTINA
AULLÓN ALCAINE, Anna1, BHATTACHARYA, Prosun1, SANDHI, Arifin1, JACKS, Gunnar2, BUNDSCHUH, Jochen3, SCHULZ, Carlos4, THUNVIK, Roger1 and MÖRTH, Carl-Magnus5, (1)KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Teknikringen 76, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden, (2)KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Dept of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 76, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden, (3)Deputy Vice-Chancellor's Office (Research and Innovation), University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Toowoomba, 4350, Australia, (4)Facultad de Ciéncias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de La Pampa (UNLPam), Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina, (5)Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SE-106 91, Sweden, prosun@kth.se, prosun@kth.se
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2:45 PM
GRAIN SIZE, MINERALOGY AND SEDIMENT COMPOSITION AS FACTORS CONTROLLING RELEASE AND MOBILIZATION OF ARSENIC IN PARTS OF THE BRAHMAPUTRA FLOODPLAINS, NORTHEASTERN INDIA
MAHANTA, Chandan1, SATHE, Sandip S.1 and BHATTACHARYA, Prosun2, (1)Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, 781039, India, (2)KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Teknikringen 76, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden, mahantaiit@gmail.com, mahantaiit@gmail.com
 
3:00 PM
Break
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3:15 PM
ARSENIC CONTAMINATION POTENTIAL FOR A PLEISTOCENE AQUIFER IN CAMBODIA (Invited Presentation)
POLIZZOTTO, Matthew1, MATTESON, Audrey1, NEUMANN, Rebecca2, THORN, Sokha3, KUY, Dina3, THANG, Makara3 and SHANTZ, Andrew3, (1)Department of Soil Science, North Carolina State University, 101 Derieux St, 2232 Williams Hall, Box 7619, Raleigh, NC 27695, (2)Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, 201 More Hall, Box 352700, Seattle, WA 98195, (3)Resource Development International-Cambodia, Phnom Penh, P.O. Box 494, Cambodia, matt_polizzotto@ncsu.edu, matt_polizzotto@ncsu.edu
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3:30 PM
POTENTIALITY OF SHALLOW BROWN SAND AQUIFERS AS SAFE SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER IN ARSENIC AFFECTED REGIONS OF BENGAL BASIN
BISWAS, Ashis1, BHATTACHARYA, Prosun2, NATH, Bibhash3, MUKHERJEE, Abhijit4, HALDER, Dipti2, CHATTERJEE, Debashis5, MÖRTH, Carl-Magnus6 and JACKS, Gunnar7, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N5E2, Canada, (2)KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Teknikringen 76, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden, (3)School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, 2006, Australia, (4)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, 721302, India, (5)Department of Chemistry, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, 741235, India, (6)Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SE-106 91, Sweden, (7)KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Dept of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 76, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden, ashis@kth.se, ashis@kth.se
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3:45 PM
CONTROLS OF SEDIMENTARY FACIES ON GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY IN AQUIFERS OF MATLAB SOUTH, CHANDPUR DISTRICT, BANGLADESH
HAQUE, Md. Aminul, Geological Scieces, University of Manitoba, 2-246 Kitson Street, Winnipeg, MB R2H 0Z7, Canada, HASAN, M. Aziz, Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh, AHMED, Kazi Matin, Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh, HOSSAIN, Mohammed, KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Dept of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 76, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden and BHATTACHARYA, Prosun, KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Teknikringen 76, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden, haquema@myumanitoba.ca, haquema@myumanitoba.ca
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4:00 PM
A STRATEGIC APPROACH TO SCALE-UP SAFE WATER ACCESS CONSIDERING HYDROGEOLOGICAL SUITABILITY AND USING SOCIAL ASPECTS IN MATLAB, SOUTHEASTERN BANGLADESH
HOSSAIN, Mohammed1, BHATTACHARYA, Prosun1, RAHMAN, Marina2, AHMED, Kazi Matin3, HASAN, M. Aziz4, BRÖMSSEN, Mattias von1, UDDIN, M. Rofi2, ALAM, M. Jahid5, SARWAR, S. Golam2 and HASAN, Rashedul2, (1)KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Teknikringen 76, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden, (2)Sasmit, NGO Forum for Public Health, 4/6, Block-E, Lalmatia, Dhaka, 1207, Bangladesh, (3)Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh, (4)Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh, (5)Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh, mohhos@kth.se, mohhos@kth.se
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4:15 PM
MODEL TO ASSESS GROUNDWATER FLOW IN THE MULTI-LAYERED AQUIFER SYSTEM OF ARSENIC AFFECTED SOUTHERN BANGLADESH
ZAHID, Anwar, Bangladesh Water Development Board, Directorate of Ground Water Hydrology, 72, Green Road, Dhaka, 1205, Bangladesh, JAHAN, Khurshid, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Institute of Water and Flood Management, Lalbagh, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh, HASSAN, Qumrul, University of Dhaka, Department of Geology, Ramna, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh and HASSAN, Mohammad Rashidul, Institute of Water Modeling, Irrigation Management Division, House# 496, Road# 32, New DOHS, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh, anwarzahid_b@yahoo.com, anwarzahid_b@yahoo.com
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4:30 PM
LESSONS FROM ARSENIC RESEARCH IN BANGLADESH: ITS IMPLICATION FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY OF AQUIFERS AS LONG TERM SAFE WATER SOURCES
DHAR, Ratan, Earth and Physical Sciences, York College of the City University of New York, 94-20, Guy R. Brewer Blvd, Jamaica, NY 11451, rdhar@york.cuny.edu, rdhar@york.cuny.edu
 
4:45 PM
Discussion
 
5:00 PM
Concluding Remarks
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