Natural Arsenic in Groundwater: Proceedings of the Pre-Congress Workshop "Natural Arsenic in Groundwater", 32nd International Geological Congress, Florence, Italy, 18-19 August 2004 PDF
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NATURAL ARSENIC IN GROUNDWATER: OCCURRENCE, REMEDIATION AND MANAGEMENT Copyright © 2005 Taylor & Francis Group plc, London, UK PROCEEDINGS OF THE PRE-CONGRESS WORKSHOP “NATURAL ARSENIC IN GROUNDWATER (BWO 06)”, 32ndINTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS, FLORENCE, ITALY, 18–19 AUGUST 2004 Natural Arsenic in Groundwater: Occurrence, Remediation and Management Edited by Jochen Bundschuh International Technical Co-operation Programme CIM (GTZ/BA), Frankfurt, Germany – Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad ICE, San José, Costa Rica Prosun Bhattacharya Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden D. Chandrasekharam Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India A.A. BALKEMA PUBLISHERS LEIDEN / LONDON / NEW YORK / PHILADELPHIA / SINGAPORE Copyright © 2005 Taylor & Francis Group plc, London, UK Copyright © 2005 Taylor & Francis Group plc, London, UK All rights reserved. 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Balkema Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands, a member of Taylor & Francis Group plc www.balkema.nl and www.tandf.co.uk ISBN 04 1536 700 X Printed in Great Britain Copyright © 2005 Taylor & Francis Group plc, London, UK Natural Arsenic in Groundwater:Occurrence, Remediation and Management – Bundschuh, Bhattacharya and Chandrasekharam (eds) ©2005, Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 04 1536 700 X Table of Contents Preface IX List of Contributors XI Section 1: Arsenic occurrence and genesis in sedimentary and hard-rock aquifers Arsenic in groundwater of the Bengal Delta Plain: geochemical evidences for small 3 scale redox zonation in the aquifer F. Wagner, Z.A. Berner & D. Stüben Genesis of arsenic contamination of groundwater in alluvial Gangetic aquifer in India 17 S.K. Acharyya & B.A. Shah Arsenic pollution in groundwater of West Bengal, India: Where we stand? 25 D. Chandrasekharam Mineralogical characteristics of the Meghna floodplain sediments and arsenic 31 enrichment in groundwater A.M. Sikder, M.H. Khan, M.A. Hasan & K.M. Ahmed Naturally occurring arsenic in groundwater of Terai region in Nepal and mitigation options 41 N. Tandukar, P. Bhattacharya, G. Jacks & A.A. Valero High arsenic concentrations in mining waters at Kanˇk, Czech Republic 49 A. Koprˇiva, J. Zeman & O. Sracek Natural arsenic in the groundwater of the alluvial aquifers of Santiago del Estero 57 Province, Argentina P. Bhattacharya, M. Claesson, J. Fagerberg, J. Bundschuh, A.R. Storniolo, R.A. Martin, J.M. Thir & O. Sracek Arsenic source and fate at a village drinking water supply in Mexico and its relationship 67 to sewage contamination J.M. Cole, M.C. Ryan, S. Smith & D. Bethune Arsenic contamination of the Salamanca aquifer system in Mexico: a risk analysis 77 R. Rodriguez, M.A. Armienta & J.A. Mejia Gómez Arsenic pollution in aquifers located within limestone areas of Ogun State, Nigeria 85 A.M. Gbadebo Section 2: Environmental health assessment-arsenic in the food chain Arsenic in groundwater and contamination of the food chain: Bangladesh scenario 95 S.M.I. Huq & R. Naidu Arsenic contamination in groundwater in Nepal: a new perspective and more health threat 103 in South Asia S.R. Kanel, H. Choi, K.W. Kim & S.H. Moon V Copyright © 2005 Taylor & Francis Group plc, London, UK Estimating previous exposure to arsenic for populations living in parts of Hungary, 109 Romania and Slovakia R.L. Hough, G.S. Leonardi & T. Fletcher Arsenic bioaccumulation in a green algae and its subsequent recycling in soils 119 of Bangladesh S.M.I. Huq, A. Bulbul, M.S. Choudhury, S. Alam & S. Kawai Environmental behavior of arsenic in a mining zone: Zimapán, Mexico 125 M.A. Armienta, R. Rodríguez, O. Cruz, A. Aguayo, N. Ceniceros, G. Villaseñor, L.K. Ongley & H. Mango Section 3: Arsenic biogeochemistry in groundwater Natural enrichment of arsenic in groundwaters of Brahmanbaria district, Bangladesh: 133 geochemistry, speciation modeling and multivariate statistics O. Sracek, P. Bhattacharya, M. von Brömssen, G. Jacks & K.M. Ahmed Microbial processes and arsenic mobilization in mine tailings and shallow aquifers 145 J. Routh & A. Saraswathy Geochemistry and geomicrobiology of arsenic in Holocene alluvial aquifers, USA 155 J.A. Saunders, M.K. Lee & S. Mohammad Arsenic contamination in drinking water of tube wells in Bangladesh: statistical 163 analysis and associated factors M.A. Hossain, M. Amirul Islam, M.O. Gani & M.A. Karim The impact of low dissolved oxygen in recharge water on arsenic pollution in 173 groundwater of Bangladesh Md. N. Islam & R.D. Bob von Bernuth Section 4: Remediation of arsenic-rich groundwaters Technologies for arsenic removal from potable water 189 W. Driehaus Natural enrichment of arsenic in a minerotrophic peatland (Gola di Lago, Canton Ticino, 205 Switzerland), and implications for the treatment of contaminated waters Z.I. González-Acevedo, M. Krachler, A.K. Cheburkin & W. Shotyk A comparative study for the removal of As(III) and As(V) by activated alumina 211 T.S. Singh & K.K. Pant Comparing the arsenic sorption capacity of Bauxsol™and its derivatives with other 223 sorbents H. Genç-Fuhrman, D. McConchie & O. Schuiling Optimization of the removal of arsenic from groundwater using ion exchange 237 C.N. Mulligan, A.K.M. Saiduzzaman & J. Hadjinicolaou Sorption of arsenic on sorghum biomass: a case study 247 N. Haque, G. Morrison, G. Perrusquía, I. Cano-Aguilera, A.F. Aguilera-Alvarado & M. Gutiérrez-Valtierra Removal and recovery of arsenic from aqueous solutions by sorghum biomass 255 Z.I. González-Acevedo, I. Cano-Aguilera & A.F. Aguilera-Alvarado VI Copyright © 2005 Taylor & Francis Group plc, London, UK Optimisation of iron removal units to include arsenic removal 263 A.K. Sharma, J.C. Tjell & H. Mosbæk A simple and environmentally safe process for arsenic remediation – laboratory and 273 field evaluation K. Misra, M.T. Companywala, S. Sharma, A. Srivastava & P.C. Deb Section 5: Management of arsenic-rich groundwaters Management of the groundwater arsenic disaster in Bangladesh 283 K.M. Ahmed Strengthening water examination system in Bangladesh 297 H. Jigami Implementation of safe drinking water supplies in Bangladesh 307 C.F. Rammelt & J. Boes Sustainable safe water options in Bangladesh: experiences from the Arsenic Project 319 at Matlab (AsMat) Md. Jakariya, Mizanur Rahman, A.M.R. Chowdhury, Mahfuzar Rahman, Md. Yunus, A. Bhiuya, M.A. Wahed, P. Bhattacharya, G. Jacks, M. Vahter & L.-Å. Persson Prerequisite studies for numerical flow modeling to locate safe drinking water wells in 331 the zone of arsenic polluted groundwater in the Yamuna sub-basin, West Bengal, India S. Mukherjee VII Copyright © 2005 Taylor & Francis Group plc, London, UK Natural Arsenic in Groundwater:Occurrence, Remediation and Management – Bundschuh, Bhattacharya and Chandrasekharam (eds) ©2005, Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 04 1536 700 X Preface Groundwater is an important resource that serves as a backbone of human development. In several regions, mostly in developing countries, groundwater from sedimentary and hard rock aquifers used for drinking is naturally contaminated with arsenic. In different countries in Asia such as India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, the situ- ation of arsenic toxicity is alarming and severe health problems are reported amongst the inhabit- ants relying on groundwater as sources of water for drinking purposes. Arsenic occurrences in groundwater in Bengal Delta Plain of West Bengal, India and Bangladesh is one of the largest environmental health disasters of the present century, where over 50 million people are at risk of cancer and other arsenic related diseases. In these same countries, land and agricultural sustain- ability is threatened by the use of arsenic contaminated irrigation water. In several Middle- and South-American countries, for example in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico, high arsenic is reported in natural waters. In Argentina, at least 1.2 million people are affected. Elevated levels of natural arsenic in groundwater due to geogenic sources is therefore an issue of primary environ- mental concern, which limits the use of these resources for drinking or other purposes, and hin- ders the socio-economic growth. Hence there is a need to improve our understanding on the genesis of high arsenic groundwaters from the various aquifers in order to develop strategies to save millions from this calamity. This publication comprises articles concerning the occurrence of arsenic in groundwater, its mobility constraints, water-sediment interactions, various other related themes concerning aqueous geochemistry of arsenic in sedimentary and hard rock aquifers and other natural environmental sys- tems around the world, assessment of environmental health risks and impacts, and the arsenic removal technologies. These articles are based on the papers presented during the Pre-Congress Workshop Natural Arsenic in Groundwater (BWO 06), which was held on 18–19 August 2004, as an event of the 32ndInternational Geological Congress in Florence, Italy between August 20–28, 2004. The book is divided into five sections, covering the following themes: 1. Arsenic occurrence in sedimentary and hard-rock aquifers: Case studies from Argentina, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Nigeria, Czech Republic and Mexico are presented in 10 Chapters. 2. Environmental health assessment – Arsenic in the food chain: Fate of arsenic in soil, water and crops - extent, sources, characterization and background levels, implications to human health, south Asian experience, toxicological impacts and environmental health assessment of arsenic poisoning are discussed in 5 Chapters. 3. Arsenic biogeochemistry in groundwater: This section deals with the speciation and mobility controls of arsenic, mechanisms of redox transformations through biotic and abiotic processes, influence of microbiota and the microbial reactions and their implication for arsenic mobilization, speciation modeling, adsorption/desorption processes, thermodynamic constraints on arsenic sol- ubility and statistical analyses of hydrogeochemical parameters, presented in 5 Chapters. 4. Remediation of arsenic rich groundwaters: The removal of arsenic from groundwater is an important global issue. Several millions of people are drinking water with elevated levels of arsenic compared to the drinking water standards recommended by World Health Organization (WHO). Various of treatment technologies are available for removal of arsenic worldwide, which range from sophisticated ion exchange and reverse osmosis, simple conventional coagulation-flocculation technique and small scale filters. Incidences of elevated arsenic con- centrations in groundwater within the developing countries with poor infrastructure demand technologies that are effective and affordable for the provision of safe drinking water supply to the affected population. This section comprises 9 different Chapters, which discuss various low IX Copyright © 2005 Taylor & Francis Group plc, London, UK cost and environment friendly techniques of arsenic removal that are suitable for providing safe drinking water to the affected population in various parts of the world. 5. Management of arsenic rich groundwaters: The natural background concentration of arsenic in soils is an important factor to assess the environmental quality and strategies for subsequent remediation. Remediation of arsenic contaminated groundwater systems are much more com- plicated and often involves designing economically feasible and effective techniques that are site-specific. Effective strategies for groundwater management are needed to circumvent the environmental health disasters, which are focused in the last 5 Chapters. The book forms a base for discussion and exchange of scientific ideas to identify future targets for research needed to improve the understanding of the mobility of arsenic in the aquifers and their impacts. The book is designed to: (i) create interest within the countries which are affected by arseniferous aquifers; (ii) to update the current status of knowledge on the dynamics of natural arsenic from the aquifers through groundwater to food chain for professionals involved in the topic; (iii) an important worldwide issue on improved and efficient techniques for arsenic removal in regions with elevated arsenic levels in groundwater; and (iv) bring awareness, among adminis- trators, policy makers and company executives, on the problem and to improve the international cooperation on that topic. We would like to thank the organizers of the 32ndInternational Geological Congress, who have given us the opportunity to organize the Pre-Congress Workshop ‘Natural Arsenic in Groundwater’ (BWO 06) and the infrastructural facility to stage the event. We would like to thank our colleagues Kazi Matin Ahmed, Alan Welch, Andreas Mende, Klaus-Peter Seiler, Doris Stüben, Ondra Sracek, Gunnar Jacks, Maria Aurora Armienta, Richard Johnston, Mahfuzar Rahman, Jim Saunders, S.K. Acharyya, William Burgess and D.K. Guha for their efforts with the timely review of the manu- scripts of the Chapters in this book. We wish to express our sincere thanks to them, who con- tributed significantly to maintain the high quality of the papers in this volume. We would like to thank the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida-SAREC), Swedish Research Council (VR), Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (Formas) and the GeoHost programme of the International Geological Congress for support to the participants in this Workshop. We are especially grateful to the organisational support and cooperation provided by the Integrated Expert Programme of CIM (GTZ/BA), Frankfurt, Germany, the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), San José, Costa Rica, the Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero (UNSE), Argentina, the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India. We thank the GEH Wasserchemie GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück, Germany, for their contribu- tion to the printing costs of this book. Jochen Bundschuh Prosun Bhattacharya D. Chandrasekharam (Editors) X Copyright © 2005 Taylor & Francis Group plc, London, UK Natural Arsenic in Groundwater:Occurrence, Remediation and Management – Bundschuh, Bhattacharya and Chandrasekharam (eds) ©2005, Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 04 1536 700 X List of Contributors S.K. Acharyya Department of Geological Sciences, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India A. Aguayo Instituto de Geofísica, UNAM, México D.F., Mexico A.F. Aguilera-Alvarado Facultad de Química, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Gto., Mexico K.M. Ahmed Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh S. Alam Department of Agro-Bioscience, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan M.A. Armienta Instituto de Geofisica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), C.U., Del Coyoacan, México City, México Z.A. Berner Institute of Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Karlsruhe, Germany D. Bethune Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada A. Bhiuya Center for Health and Population Research, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh P. Bhattacharya Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden J. Boes Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands M. von Brömssen Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden R.D. von Bernuth Department of Biosystems Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA A. Bulbul Department of Soil, Water & Environment, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh XI Copyright © 2005 Taylor & Francis Group plc, London, UK J. Bundschuh International Technical Co-operation Programme CIM(GTZ/BA), Frankfurt, Germany – Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad ICE, PySA, Costa Rica; Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Tecnologias, Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero (UNSE), Santiago del Estero, Argentina I. Cano-Aguilera Facultad de Química, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Gto., Mexico N. Ceniceros Instituto de Geofísica, UNAM, México D.F., Mexico D. Chandrasekharam Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India A.K. Cheburkin Institute of Environmental Geochemistry, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany H. Choi Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Puk-gu, Gwangju, Republic of Korea M.S. Choudhury Department of Soil, Water & Environment, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh A.M.R. Chowdhury Research and Evaluation Division, BRAC, Dhaka, Bangladesh M. Claesson Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden J.M. Cole Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada M.T. Companywala Naval Materials Research Laboratory (NMRL), DRDO, Ministry of Defence, Addl. Ambernath, India O. Cruz Instituto de Geofísica, UNAM, México D.F., Mexico P.C. Deb Naval Materials Research Laboratory (NMRL), DRDO, Ministry of Defence, Addl. Ambernath, India W. Driehaus GEH Wasserchemie GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrueck, Germany J. Fagerberg Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden T. Fletcher London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of London, London, UK M.O. Gani Graduate Student, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh XII Copyright © 2005 Taylor & Francis Group plc, London, UK
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