SASMIT

SASMIT is the SIDA funded action research project. The project "Sustainable Arsenic Mitigation(SASMIT) team consists of experts from Dhaka University, NGO Forum in Bangladesh and collaborating parters at KTH and Ramboll.The overall objective of this project is to develop a sustainable option for safe drinking water for rural and disadvantaged community through targeting safe aquifers in regions with high As groundwater of geogenic origin by installation of community hand-tube wells. The concept of targeting safe aquifers is based on the idea that identification of safe aquifers that can be done on the basis of visible geological features, their relation to groundwater chemical composition and relative risk for high As occurrences.

At a Glance SASMIT

Project Implementation Area:Matlab Upazila of Chandpur District, Bangladesh
Project Duration: April 2008 - March 2012
Project Goal: To provide safe drinking water in regions with elevated-arsenic enriched groundwater for rural and disadvantaged community in

Project Objectives:

Initially the objectives of this project were to

Increase global awareness of the problems associated with high arsenic groundwater of geogenic origin Exchange experiences regarding feasibility of mitigation options, and

Develop a sustainable option for safe drinking water for rural and disadvantaged community through targeting safe aquifers in regions with elevated arsenic enriched groundwater of geogenic origin for installation of community hand tubewells.