Bangladesh Integrated Water Resources Assessment

Project Overview:

Bangladesh water demand will grow with the growing population and increasing economic development. Whereas surface water resources are well studied, there are significant knowledge gaps in groundwater resources, the joint use of surface and groundwater, management strategies that enhance the efficiency in the equitable allocation of scarce water resources and improve livelihoods, and the potential impacts of climate change. There is a real risk of reduced access to safe drinking and irrigation water in rural areas, and of induced contamination of groundwater by saline intrusion and ingress of polluted surface waters. This project will conduct an integrated water resources / socio-economic study to provide a national overview of the resource, the impacts of development and climate change, and the way the impacts will affect the poor and vulnerable.

Contact: Mac.Kirby@csiro.au