Resources : Digital : Bangladesh : Water Resources

According to World Bank data sources, in 2006 80% of the population had reasonable access to an adequate amount of water from an 'improved source'; that is, a household connection, public standpipe, borehole, protected well or spring, and rainwater collection.

In the image below, a tube well is used to access drinking water. The use of tube wells is common in rural areas and less so in urban areas. Arsenic is one of the main problems associated with accessing safe drinking water.

Natural water sources, such as ponds, have a vital role in the every day life of people in rural areas. They use them to fish, to wash their clothes and other household items and also to bathe.

Although accessing a natural, open water resource, like a pond, in urban areas is not always common, when people do access one, then will often use it for many different purposes, as noted above.

All images © Athina Bogdani Das

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