Drinking water in Bangladesh is often full of salt as rising sea levels force water further inland. Expensive technology offers solutions but who will foot the bill?
Momtaj Begum, holding her baby daughter, is among hundreds of women queuing for a pitcher of drinking water at a desalinisation plant in Tafalbaria, a remote village in the Bagerhat district in south-west Bangladesh.
Technology Partners: MimirTech
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/water-everywhere-not-enough-drink-0
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/new-nation-bangladesh
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drinking-water
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/desalination
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-dioxide
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/undp
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/unesco
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bangladesh
