The New Nation - Internet Edition

Untreated toxic wastes dumped indiscriminately into ponds, rivers, lakes, and low-lying areas might seriously contaminate groundwater. Groundwater is being seriously contaminated by massive amounts of untreated toxic waste from hospitals, pharmaceuticals, tanneries, chemicals industry and dyeing factories.

The source of groundwater pollution by heavy metals, pesticides, metals, open latrine and open waste dumping etc. The way of low-lying areas, ponds, rivers, & land around the city are being polluted, groundwater could become toxic. The experts said the risk of untreated toxic waste disposal from pharmaceutical factories & hospitals are increasing at an alarming rate and polluting the land surface. Now a days hospitals waste are more dangerous to groundwater. The toxic waste discharged on the land seeps through the ground and eventually reaches the groundwater.

Groundwater levels are decreasing due to over exploitation and the water of near by polluted rivers on the city’s periphery are gradually entering into the water table. The rapid fall of groundwater level due to over exploitation causes problems like water scarcity, arsenic problems, contamination from polluted low-lying areas and rivers, ponds increasing in the cost of water lifting and the of land subsidence.

Rapid urbanization has increased the demand of water day by day forcing water supply authorities to lift huge amount of groundwater. During the dry season the level of groundwater falls but in the rainy season the balances the level. But due to concrete pavements area rainwater can not reach underground. We are aware about this matter. Government should take proper step to stop groundwater pollution.

Md. Nuralam Hossain

Santosh, Taingail.