Report Date: June 2015

Safe water & Sanitation are essential and fundamental needs for the development of public health. The Mission of the Bangladesh Government is to ensure that all people have access to safe water & sanitation services at an affordable cost. Bangladesh has achieved a very impressive 98% coverage in water supply. But in the early 90s detection of Arsenic in shallow groundwater, the primary source of municipal water supply, had a significant adverse impact leading to a lowering of the coverage to around 70%. This report is a compendium of research activities on arsenic and sanitation. The overall objective of the study is to develop a compendium that would be helpful for researchers, policymakers, and implementing agencies to determine the way forward in safe water supply and hygienic sanitation.