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Dear All, please take a look at the river water discharge data of three major
rives of Bangladesh at the table below which is taken from table 2.2, page 2-2
of the BGS/DPHE/MML phase-1 investigative report "GROUNDWATER STUDIES FOR
ARSENIC CONTAMINATION IN BANGLADESH". I wonder how these investigators can
ignore the post Farakka data which are the most important data of groundwater
arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh. India's 26 years of unilateral water diversion
from the Ganges River by Farakka barrage in West Bengal of India not only
created environmental problems in Bangladesh, but it also created numerous
severe environmental problems in the upstream regions of India.

Average Monthly Discharge of Major Rivers(PRE-FARAKKA)

Ganges R Brahmaputra R-Bahadurabad Meghna R-Bhairab Bazar
Hardinge Bridge

Month Flow(Cu.M/S) Flow(Cu.M/S)
Flow(Cu.M/S)

Jan 3113 5194
594

Feb 2712 4308
495

Mar 2312 4711
635

Apr 2056 6823
937

May 1971 15844
1934

Jun 4311 32488
3821

Jul 17871 44080
7814

Aug 37546 45107
8279

Sep 36970 36295
8222

Oct 17244 21955
6239

Nov 7109 10477
3078

Dec 4195 6737
990

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Annual 137,408 234,019
43,039

Discharge are long term monthly average (pre-Farakka Barrage) in Cu.M/S taken
from Rashid(1991) BGS/DPHE/MML

Dear All, it seems that the DPHE/BGS/MML investigators probably did not realize
the post-Farakka environmental problems that are related to the diversion of
river water and over-pumping of groundwater in Bangladesh. As a result they did
not collect and analyze the post-Farakka hydrological data of Bangladesh. The
post-Farakka hydrological data are essential to understand the source and cause
of the groundwater arsenic poisoning and solution to the problem. The 26 years
of post-Farakka river water discharge data will reveal whether the groundwater
arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh is occuring under a natural process or is a
man-made disaster. I request the BGS/DPHE/MML investigators and other scintists
to share the average monthly, annual, as well as dry season-post-Farakka river
water discharge data(1975 to present) of major rivers of Bangladesh with us.

Sincerely,

Meer Husain