Water and environment news. No. 10/11

This issue of the bulletin outlines the Agency's activities in water resources. It highlights the Agency's co-operation project with Bangladesh national organizations in development of mitigation strategies for arsenic contamination of ground water. The paper also briefs on technical co-operation projects using isotopic analysis and tracer techniques in studies of salinity and impacts on fresh ground water; isotopic composition of precipitation in relation to air circulation patterns and climate; surface water pollution; dam leakage and safety; soil erosion and sedimentation remediation. The paper gives an overview of the IAEA meetings in the isotope hydrology field