In Bangladesh, groundwater is extracted and supplied as about 70 percent for irrigation water

and 90 percent for potable water consumption. The people of Mirzagonj Upazila used
groundwater mostly for drinking and irrigation. Due to scarcity, surface water becomes dry and
rainfall does not occur during dry season while groundwater becomes an alternative for water
resources. Monitoring of water from well in Bangladesh is important for drinking as groundwater
becomes a primary source of water since the surface water are dry (Hossin, et al., 2016). As
comparing both Bangladesh and Malaysia’s National Water Quality Standard, a huge different
could be observed in terms of the permissible limit. According to the table 1, the permissible limit
of electrical conductivity for Malaysia’s National Water Quality Standard have set to highest
compared to Bangladesh standard.

Table 1: Water quality parameter and standard

Water quality Units Bangladesh standards Malaysia’s National Water

parameters (Kormoker et al., 2017) Quality Standard
Odour Odorless -
pH 6.0-8.5 5-9 (Class IV)
Electrical conductivity µs/cm 500 6000 (Class IV)
Turbidity NTU 5.0 50 (Class IIB)
Arsenic mg/l 0.05 0.1 (Class IV)
Fe mg/l 0.3 1 (Class IIA/IIB, III, IV)
Mn mg/l 150-600 0.2 (Class IV)
Nitrate mg/l 40-50 1 (Class IV)

REFERENCE
Hossin, M. S., Matin, M. A., Islam, K. M., Rahman, M. M., Mukta, M. A., & Majumder, M. S.
(2016). Water Quality Assessment of Deep Aquifer for Drinking and Irrigation Purposes
in Selected Coastal Region of Bangladesh. American Journal of Agricultural Science, 85-
91.

Kormoker, T., Proshad, R., & Khan, M. M. (2017). Analysis of Water Quality in Urban Water
Supply System of Bangladesh. Journal of Environmental & Analytical Toxicology, 1-5.