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**Problems**:

- GWT declination
- Dhaka, where the groundwater levels are dropping two to three metres every year ([Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_Bangladesh))
- In rural areas, more than 97% of the population relies on groundwater for its drinking water supply ([Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_Bangladesh))

**Causes:**

- About 30% of the served population of the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) is covered by a sewerage system, the only one in the entire country. ([Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_Bangladesh))
- \[A\]bout 1% of total water resources, is being withdrawn for human use. ([Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_Bangladesh))
- In Dhaka, 82% of the water supply is extracted from groundwater that is free of arsenic, while three surface water treatment plants provide the remaining 18% ([Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_Bangladesh))

**Solutions:**

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