Located in Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India, lies my place of origin, Bangladesh. Increasing at 2.09% (2005 est.), the population is around 144,319,628 of this country which is slightly smaller than Iowa. Clearly, not only does it have a history as being one of the most densely populated countries in the world and with its poverty rate increasing proportionally, the unfortunate inhabitants are facing a crisis in lack of safe drinking water. …showed first 75 words of 758 total…

…showed last 75 words of 758 total…a negative impact on people will become forced to drink water that might be less safe. Arsenic from water can be removed in several ways. The most widely used method of removable is activated alumina. In this process, drinking water is passed over aluminum oxide onto a surface where arsenic is adsorbed. Other processes of removal include anion exchange, reverse osmosis, and precipitating the arsenic as an insoluble salt (ie. Reaction with ferric ion, Fe3+).