Environmental assessment of water and soil quality in the Vientiane Plain, Lao PDR

ADB (Asian Development Bank), 2010. Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Environment and Social Program. Performance Evaluation Report, p. 35. Brindha, 2017, Geochemical characteristics and groundwater quality in the Vientiane Plain, Laos, Expo. Health, 9, 89, 10.1007/s12403-016-0224-8 Chanpiwat, 2014, Human health risk assessment for ingestion exposure to groundwater contaminated by naturally occurring mixtures of toxic heavy metals in the Lao PDR, Environ. Monit. Assess., 186, 4905, 10.1007/s10661-014-3747-0 Chanpiwat, 2011, Contamination by arsenic and other trace elements of tube-well water along the Mekong River in Lao PDR, Environ. Pollut., 159, 567, 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.10.007 Chowdhury, 2008, Correlation of the co-occurrence of arsenic and iron in groundwater of Bangladesh, Int. J. Appl. Environ. Sci., 3, 119 FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations), 2016. AQUASTAT Website (Accessed on 27th September 2016). Fengthong, 2002, 1 Fredericks, D., 2004. Situation Analysis: Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater in Cambodia. Report, January 2004. UNICEF, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Freeze, 1979, 604 Jakariya, 2007, Screening of arsenic in tubewell water with field test kits: evaluation of the method from public health perspective, Sci. Total Environ., 379, 167, 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.11.053 JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency), 1993, 1 Olowokudejo, 2007, 1 Pavelic, 2014, Pathways for effective groundwater governance in the least-developed-country context of the Lao PDR, Water Int., 39, 469, 10.1080/02508060.2014.923971 Perttu, 2011, Characterization of aquifers in the Vientiane Basin, Laos, using magnetic resonance sounding and vertical electrical sounding, J. Appl. Geophys., 73, 207, 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2011.01.003 Perttu, 2011, Determining water quality parameters of aquifers in the Vientiane Basin, Laos, using geophysical and water chemistry data, Surf. Geophys., 9, 381, 10.3997/1873-0604.2011014 Ribolzi, 2011, Land use and water quality along a Mekong tributary in Northern Lao P.D.R, Environ. Manag., 47, 291, 10.1007/s00267-010-9593-0 Rosenboom, J.W., 2004. Arsenic in Asia: a regional review. In: Proceedings of the 30th WEDC International Conference. Lao PDR, Vientiane, pp. 625–628. Rowland, 2008, Geochemistry of aquifer sediments and arsenic-rich groundwaters from Kandal Province, Cambodia, Appl. Geochem., 23, 3029, 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.06.011 Sawyer, 1978, 532 Takenaka, 2012, Chemical characteristics of well water in the Xaythani district, Lao J. Agric. For., 12 UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme, 2001. Lao PDR: State of the Environment, p. 81. Van Geen, 2005, Reliability of a commercial kit to test groundwater for arsenic in Bangladesh, Environ. Sci. Technol., 39, 299, 10.1021/es0491073 Viossanges, 2018, Regional mapping of groundwater resources in data-scarce regions: the case of Laos, Hydrology WHO (World Health Organisation), 1993. Guidelines for drinking water quality, vol. 1, 2nd ed. In: Recommendations, WHO, Geneva, p. 130. WHO, 2006. Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality [electronic resource]: Incorporating First Addendum. Vol. 1, Recommendations. – 3rd ed. Available from 〈http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/dwq/gdwq0506.pdf〉 (Accessed on 29th September 2016). WHO, 2007. pH in Drinking Water. Revised Background Document for Development of WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality, WHO/SDE/WSH/07.01/1. WHO/UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund), 2015. Joint monitoring programme for water supply and sanitation, Estimates on the use of water sources and sanitation facilities Available from 〈http://www.wssinfo.org/documents/?Tx_display〉 controller[type]= country_files Accessed on 27th September 2017. WMO (World Meteorological Organisation), 2016. Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, World Meteorological Organisation. Available from 〈http://worldweather.wmo.int/en/city.html?CityId=235〉 (Accessed on 27th September 2016). World Bank, 2007, 67 WREA (Water Resources and Environment Administration), 2009, Agreement on the National environmental Standards, Lao, People'S. Democr. Repub., 30 Xayyavong, S., Babel, S., 2010. Quality of bottled drinking water: Case study in Vientiane, Laos and Thailand. In: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (iCBBE), Chengdu, pp. 1–4.