Arsenic contamination in an giang

1. Arsenic Contamination in Groundwater of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam: Activities
of Fieldtrip Campaigns
1
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) - Environmental Microbiology Laboratory (EML), EPFL-ENAC-IIE-EML, Station 6, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
2
Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology – Faculty of Environment & Natural Resources, 268 Ly Thuong Kiet street, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
3
Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble - Institut de Science de la Terre (ISTerre-OSUG UMR 5275), ISTerre, BP 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
Rizlan Bernier-Latmani1
, Phu Le Vo2
, Ngoc Quynh Nguyen2
, Laurent Charlet3
, Manon Frutschi1
and Yuheng Wang1
In-Lab Training Session at CARE – HCMUT, 21st
- 22nd
May 2014
Attainment of Sampling Campaigns 2014
 1st
Fieldtrip Campaign, 6 – 11 January 2014
 18 well samples and 3 river water samples (of the Hau River/Bassac River)
 2 drilling cores at Khanh An and Quoc Thai communes, An Phu district.
 2nd
Fieldtrip Campaign, 24 – 31 May 2014
 36 groundwater samples from local farmers’ wells
 2 surface water samples from the Bassac River
 2 drinking water samples from An Phu Water Supply Treatment Plant
 5 paddy rice field soil and water samples from Can Tho & Kien Giang
 12 paddy rice field soil and water samples in Quoc Thai, An Phu, An Giang
 6 corn and rice seeds which were cultivated in Khanh An & Quoc Thai, An Giang.
We thank EPFL CODEV for providing funding through its Seed Money program. Our thankfulness is also extended to
CARE/HCMUT for granting a meagre budget for 2nd
field campaign.
Overview of Arsenic Groundwater
Pollution and Lab Skills Training
Analysis Instruments Training, 21st
May 2014
Ready-preparation for 2nd
Sampling
Campaign, 23rd
– 31st
May 2014
Team Members of Fieldtrip Campaigns
Middle: Dr. Matthew Reid, Ms. Manon Fruitschi (EPFL), Dr. Phu Le
Vo, Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Quynh (HCMUT); Right & Left: Lab Technician
(Mr. Viet) and Postgrad & Undergrad students of HCMUT.
Team’s Sampling Activities during the 2nd
Fieldtrip Campaign in An Phu, An Giang
On-site Well Sampling Trained by Ms.
Manon Fruitschi, 24 May 2014
Well Water Sampled by Students In-bus Glovebag Sample Processing
under Anoxic condition
On-site Sampling under supervision of
Dr. Phu and Dr. Quynh
Site Survey on Farmers’ Wells for Irrigation
Drinking Water Sampling at An Phu
Water Supply Treatment Plant
Track-bicycles for Ar-tanks
Transportation
Soil Sampling at Paddy Rice Fields in An Phu
by Dr. Matthew Reid and Master students
Paddy Soil Sampling in Can Tho and Kien Giang,
the lower part of the Mekong Delta
In-Lab Glovebag Skill Training, 22nd
May 2014