Water quality in the Dhaka river system, Bangladesh, January 2017 to July 2021

This dataset comprises periodical analysis of various water quality parameters including organics, inorganics and microbial concentrations from 58 sampling points over five years (2017-2021) in rivers and canals in the Greater Dhaka watershed, Bangladesh (Turag, Tongi Khal, Balu, Buriganga, Bangshi-Savar, Shitalakhya, Dhaleshwari, Kaliganga Pagar Canal, Bashundhara Canal, Begunbari Canal). This also includes analysis of 37 metals at each of the sampling points in some selected time periods. Publications relating to this dataset include: 1. Bussi, G., Shawal, S., Hossain, M.A., Whitehead, P.G. and Jin, L. (2023). Multibranch modelling of flow and water quality in the dhaka river system, Bangladesh: Impacts of future development plans and climate change. Water, 15 (17): 3027. doi: 10.3390/w15173027 2. Hoque, S.F., Peters, R., Whitehead, P., Hope, R. and Hossain, M.A. (2021). River pollution and social inequalities in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Environmental Research Communications, 3 (9): 095003. doi: 10.1088/2515-7620/ac2458 3. Rampley, C.P.N., Whitehead, P.G., Softley, L., Hossain, M.A., Jin, L., David, J., Shawal, S., Das, P.,Thompson, I.P., Huang, W.E., Peters, R., Holdship, P.,Hope, R. and Alabaster, G. (2019). River toxicity assessment using molecular biosensors: heavy metal contamination in the Turag-Balu-Buriganga river systems, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Science of the Total Environment, 134760. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134760 4. Whitehead P.G., Mimouni, Z., Butterfield, D., Bussi, G., Hossain, M.A., Peters, R., Shawal, S., Holdship, P., Rampley, C.P.N., Jin, L. and Ager, D. (2021). A New Multibranch Model for Metals in River Systems: Impacts and Control of Tannery Wastes in Bangladesh. Sustainability, 13(6): 3556. doi: 10.3390/su13063556 5. Whitehead, P.G., Bussi, G., Hossain, M.A., Dolk, M., Das, P., Comber, S., Peters, R., Charles, K.J., Hope, R. and Hossain, S. (2018). Restoring water quality in the polluted Turag-Tongi-Balu river system, Dhaka: Modelling nutrient and total coliform intervention strategies. Science of the Total Environment, 631: 223-232. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.038 "