Water Supply System At Rangamati Municipal Area,CHT, Bangladesh

Rangamati is a district town of Bangladesh in Chittagong hill tracts located at south-eastern side of Bangladesh. This is the largest district of Bangladesh in terms of area and the area is about 6116 square kilometer. Rangamati is 77 kilometer away from Chittagong district headquarters. Fifty two percent of the population is indigenous and divided into more than twelve different tribes. The people of this region have limited source of pure water and depends on natural sources like rivers, canals, lakes and springs for domestic uses. From the study it is revealed that ninety percent people of Rangamati municipal area are using tube well water for drinking purpose. Fifty five percent people installed tube well with their own cost and the rest are using tube well of different sources like NGO, CHTDB etc. Quality of municipal supply water is not potable and it is used only for cooking, bathing, washing etc. Municipal authority cannot supply sufficient water and there is no water treatment plant at Rangamati. Collection of rain water is not satisfactory and people have no idea about rain water harvesting.