Bangladesh is very rich in terms of groundwater storage and aquifer properties and in terms of annual replenishment directly from rainfall and from many rivers and waterbodies. A substantial quantity of groundwater flows to the rivers and seas during the dry season when water levels in these watercourses fall. This creates a hydraulic gradient from groundwater storage areas towards these watercourses. 

Bangladesh is very dependent on groundwater. This matter should be taken into account while building the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) so that nuclear waste does not cause contamination mainly due to leakage from overlying aquitard. 

Luthfe Ali, By email