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Assessment of physicochemical and radon-attributable radiological parameters of drinking water samples of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand.
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Journal of Radioanalytical & Nuclear Chemistry . Dec2021, Vol. 330 Issue 3, p1559-1570. 12p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- This study evaluates the quality of drinking water samples (sample size = 52) taken from various locations of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand. The parameters include physiochemical properties viz. total dissolved solids (TDS in mg/L), electrical conductivity/salinity (µS/cm), pH and radiological dose attributable to radon in water (µSv/y). TDS values for the tested samples varied within the range of 18–434 mg/L with average value of 148 mg/L. Electrical conductivity and pH for these samples was measured as 36–868 µS/cm (average: 296 µS/cm) and 6.8–8.2 (average: 7.2), respectively. Radon activity concentration for these water samples was measured using scintillation-based radon monitor, immediately after sampling at the location site. Radon activity concentration was measured as 0.6–81.9 Bq/L with an average value of 17.8 Bq/L. The paper also estimates the annual effective ingestion dose (µSv/y), annual effective inhalation dose (µSv/y) and total effective dose (µSv/y) attributable to radon in drinking water samples. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02365731
- Volume :
- 330
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Radioanalytical & Nuclear Chemistry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 153557254
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-021-08056-5