Assessment of physicochemical and radon-attributable radiological parameters of drinking water samples of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand
| Autor: | Prakhar Singh, Taufiq Ahamad, Om Prakash Nautiyal, Manish Joshi, Kuldeep Singh, Ankur Kumar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Health
Toxicology and Mutagenesis Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health chemistry.chemical_element Radon Total dissolved solids Pollution Effective dose (radiation) respiratory tract diseases Analytical Chemistry Salinity Animal science Nuclear Energy and Engineering chemistry Activity concentration Environmental science Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Spectroscopy |
| Popis: | 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. Spatial patterns for the observed variations have also been interpreted for the dataset obtained over the terrestrial region. |
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