Title of article
Radon concentrations in ground and drinking water in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico
Author/Authors
M. L. Villalba، نويسنده , , L. Colmenero Sujo، نويسنده , , M.E. Montero Cabrera، نويسنده , , A. Cano Jiménez، نويسنده , , M. Renter?a Villalobos، نويسنده , , C.J. Delgado Mendoza، نويسنده , , L.A. Jurado Tenorio، نويسنده , , I. D?vila Rangel، نويسنده , , E.F. Herrera Peraza، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
Pages
13
From page
139
To page
151
Abstract
This paper reports 222Rn concentrations in ground and drinking water of nine cities of Chihuahua State, Mexico. Fifty percent of the 114 sampled wells exhibited 222Rn concentrations exceeding 11 Bq/L, the maximum contaminant level (MCL) recommended by the USEPA. Furthermore, around 48% (123 samples) of the tap-water samples taken from 255 dwellings showed radon concentrations over the MCL. There is an apparent correlation between total dissolved solids and radon concentration in ground-water. The high levels of 222Rn found may be entirely attributed to the nature of aquifer rocks.
Keywords
drinking water , CHIHUAHUA , Mexico , RADON , ground-water , aquifer
Journal title
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
Serial Year
2005
Journal title
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
Record number
706530
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