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Occurrence of Radon, Radium, and Uranium in Groundwater
Author(s) -
Longtin Jon P.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1988.tb03072.x
Subject(s) - radium , radon , groundwater , uranium , environmental science , radionuclide , agency (philosophy) , uranium mining , groundwater contamination , environmental health , water resource management , environmental planning , engineering , radiochemistry , aquifer , chemistry , medicine , philosophy , physics , materials science , geotechnical engineering , epistemology , quantum mechanics , metallurgy
The need to establish new and revised drinking water regulations led the US Environmental Protection Agency to conduct the National Inorganics and Radionuclides Survey to obtain information on the occurrence of various contaminants in drinking water from groundwater sources in the United States. In this article, the results that relate to radionuclides are discussed and compared with data from other studies. A description of the acquisition, analysis, and processing of the data is included.