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Intercomparison of Waterborne 222 Rn Collection Methods: Professional Vs. Homeowner Collection
Author(s) -
Field R. William,
Kross Burton C.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
groundwater monitoring and remediation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-6592
pISSN - 1069-3629
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6592.1996.tb01177.x
Subject(s) - data collection , tap water , sampling (signal processing) , environmental science , statistics , computer science , mathematics , environmental engineering , telecommunications , detector
An intercomparison between trained professional and homeowner water collection techniques was conducted to assess the validity of using both inexperienced homeowner water collectors and mail‐in return of point‐of‐use water samples. The findings indicate that homeowner‐collected water samples obtained at the point of use inside the home and professionally collected water samples collected at an outside tap are comparable, especially if confounders, such as air bubbles in the sampling vials, are minimized.