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Radioactivity in Water Supplies
Author(s) -
CASTLE R. G.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.1988.tb01289.x
Subject(s) - radon , potable water , groundwater , environmental science , water resource management , water supply , environmental engineering , waste management , engineering , physics , geotechnical engineering , quantum mechanics
T his paper considers the general monitoring of radioactivity in the water industry and discusses radioactivity standards for potable water. Specific topics are considered such as the problem of radon in groundwater supplies and the effect of the Chernobyl accident on rivers, water supplies, and sludges in Western Europe and Russia.