Author, as appears in the article.: Ratia, Joana Martinez; Hernando, Alejandra Penalver; Aguilar, Carme; Ballarin, Francesc Borrull;
Department: Química Analítica i Química Orgànica
URV's Author/s: Aguilar Anguera, Maria del Carmen / Borrull Ballarín, Francesc / MARTÍNEZ, JOANA
Keywords: Water pollutants, radioactive Water pollutant Uranium isotopes Uranium Tarragona [catalonia] Spain Radium isotopes Radium Radionuclide Radioactivity Radiation monitoring Lithology Humans Human Health risk Gross alpha index Drinking water Concentration (composition) Catalonia Annual effective dose
Abstract: One hundred and ninety-six drinking water samples from the different regions of Tarragona province (Catalonia, Spain) were analysed to determine the gross alpha and beta activity. Individual alpha emitting isotope activities were also determined to evaluate a possible relationship between their radiological content and the lithological and hydrogeological formations present in the studied area. The results obtained showed that approximately 23% of the analysed samples, mainly from five of the evaluated regions, had a gross alpha index exceeding the parametric value of 0.1 Bq/L for waters intended for human consumption according to the current legislation. This could be related to the presence of natural radionuclides in these water samples. The differences between the radiological content in these samples could be related to the different lithological conditions of the areas included in this study. High activity levels of U-234, U-238, Ra-224, Ra-226 and Ra-228 were detected in specific samples, mainly from granitic and carbonate areas. This research also focuses on evaluating the radiological risk associated with water ingestion. In this regard, consuming 95.5% of the drinking water samples analysed would not imply a health risk to the population as the annual effective doses calculated were below 0.1 mSv/year. There was only one sample that exceeded this level with a value of 0.33 mSv/year. Ra-226 activity concentration was the radionuclide that mainly contributed to this dose.
Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Saúde coletiva Química Pollution Planejamento urbano e regional / demografia Odontología Nutrição Medicine (miscellaneous) Medicina veterinaria Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Materiais Interdisciplinar Health, toxicology and mutagenesis Geografía Geociências General medicine Farmacia Environmental sciences Environmental chemistry Ensino Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Engenharias i Enfermagem Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência de alimentos Biotecnología Biodiversidade Astronomia / física Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: carme.aguilar@urv.cat francesc.borrull@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-5913-2599 0000-0003-2718-9336
Record's date: 2024-07-27
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
Link to the original source: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11356-021-13470-z
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Environmental Science And Pollution Research. 28 (29): 39333-39344
APA: Ratia, Joana Martinez; Hernando, Alejandra Penalver; Aguilar, Carme; Ballarin, Francesc Borrull; (2021). Role of lithology in the presence of natural radioactivity in drinking water samples from Tarragona province. Environmental Science And Pollution Research, 28(29), 39333-39344. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-13470-z
Article's DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-13470-z
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2021
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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