Assessment of uranium concentration in the drinking water and associated health risks in Eastern Haryana, India. Issue 4 (19th May 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Daulta, Renu; Singh, Balvinder; Kataria, Navish; Garg, Vinod Kumar
• Is Part Of: Human & ecological risk assessment. Volume 24:Issue 4(2018)
• Page Start: 1115
• Page End: 1126
• Publication Date: 2018-05-19
• Subjects: uranium -- carcinogenic -- physico-chemical parameters -- risk analysis -- LADD; Health risk assessment -- Periodicals; Ecological risk assessment -- Periodicals; Ecology -- Periodicals; Risk Assessment -- Periodicals; 363.102
• DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2017.1406305
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1080-7039

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Quantification of uranium in drinking water has great significance considering its effects on human health. Drinking water samples collected from different sources, viz ., hand pumps, tube-wells, and public water supply from Sonipat and Panipat districts of Haryana, India have been analyzed for uranium and other physico-chemical parameters. Uranium concentration in water samples was measured using Pulsed LED Fluorimeter. Uranium concentration in collected water samples ranges from 9.1 to 155.1 µg/L in Sonipat district and 14.9 to 123.3 µg/L in Panipat district. It was inferred from the data that uranium concentration in some water samples was higher than WHO & USEPA recommended limit of 30 µg/L. The mean cancer risk due to uranium in drinking water in Sonipat and Panipat districts was found to be 1.40 × 10 −4 and 1.63 × 10 −4, respectively, which is lower than the maximum permissible limit (<10 −3 ). Total Dissolve Salts (TDS) in water samples of some villages in Sonipat district was higher than permissible limits for drinking prescribed by WHO & BIS.