Concentration of uranium in the drinking and surface water around the WIPP site

The discharge of geothermal fluid into the natural water environment may lead to serious damages. In this study, the impact of geothermal waste water on surface water has been investigated in the up-Buyuk Menderes River, Turkey. Thermal return water from district heating and from thermal bath in the Sandıklı region were the most important source of major solutes and trace elements to the up-Buyuk Menderes River and tributaries. The thermal contribution causes a drastic increase in Na, SO ions, EC, and temperature of surface waters. The concentrations of As, Al, B, Fe, Cr, Li, S, P, Pb, U, Mn, and Zn are increasing dramatically downstream of thermal water inputs in the Kufi Creek tributary. In addition to natural thermal water inputs, water quality was impacted by anthropogenic trace and major element inputs from surface waters. The increased of some trace elements (Al, As, B, Cu, Cd, Fe, Mn, P, U) in surface water are related to anthropogenic activities such as agricultural activities, sewage effluents, and stockyards in the study area. Additionally, surface water quality of the up-Buyuk Menderes River and tributaries was evaluated according to standards given by the Environmental Protection Agency of both Turkey and USA. Our study demonstrates the influence of thermal water inputs on water quality of surface waters.

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Assessment of stream water chemistry and impact of geothermal fluid in the up-Buyuk Menderes Basin, Turkey

Davraz

Aksever

Afşin

2017

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Environmental impact assessment due to the intake of uranium contained in surface waters in a semi-arid region in Brazil

de Souza Pereira,

Kelecom,

Lopes

et al. 2024

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Environmental evaluation of radioactivity levels and associated radiation hazards in groundwater around the WIPP site

Liaw

Zhang

et al. 2022

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

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Concentration of uranium in the drinking and surface water around the WIPP site

Abstract: Activity concentration of uranium isotopes ( 238 U, 234 U and 235 U) were analyzed in drinking and surface water samples collected in the vicinity of the WIPP site using alpha spectroscopy.

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Assessment of stream water chemistry and impact of geothermal fluid in the up-Buyuk Menderes Basin, Turkey

Assessment of stream water chemistry and impact of geothermal fluid in the up-Buyuk Menderes Basin, Turkey

Environmental impact assessment due to the intake of uranium contained in surface waters in a semi-arid region in Brazil

Environmental evaluation of radioactivity levels and associated radiation hazards in groundwater around the WIPP site

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