Health risk evaluation of uranium in groundwater of Bemetara district of Chhattisgarh state, India

Megha Sahu (), Santosh Kumar Sar, Rakesh Dewangan and Triambak Baghel
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Megha Sahu: Bhilai Institute of Technology
Santosh Kumar Sar: Bhilai Institute of Technology
Rakesh Dewangan: Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
Triambak Baghel: Asia Institute of Technology

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2020, vol. 22, issue 8, No 22, 7619-7638

Abstract: Abstract This study has been carried out to determine the uranium concentration associated with physicochemical parameters and water quality index during pre-monsoon and post-monsoon of Bemetara district to correlate the quality of water for public health. The correlation matrix has been applied for the determination of the correlation value to find out the relationship of uranium with water quality parameters. The uranium levels in water samples range from 1.15 to 83.5 µg/L and 0.68 to 96.08 µg/L during pre-monsoon and post-monsoon, respectively. The uranium concentration of few samples exceeds the safe limit of 30 µg/L prescribed by World Health Organization 2011. A positive correlation of uranium concentration with total hardness and total dissolved solids during both monsoons has been observed. The lifetime cancer risk varied from 0.07 × 10−6 to 5.06 × 10−6 and 0.04 × 10−6 to 5.82 × 10−6 in pre-monsoon and post-monsoon period, respectively, which is lower than the maximum permissible limit (

Keywords: Groundwater; Uranium; Physicochemical parameters; Correlation; Radiological; Chemical risk (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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