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JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
卷 468, 期 -, 页码 94-100出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.08.019
关键词
Arsenic; Arsenic speciation; Cyprus; Groundwater; ICP-MS
Cyprus being a Mediterranean island with long dry summers and mild winters suffers from water deficiency and over exploitation of its water resources. Groundwater in Cyprus is a valuable natural resource as approximately 50% of the total water needs come from underground water supplies. According to the Directive 118/2006/EC, groundwater should be protected from deterioration and chemical pollution, this is particularly important for groundwater dependent ecosystems and for the use of groundwater as a water supply for human consumption. During 2007 to 2009, as part of a national monitoring programme, 84 boreholes were sampled in Cyprus and subsequently analysed for total arsenic by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The groundwater concentrations ranged from <0.3 to 41 mu g/L As. Several boreholes located in a rural farming district near Nicosia had concentrations above the World Health Organisation (WHO) Drinking Water Guideline limit of 10 mu g/L As. Evaluation of the groundwater sampling procedure for boreholes provided data recommending that water samples should be collected after an initial borehole washout for 5 min. Further sampling of these boreholes in 2010, revealed total arsenic concentrations of <0.3-64.2 mu g/L As, with the predominant arsenic species (determined using a novel field-based methodology) being arsenate (As-V). The maximum total arsenic concentration is 6-fold higher than the WHO Drinking Water Guideline limit (10 mu g/L As) and approximately half of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (UN-FAO) irrigational limit of 100 mu g/L As. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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