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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
卷 586, 期 -, 页码 87-95出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.01.220
关键词
Uranium; Bicarbonate; Groundwater; Irrigation
资金
- USGS NAWQA project
Samples collected about one decade apart from 1105 Wells from across the U.S. were compiled to assess whether uranium concentrations in the arid climate are linked to changing bicarbonate concentrations in the irrigated western U.S. Uranium concentrations in groundwater were high in the arid climate in the western U.S, where uranium sources are abundant. Sixty-four wells (6%) Were above the U.S. EPA MCL of 30 mu g/L; all but one are in the arid west. Concentrations were low to non-deteetable in the humid climate. Large uranium and bicarbonate increases (differences are greater than the uncertainty in concentrations) occur in 109 wells between decade 1 and decade 2. Siinilarly, large uranium and bicarbonate decreases occur in 76 wells between the two decades. Significantly more wells are concordant (uranium and bicarbonate are both going the same direction) than discordant (uranium and bicarbonate are going opposite directions) (p < 0.001; Chi-square test). The largest percent difference in uranium concentrations occur in wells where uranium is increasing and bicarbonate is also increasing. These large differences occur mostly in the arid dlimate. Results are consistent with the hypothesis that changing uranium concentrations are linked to changes in bicarbonate in irrigated areas of the western U.S. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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