Seasonal variation of arsenic concentration in well water in Lane County, Oregon
Journal Article
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· Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States)
The United State Public Health Service has set a maximum limit for arsenic in public water supplies of 0.05 ppM (mg/l), and advises that continuous consumption of water exceeding this level is potentially hazardous. However, well and spring water exceeding this limit occurs in the U.S.S.R., Taiwan, Romania, New Zealand, and in areas of California, Nevada, Alaska and Oregon. One such area of Oregon, in Lane and Douglas Counties, overlies the Fisher formation, which consists predominantly of tuffaceous siltstone and volcaniclastic sediments. Apparently groundwater leaches arsenic from this material, and in this area, arsenic levels in well water range up to 2 p.p.m. The authors monitored the arsenic concentration in 14 Lane County wells over a 13 month period spanning 1975 and 1976. To the best of our knowledge, no studies of this type have been reported. This paper presents the results and recommendations from this study.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Oregon, Eugene
- OSTI ID:
- 6355749
- Journal Information:
- Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States), Journal Name: Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States) Vol. 33:3; ISSN BECTA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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