Assessment of age-dependent uranium intake due to drinking water in Hyderabad, India

Abstract

A study has been done to assess the uranium intake through drinking water. The area of study is twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, India. Uranium concentration in water samples was analysed by laser-induced fluorimetry. The associated age-dependent uranium intake was estimated by taking the prescribed water intake values. The concentration of uranium varies from below detectable level (minimum detectable level = 0.20 ± 0.02 μg l(-1)) to 2.50 ± 0.18 μg l(-1), with the geometric mean (GM) of 0.67 μg l(-1) in tap water, whereas in ground water, the range is 0.60 ± 0.05 to 82 ± 7.1 µg l(-1) with GM of 10.07 µg l(-1). The daily intake of uranium by drinking water pathway through tap water for various age groups is found to vary from 0.14 to 9.50 µg d(-1) with mean of 1.55 µg d(-1).

Estimation of uranium in groundwater and assessment of age-dependent radiation dose in Nalbari district of Assam, India

“…In India, too, several studies have been executed to estimate the groundwater uranium concentration. Higher concentrations are reported from places like Kolar (Karnataka) [27], southwest Punjab and Bhatinda (Punjab) [8,28], Peddagattu and Seripally (Andhra Pradesh) [29], Hyderabad (Telangana) [30], Sirsa (Haryana) [5], Madurai, Tamil Nadu [31] and Central Tamil Nadu [32]. On the other hand, studies carried out in places like Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [33], Jaduguda (Jharkhand) [1], Nadia (West Bengal) [34], and Patna (Bihar) [2] have estimated a lower concentration of uranium in groundwater.…”

Assessment of the groundwater quality by using multivariate approach and non-carcinogenic risk of uranium in the inhabitants of the Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, Central India

“…Atomic Energy Commission recommendation of a total daily intake 0.6 μg/kg/day of body weight with 100 as the uncertainty factor for calculating the low Observational adverse effect level (LOAEL) of 60 μg/kg of body weight per day the intake or reference dose was taken. Several studies on uranium contamination in potable water have been conducted in relation to risk assessment in different parts of India viz Bihar (Kumar et al 2020a(Kumar et al , 2020b, Himachal Pradesh (Kaur & Mehra 2019), Punjab (Bajwa et al 2017), Hyderabad (Balbudhe et al 2012), Rajasthan (Jakhu et al 2016, Hariyana (Kansal et al 2011), Jammu & Kashmir (Kumar et al 2016, Jharkhand (Rana et al 2010), as well as worldwide in Germany (Del Carmen Lamas 2005), USA (Nolan & Weber 2015), Korea (Cho & Choo 2019), Malaysia (Asaduzzaman et al 2015), Nigeria (Arogunjo et al 2009), the United Arab Emirates (Xiong et al 2020), Canada (Chen 2018), and Australia (Priestley et al 2018).…”