Radionuclides in the waters of the Bükk region, Hungary

Erőss, Anita; Surbeck, Heinz; Csondor, Katalin; Horváth, Ákos; Mádl-Szőnyi, Judit; Lénárt, László

doi:10.1007/s10967-014-3802-x

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“…This analysis revealed the same hydrochemical character of groundwater and surface water, reflecting their interconnectedness. In addition to temperature and chloride as natural tracers [5,81,82], uranium was also applied for differentiating groundwater flow paths and revealing surface watergroundwater interaction [83][84][85]. Temperature, a physical parameter, can be a tracer of heat sources in deep or surface exposure [5,51,[86][87][88].…”

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Multimethodological Revisit of the Surface Water and Groundwater Interaction in the Balaton Highland Region—Implications for the Overlooked Groundwater Component of Lake Balaton, Hungary

Tóth

Baják

Szijártó

et al. 2023

Water

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The hummocky Balaton Highland is located in western Hungary and is part of the Transdanubian Mountains, the most extensive carbonate aquifer system in Hungary. The study region also encompasses Lake Balaton, the biggest lake in central Europe, which is to the south of Balaton Highland. The surface water–groundwater interaction in the Balaton Highland–Lake Balaton region and the groundwater contribution to Lake Balaton are revisited in this paper. Hydrostratigraphic classification was performed first; then, groundwater flow directions by hydraulic head distribution were analysed, and baseflow indices of surface watercourses were calculated. Regarding hydrochemical characterisation, general hydrochemical facies were identified, natural tracers of temperature, chloride and uranium were applied, and the stable isotopic composition of oxygen and hydrogen was determined. Finally, groundwater flow and heat transport were simulated in a 2D numerical model. A high level of hydraulic interaction was evidenced between surface water and groundwater and the sub-regions of Bakony Mountains, Balaton Highland and Lake Balaton by physical and chemical parameters, numerical simulation and groundwater-flow-related natural manifestations, revealing hydraulic continuity in the study region. Based on the results, the division of legislative water bodies can be reconsidered, especially that surface water and groundwater should be regarded as interconnected, and Lake Balaton can be considered a groundwater-dependent ecosystem in any water-use planning in the region.

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Multimethodological Revisit of the Surface Water and Groundwater Interaction in the Balaton Highland Region—Implications for the Overlooked Groundwater Component of Lake Balaton, Hungary

Tóth

Baják

Szijártó

et al. 2023

Water

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“…Also, we would like to stress that it has long been known that many mineral springs contain significant concentrations of naturally occurring radionuclides (mostly radium and radon) in higher concentration (in the range of 200-300 Bq•l -1 ; Najeeb et al, 2014) than the usual drinking water (Moldovan et al, 2009). Recently radon and radium concentration in ground water and its variability with time and space have been studied (Alshamsi et al, 2013;Eröss et al, 2015). Radium is more chemically active and it can easily be absorbed from the soil by plants and transported to the Geologica Macedonica, 36, 1, 55-72 (2022) food chain to humans when it may affect the tissues (bone marrow that produces red blood cells) and can cause bone cancer, too.…”

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Radon and Radium Concentration in Self-Bottled Mineral Spring Water From the Public Fountain “Elixir” at the Moklište Area, Republic of North Macedonia

Tasev¹,

Serafimovski²,

Boev³

et al. 2022

GEOL

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Within this paper is presented information about current study of radon and radium analysis in self-bottled drinking water from the public water fountain "Elixir" in the Moklište area, city of Kavadarci. Obtained results for the radon in water measurements, for the preventive method taken samples, ranged from 3.40 up to 3.69 Bq•l -1 , while values for the typical method taken samples ranged from 2.60 up to 3.62 Bq•l -1 . Radon concentration measured from samples obtained in typical way showed lower than the corresponding values obtained using the preventive sampling method, where comparison of respective samples P1-T1, P2-T2 and P3-T3 have shown lower values of 1.09 %, 17.62 % and 23.53 % for typical method. Obtained results for the radium in water, for the preventive method taken samples, ranged from 0.08 up to 0.19 Bq•l -1 while values for the typical method taken samples ranged from 0.11 up to 0.14 Bq•l -1 . Radium concentration measured from samples obtained in typical way showed lower than the corresponding values obtained using the preventive sampling method, where comparison of respective samples P1-T1, P2-T2 and P3-T3 have shown differences in respective values of of 8.33 %, 42.11 % and 42.86 % for typical method. The committed effective dose for the population consuming the self-bottled water from the Moklište public drinking water fountain of the region was estimated using the concentration of 222 Rn and 226 Ra in water samples, which ranges from 21.09 to 33.43 Sv y -1 for preventive method and from 22.79 to 26.01 Sv y -1 for traditional method.

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“…It has long been known that many mineral springs contain significant concentrations of naturally occurring radionuclides (mostly radium and radon) in higher concentration (in the range of 200-300 Bq•l -1 ; Najeeb et al, 2014) than the usual drinking water (Moldovan et al, 2009). During the last decades, radon and radium concentration in ground water and its variability with time and space have been studied more intensively (Alshamsi et al, 2013;Eröss et al, 2015). Radium is known as more chemically active and it can easily be absorbed from the soil by plants and transported to the food chain to humans when it may affect the tissues (bone marrow that produces red blood cells) and can cause bone cancer, also.…”

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Radon and Radium Concentration in Water From Public Fountains at the Central Parts of the Kratovo-Zletovo Volcanic Area, Republic of North Macedonia

Tasev,

Serafimovski,

Boev

et al. 2023

GEOL

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The paper presents information about our latest study of radon and radium in drinking water from the public water fountains situated in central parts of the Kratovo-Zletovo volcanic area. Results for the radon in water measurements were as follows: Fountain 1 to Fountain 4 samples, ranged from 6.63 up to 157.73 Bq l -1 . Obtained results for the radium in water, Fountain 1 to Fountain 4 samples, ranged from 0.20 up to 1.08 Bq l -1 . Both, radon and radium measurements, in water samples from certain fountains have shown significantly higher values than the strictest standards given by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and World Health Organization (WHO). The committed effective doses for the population consuming the water directly from the fountains or as selfbottled waters from the Kratovo-Zletovo volcanic area were estimated using the concentration of 222 Rn and 226 Ra in water samples, ranged from 45.47 μSv y -1 to 709.36 μSv y -1 , which once again for some fountains were higher than the WHO recommended values of max. 100 μSv y -1 .

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Radionuclides in the waters of the Bükk region, Hungary

Cited by 7 publications

References 11 publications

Multimethodological Revisit of the Surface Water and Groundwater Interaction in the Balaton Highland Region—Implications for the Overlooked Groundwater Component of Lake Balaton, Hungary

Multimethodological Revisit of the Surface Water and Groundwater Interaction in the Balaton Highland Region—Implications for the Overlooked Groundwater Component of Lake Balaton, Hungary

Radon and Radium Concentration in Self-Bottled Mineral Spring Water From the Public Fountain “Elixir” at the Moklište Area, Republic of North Macedonia

Radon and Radium Concentration in Water From Public Fountains at the Central Parts of the Kratovo-Zletovo Volcanic Area, Republic of North Macedonia

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