Uranium concentration in groundwater of Charkhi Dadri district of Haryana, India by using LED fluorimeter
摘要
The general population’s health is directly related to the quality of the water used for drinking. As a result, research will be done on the radiation levels in the groundwater in the Charkhi Dadri area in the Indian state of Haryana. Using the LED Fluorimetry Technique, the concentration of uranium in drinking water samples taken from sources including hand pumps and tube wells of varying depths from the district will be determined. 40 water samples are gathered from various districts sites. With average value of 41.30 μg/L, variations in uranium level were noted within the range of 2–99 μg/L. The average value of uranium concentration is within the safe limit of 60 μg/L as recommended by Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, India but greater than 30 μg/L, the safe limit recommended by World Health Organization (WHO 2011). The value of cancer mortality is varying from 0.03 × 10–6 to 1.4 × 10–6 with mean value of 0.38 × 10–6 and that of cancer morbidity varying from 0.06 × 10–6 to 2.75 × 10–6 with mean value of 0.75 × 10–6. LADD value varying from 0.15 to 7.29 µg kg−1 d−1 with mean value of 1.90 µg kg−1 d−1 and HQ varying from 0.12 to 6.07 with mean value of 1.50. 60% of the samples showed HQ values greater than unity, this shows noteworthy danger of chemical poisonousness of uranium.