Radon Concentration Level in Ground and Drinking Water around Kabini River Basin, Karnataka
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Department of Physics, VTU RC, Vidya Vikas Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mysore – 570 028
T. Yashaswini -
Visvesvaraya Technological University, Jnana Sangama, Belagavi - 590 018
C. Ningappa
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Department of Physics, Government First Grade College for Women, Holenarasipura Taluk, Hassan District
R. S. Niranjan
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Department of Physics, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta, Shivamogga
J. Sannappa
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Concentration of radon in ground and drinking water samples are collected from 36 locations around Kabini River basin, Karnataka State, India was measured using Emanometry Technique and it varied from 1.1 to 38.9 Bq.L-1 with geometrical mean of 8.5 Bq.L-1. The higher radon values are found at western side of the river, this is due to the local geology of the area and the upstream water consists of higher activity concentration of radon than that of downstream of the river. The total annual effective dose received by inhalation and ingestion of radon varied from 7.58 to 106.26 μSv.y-1 with geometrical mean of 25.37 μSv.y-1. The annual effective doses were within the safe limit of 0.1 μSv.y-1 as prescribed by World Health Organization (WHO). Out of the total population in the study area, nearly 70% use underground water, 20% use river water and others use surface water (river and lakes) for drinking.
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