Evaluation of the use of reverse osmosis to eliminate natural radionuclides from water samples

Water Environment Research

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2265-2270

  Nieto, Antonio ^a   Palomo, Marta ^a   Ruana, Josep ^b   Peñalver, Alejandra ^a   Aguilar, Carme ^a   Borrull, Francesc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b Car Nac 420   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gross alpha; Gross beta; Natural radionuclides; Reverse osmosis; Uranium

Indexed keywords

PILOT PLANTS; POTABLE WATER; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM; REVERSE OSMOSIS; URANIUM; WATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS; GROSS ALPHA; GROSS ALPHA ACTIVITIES; GROSS BETA; NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; QUALITY REGULATION; TERTIARY TREATMENT;

WATER TREATMENT;

RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; SODIUM CHLORIDE; URANIUM 234; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238; WATER;

COMPLIANCE; DATA ACQUISITION; DRINKING WATER; OSMOSIS; RADIONUCLIDE; URANIUM; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; DRINKING WATER TREATMENT PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CATALONIA; SPAIN; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA]; TARRAGONA [TARRAGONA (PRV)];

OSMOSIS; RADIOISOTOPES; SPAIN; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84888597722     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143013X13807328848298     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Baeza, A.; Salas, A.; Guillén, J. (2012) Adaptation of Working Conditions of an Operating Drinking Water Treatment Plant To Remove Naturally Occurring Radionuclides. Water, Air, Soil Pollut., 223, 5057-5069.
2. Camacho, A.; Montaña, M.; Vallés, I.; Devesa, R.; Céspedes-Sánchez, R.; Serrano, I.; Blázquez, S.; Barjola, V. (2012) Behaviour of Natural Radionuclides in Wastewater Treatment Plants. J. Environ. Radioact., 109, 76-83.
3. Casacuberta, N.; Masqué, P.; García-Orellana, J.; Bruach, J. M.; Anguita, M.; Gasa, J.; Villa, M.; Hurtado, S.; García-Tenorio, R. (2009) Radioactivity Contents in Dicalcium Phosphate and the Potential Radiological Risk To Human Populations. J. Hazard. Mater., 170, 814-823.
4. Desideri, D.; Roselli, C.; Feduzi, L.; Meli, M. A. (2007) Radiological Characterization of Drinking Waters in Central Italy. Microchem. J., 87, 13-19.
5. Gäfvert, T.; Ellmark, C.; Holm, E. (2002) Removal of Radionuclides at a Waterworks. J. Environ. Radioact., 63, 105-115. (Pubitemid 34778475)
6. Government of Spain. (2003) Por el que Se Establecen Los Criterios Sanitarios de La Calidad Del Agua De Consumo Humano [Establishment of Health Criteria for the Quality of Water for Human Consumption]; Royal Decree 140/2003; Official State Bulletin BOE 45/2003. Gobierno de España, Ministerio de la Presidencia, Agencia Estatal: Madrid, Spain.
7. Holm, E.; Rioseco, J.; García-León, M. (1984) Determination of 99Tc in Environmental Samples. Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. A, 223, 204-207.
8. Huikuri, P.; Salonen, L.; Raff, O. (1998) Removal of Natural Radionuclides from Drinking Water by Point of Entry Reverse Osmosis. Desalination, 119, 235-239. (Pubitemid 29040251)
9. Kryvoruchko, A. R.; Kornilovich, B. Y. (2003) Water Deactivation by Reverse Osmosis. Desalination, 157, 403-407. (Pubitemid 36910872)
10. Mola, M.; Palomo, M.; Peñalver, A.; Borrull, F.; Aguilar, C. (2013) Comparative Study of Different Analytical Methods for the Determination of 238U, 234U, 235U 230Th and 232Th in NORM Samples (Southern Catalonia). J. Environ. Radioact., 115, 207-213.
11. Montaña, M.; Camacho, A.; Devesa, R.; Vallés, I.; Céspedes-Sánchez, R.; Serrano, I.; Blàzquez, S.; Barjola, V. The Presence of Radionuclides in Wastewater Treatment Plants in Spain and Their Effect on Human Health. J. Clean. Produc., in press.
12. Palomo, M.; Peñalver, A.; Aguilar, C.; Borrull, F. (2010) Radioactive Evaluation of Ebro River Water and Sludge Treated in a Potable Water Treatment Plant Located in the South of Catalonia (Spain). Appl. Radiat. Isot., 68, 474-480.
13. Palomo, M.; Peñalver, A.; Borrull, F.; Aguilar, C. (2007) Measurement of Radioactivity in Bottled DrinkingWater in Spain. Appl. Radiat. Isot., 65, 1165-1172. (Pubitemid 47334969)
14. Spanish Association for Standardisation and Certification (2003a) Determinación del Indice de Actividad Beta Total en Aguas Mediante Contador Proporcional [Determination of Gross Beta Activity in Water Using the Gas Proportional Counter Detector]; UNE 73311-4:2003; Spanish Association for Standardisation and Certification: Madrid, Spain.
15. Spanish Association for Standardisation and Certification (2003b) Procedimiento Para la Determinación de la radiactividad ambiental. Métodos Analíticos. Parte 2: Índice de Actividad Beta Resto en Aguas Mediante Contador Proporcional [Procedure to Determine the Radioactivty in Water. Analytical Methods. Part 2: Residual Gross Beta Activity in Water Using the Gas Proportional Counter Detector]; UNE 73340-2:2003; Spanish Association for Standardisation and Certification: Madrid, Spain.
16. Villalobos-Rodríguez, R.; Montero-Cabrera, M. E.; Esparza-Ponce, H. E.; Herrera-Peraza, E. F.; Ballinas-Casarrubias, M. I. (2012) Uranium Removal fromWater Using Cellulose Triacetate Membranes Added with Activated Carbon. Appl. Radiat. Isot., 70, 872-881.