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Título: | A New Framework for the Management and Radiological Protection of Groundwater Resources: The Implementation of a Portuguese Action Plan for Radon in Drinking Water and Impacts on Human Health | Autor: | Martins, Lisa Pereira, Alcides Oliveira, Alcino Sanches Fernandes, Luís F. Pacheco, Fernando A.L. |
Palavras-chave: | radon; groundwater resources; Portuguese Action Plan for Radon; public health | Data: | 2019 | Editora: | MDPI | Projeto: | This research was funded by the INTERACT project—“Integrated Research in Environment, Agro-Chain and Technology”, no. NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000017, in its line of research entitled BEST, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through NORTE 2020 (North Regional Operational Program 2014/2020). For authors integrated into the CITAB research centre, it was further financed by the FEDER/COMPETE/POCI—Operational Competitiveness and Internationalization Programme, under Project POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006958, and by National Funds of FCT—Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, under the project UID/AGR/04033/2019. For the author integrated into the CQVR, the research was additionally supported by National Funds of FCT—Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, under the project UID/QUI/00616/2019. | Título da revista, periódico, livro ou evento: | Water (Switzerland) | Volume: | 11 | Número: | 4 | Resumo: | In general, this study was developed to assess the radon contamination in groundwater intended for human consumption, to raise awareness among policy-makers to implement a legal framework for drinking water management and the radiological protection of groundwater resources. Thus, we analyzed with parallel coordinate visualization (PCV) plots what features may influence the water–rock interaction and promote high-radon concentrations in water intended for human consumption. The results show that in granitic areas composed by biotite granites (Group V), although there is a higher radon production in the rocks, the radon transfer to groundwater was not effective, mainly due to the physical and chemical properties of the water. The main conclusions show that in all springs sampled (n = 69) for the entire study area, there are only four springs that must have an immediate intervention, and 22 of them are above the limit imposed by the Portuguese legislation. These results are intended to promote a Portuguese Action Plan for Radon that can be framed in the guidelines on the management and protection of groundwater resources. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/107418 | ISSN: | 2073-4441 | DOI: | 10.3390/w11040760 | Direitos: | openAccess |
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