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Seasonal variation of uranium and physico-chemical parameters in spring water sources of Pithoragarh city, Uttarakhand, India

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The paper deals with the seasonal variation of physico-chemical parameters in natural spring water sources collected from Pithoragarh city, Uttarakhand, India. A total of sixteen parameters were investigated for pre-monsoon and post-monsoon seasons during the study. Total dissolved solids have been found to range from 315 to 729 mg/L during pre-monsoon and 245 to 704 mg/L during post-monsoon. Total hardness and total alkalinity were observed to be high for two samples. Water quality index was evaluated to determine whether the use of water samples for drinking purpose is safe or not and its values range between 35.71 and 74.39 during pre-monsoon and 31.66 and 72.60 during post-monsoon.

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Abbreviations

PRM:

Pre-monsoon

POM:

Post-monsoon

U:

Uranium

TDS:

Total dissolved solids

ORP:

Oxidation-reduction potential

EC:

Electrical conductance

DO:

Dissolved oxygen

T:

Temperature

TA:

Total alkalinity

TH:

Total hardness

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  1. Department of Chemistry, DSB Campus, Kumaun University, Nainital, India

    Kiran Patni, Chitra Pande & Geeta Tiwari

  2. Department of Allied Sciences, Graphic Era Hill University, Bhimtal, India

    Kiran Patni

  3. Department of Chemistry, LSMGPG College, Pithoragarh, India

    Ashutosh Pratap Pande

  4. Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumaun University, Bhimtal, Nainital, India

    Tanuj Joshi

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Patni, K., Pande, C., Pande, A.P. et al. Seasonal variation of uranium and physico-chemical parameters in spring water sources of Pithoragarh city, Uttarakhand, India. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 329, 647–660 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-021-07823-8

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