REMOVAL OF NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES FROM DRINKING-WATER BY POINT OF ENTRY REVERSE-OSMOSIS

Authors
HUIKURI P SALONEN L RAFF O
Citation
P. Huikuri et al., REMOVAL OF NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES FROM DRINKING-WATER BY POINT OF ENTRY REVERSE-OSMOSIS, Desalination, 119(1-3), 1998, pp. 235-239
Citations number
1
Categorie Soggetti
Water Resources","Engineering, Chemical
Journal title
Desalination → ACNP
ISSN journal
00119164
Volume
119
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
235 - 239
Database
ISI
SICI code
0011-9164(1998)119:1-3<235:RONRFD>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
A small commercial POE (point of entry) reverse osmosis (RO) equipment was tested for removing simultaneously water radioactivity and salini ty from a bedrock water in a private household. The functioning of thi s equipment was monitored over an eight month period. The RO equipment was able to remove most of the elements almost completely. The reduct ion of main water constituents was above 94%, except for gaseous radon .