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Arsenic in Illinois ground water — Community and private supplies

Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4103
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wri034103

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Abstract

Assessing the distribution of arsenic in ground water from community-water supplies, private supplies, or monitoring wells is part of the process of determining the risk of arsenic contamination of drinking water in Illinois. Lifestyle, genetic, and environmental factors make certain members of the population more susceptible to adverse health effects from repeated exposure to drinking water with high arsenic concentrations (Ryker, 2001). In addition, such factors may have geographic distribution patterns that complicate the analysis of the relation between arsenic in drinking water and health effects. For example, arsenic may not be the only constituent affecting the quality of drinking water in a region (Ryker, 2001); however, determining the extent and distribution of arsenic in ground water is a starting place to assess the potential risk for persons drinking from a community or private supply. Understanding the potential sources and pathways that mobilize arsenic in ground water is a necessary step in protecting the drinking-water supply in Illinois.

Suggested Citation

Warner, K., Martin, A., and Arnold, T., 2003, Arsenic in Illinois ground water — Community and private supplies: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4103, 12 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri034103.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Arsenic in Illinois ground water — Community and private supplies
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 2003-4103
DOI 10.3133/wri034103
Year Published 2003
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Contributing office(s) Illinois Water Science Center, Central Midwest Water Science Center
Description 12 p.
Country United States
State Illinios
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