Cothern C R, Lappenbusch W L
Health Phys. 1983 Jul;45(1):89-99. doi: 10.1097/00004032-198307000-00009.
Uranium is found in ground and surface waters due to its natural occurrence. In some cases, its presence is due to human activities such as mining and milling uranium. Thus, it is also found in drinking water. The range of concentrations existing in drinking water supplies in the U.S. is tabulated and examined. The range of isotopic abundances are also listed. Projections from the available data lead to estimates that of the 59,812 community drinking water supplies in the U.S., 25-650 would exceed a uranium concentration of 20 pCi/l., 100-2000 would exceed 10 pCi/l. and 2500-5000 would exceed 5 pCi/l.
由于铀的天然存在，它存在于地下水和地表水中。在某些情况下，其存在是由于采矿和研磨铀等人类活动。因此，它也存在于饮用水中。对美国饮用水供应中存在的浓度范围进行了列表和研究。还列出了同位素丰度范围。根据现有数据进行的预测得出的估计结果是，在美国的59,812个社区饮用水供应中，25 - 650个供应的铀浓度将超过20皮居里/升，100 - 2000个供应的铀浓度将超过10皮居里/升，2500 - 5000个供应的铀浓度将超过5皮居里/升。
