Total content of arsenic, antimony and selenium in groundwater samples from western Poland
Niedzielski P, Siepak J, Siepak M
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Siepak J, Adam Mickiewicz Univ Poznan, Dept Water & Soil Anal, Drzymaly St 24, PL-60613 Poznan, Poland
Adam Mickiewicz Univ Poznan, Dept Water & Soil Anal, PL-60613 Poznan, Poland
Adam Mickiewicz Univ Poznan, Dept Hydrogeol & Waters Protect, PL-60613 Poznan, Poland
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2001;10(5):347-350
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This paper presents statistical analysis of results of determination of the total content of arsenic, antimony, selenium and microcomponents in 49 samples of groundwater from an area of western Poland (Wielkopolska). The total content of arsenic reached up to 3.00 ng/ml, antimony 1.25 ng/ml, selenium < 0.15 ng/ml, at detection limits of 0.16 ng/ml for As, 0.18 ng/ml for Sb and 0.15 ng/ml for Se. The samples showed low values of the content of the elements considered relative to the values obtained for water samples from other regions. As the groundwater samples were collected from isolated water bearing horizons, the values determined for them could be treated as geogenic.