Sustainable agricultural use of natural water sources containing elevated radium activity

• Published in: Chemosphere (Oxford) Vol. 104; pp. 205 - 211
• Main Authors: Tripler, Effi, Haquin, Gustavo, Koch, Jean, Yehuda, Zehava, Shani, Uri
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2014; Elsevier
• Subjects: Agricultural and forest climatology and meteorology. Irrigation. Drainage; Agricultural and forest meteorology; Agricultural Irrigation - methods; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Applied sciences; Biological and medical sciences; Crops, Agricultural - chemistry; Crops, Agricultural - metabolism; Environmental Monitoring; Exact sciences and technology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General agronomy. Plant production; Irrigation water; Lactuca - chemistry; Lactuca - metabolism; Lysimeter study; Plant Roots - chemistry; Plant Roots - metabolism; Pollution; Radiological hazard; Radium; Radium - analysis; Radium - metabolism; Soil - chemistry; Soil and water pollution; Soil Pollutants, Radioactive - analysis; Soil Pollutants, Radioactive - metabolism; Soil science; Triticum - chemistry; Triticum - metabolism; Wastewaters reuse. Miscellaneous; Water - analysis; Water balance and requirements. Evapotranspiration; Water treatment and pollution; Lysimeter study; BTC; ETp; LRW; Radiological hazard; TF; REW; MCL; Irrigation water; HRW; Radium; Ra; Irrigation; Radioactive pollution; Natural radioactivity hazards; Radiation hazards; Radioisotope; Sustainable development; Sustainable use; Uptake; Lysimeter; Sustainable agriculture; Adsorption; Surface water; Evapotranspiration; Water pollution; Cultivated plant; Soil plant relation

•The environmental implications of using water containing Ra for irrigation were investigated.•Radium was found to accumulate in crops leaves following the evapotranspiration current.•Sorption of 226Ra to soil particles hinders its matrix mobility.•Crops can be irrigated with the activity of 226Ra o...