Investigation and analysis of iodine content in residents' drinking water in Jianjiang River Basin of Guangdong Province in 2012 and 2013
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-4255.2015.05.014
- VernacularTitle:2012、2013年广东省鉴江流域居民饮用水碘含量调查分析
- Author:
Liping LIU
;
Tong YANG
;
Wen ZHONG
;
Haishan CHI
;
Rui LIU
;
Peng LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Water;
Iodine;
Data collection
- From:
Chinese Journal of Endemiology
2015;34(5):365-368
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective Through the investigation of the iodine content in residents drinking water in Jianjiang River Basin of Guangdong,the scope and distribution of waterborne high iodine areas in this region were grasped so as to provide a basis for taking appropriate prevention and control measures.Methods All towns (streets) covering seven counties (cities,districts) of Jianjiang River Basin were selected by cross sectional screening method in 2012 and 2013,which were divided into mainly-investigated town (street) and generally-investigated town (street) according to the direction,geographical position and other situations of all branches of Jianjiang River.In each mainly-investigated town (street),two natural villages were selected according to the river direction and terrain conditions,and one water sample was collected from each village.In each generally-investigated town (street),one administrative village was selected respectively according to the locations (east,west,south,north and middle);two natural villages were selected from each administrative village,and one water sample was collected from each natural village.The water supply types of each natural village were investigated,including centralized water supply,decentralized water supply and river (reservoir) water.If the iodine content of the water samples was higher than 100 μg/L in the natural villages,then 10％ more water samples were collected.The inductive coupling plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS) was adopted for water iodine detection.Results A total of 3 583 residents drinking water samples from Jianjiang River Basin were investigated,and the median of water iodine was 15.1 μg/L;the median of water iodine in reservoirs,river,mountain spring,well water was 12.1,9.8,2.5 and 18.6 μg/L,respectively.Iodine content of 341 water samples was ＞ 100 μg/L,accounting for 9.5％;228 water samples were ＞ 150 μg/L,accounting for 6.4％;58 water samples were more than 300 μg/L,accounting for 1.6％.The water samples with iodine content higher than 100 μg/L were all from decentralized well water.There were 18 natural villages which could be determined as the waterborne high iodine areas (water iodine ＞ 150 μg/L);they were distributed in 16 administrative villages in 14 towns (streets) of 5 counties (cities,districts) and had a registered population of 23 915 in total.The difference of water iodine between the 5 counties (cities,districts) in middle and lower reaches of Jianjiang River Basin (24.7,28.6,20.5,23.2,24.0 μg/L) and the 2 counties (cities,districts) in upper reaches (12.0,10.9 μg/L) was statistically significant (Z =13.5,P ＜ 0.05);the difference of water iodine between coastal and non-coastal areas (12.5 vs.5.9 μg/L) was statistically significant (Z =6.1,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions The iodine content in surface water of Jianjiang River Basin is generally lower;,the high water iodine phenomenon dispersedly occurs in the underground water (well water),and the iodine content is different in different areas;the iodine content of the middle and lower reaches is higher than that of the upper reach,and the iodine content of the coastal alluvial areas is higher than that of the non-coastal areas.The natural villages with waterborne high iodine are spottily distributed in the coastal areas of all backbones and branches of Jianjiang River,but not connected together basically.
