The Importance of Vanadium Concentration in Ground and Deep Ground Water for Spring Water Quality

VernacularTitle:The Importance of Vanadium Concentration in Ground and Deep Ground Water for Spring Water Quality
Author: Krzysztof MARCZEWSKI ¹ ; Barbara MARCZEWSKA ² ; RAFA KUZIOŁA ²
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1. Zamość University of Management and Administration
2. Institute of Environmental Engineering, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
Keywords: Vanadium concentration; Ground water; Deep groundwater
From:The Journal of The Japanese Society of Balneology, Climatology and Physical Medicine 2015;78(3):201-208
CountryJapan
Language:English
Abstract: Vanadium, depending on the consumed dose may be toxic or health-promoting. Therefore, the knowledge of its concentration in the drinking therapeutic water, in particular in the medicinal mineral sources seems to be very important. This study was based on literature giving vanadium concentrations in some drinking waters derived from the ground and deep ground water. The concentration of vanadium in ground water shown varies in the range from 1-138μgl−1. In volcanic regions of Italy vanadium concentration increases in relation to the water of a river as much as 100 fold. The concentration of vanadium in the mineral waters ranges from 1-93μgl−1. The problem of acceptable and desired concentration of vanadium in natural waters in the mineral remains open, but it seems that this concentration in the tested samples is not too high.