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RE: RADON IN BLUE RIDGE AMONG HIGHEST IN NATION



>From my recollections these levels are not really THAT high for well water.

While they are higher than average nationwide, they are nowhere near the

levels found in New England where levels of 10E5 and 10E6 pCi/l are not

uncommon.



Harry

Harold.Reynolds@RFETS.gov



> -----Original Message-----

> From:	Susan Gawarecki [SMTP:loc@ICX.NET]

> Sent:	Thursday, June 14, 2001 11:58 AM

> To:	RADSAFE

> Subject:	RADON IN BLUE RIDGE AMONG HIGHEST IN NATION

> 

> RADON IN BLUE RIDGE AMONG HIGHEST IN NATION

> Environment News Service

> http://ens.lycos.com/ens/jun2001/2001L-06-13-09.html

> 

> RICHMOND, Virginia, June 13, 2001 (ENS) - Radon concentrations

> in ground water from homeowners' wells in the Blue Ridge area of the

> New River watershed, in parts of North Carolina and Virginia, were

> among the highest measured in the nation in a new report from the

> U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). 

> 

> 

> Water from 87 percent of wells sampled in the Blue Ridge region

> exceeded the proposed national drinking water standard of radon

> which is 300 picocuries per liter (pCi/L). One third of the wells

> contained more than 4,000 pCi/L, the alternate standard proposed for

> areas where action is being taken to decrease radon levels in indoor

> air. 

> 

> The maximum radon concentration detected was 30,900 pCi/L. 

> 

> 

> 

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