In Wisconsin, the highest radium levels occur in water from two types of rock aquifers: the deep sandstone in Wisconsin’s eastern quarter and the crystalline granite found in the north-central part of the state. Water …
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Radium found in Near West Side well; follow-up test results pending
High levels of a radioactive metal have turned up again in one of Madison’s wells. In a sample taken in August, the radium concentration was above the federal drinking water standard in Well 19 near …
Preserving a basic human right: Ginder-Vogel lands NSF CAREER award to study arsenic in groundwater
Most people don’t think about arsenic from day to day, but Matt Ginder-Vogel says it’s more common than you’d think. Ginder-Vogel, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has received a $560,000 CAREER …
Elevated radium levels detected in Brookfield drinking water
BROOKFIELD, Wis. (CBS 58) — The City of Brookfield says their drinking water is in violation of State and Federal Safe Drinking Water Regulations due to elevated levels of combined Radium-226 and Radium-228. In a …
Unraveling the radium riddle
Over the last several years, the city of Waukesha, Wis., has become the poster child for requests to divert water from Lake Michigan under the Great Lakes Compact, in part because it’s also the poster …
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