Table 2 Summary of δ18O and δ2H values in tap water samples and d-excess = 2H–8δ18O.

From: Divergence of stable isotopes in tap water across China

No

Sample site

count

δ18O (‰)

δ2H (‰)

d-excess (‰)

Max

Min

std

Average

Max

Min

std

Average

Max

Min

std

Average

1

Heihe

9

−13.88

−15.93

0.58

−14.64

−103.11

−119.31

4.93

−108.68

11.90

7.00

1.53

8.48

2

Harbin

13

−12.20

−13.46

0.43

−12.72

−88.71

−96.62

2.54

−92.56

11.89

7.75

1.32

9.18

3

Karamay

10

−11.23

−12.38

0.33

−11.63

−75.23

−79.42

1.20

−77.20

19.60

14.64

1.80

15.85

4

Urumchi

3

−10.66

−10.86

0.08

−10.77

−72.33

−73.48

0.48

−72.83

13.70

12.91

0.32

13.32

5

Aksu

8

−7.73

−11.25

1.17

−9.28

−56.86

−72.46

5.23

−63.41

17.56

4.94

4.34

10.80

6

Korla

12

−7.44

−10.48

0.77

−8.04

−54.63

−70.61

4.13

−57.31

13.20

4.90

2.11

7.02

7

Kashgar

10

−12.62

−13.96

0.45

−13.17

−88.37

−94.82

2.04

−91.19

18.41

11.78

2.42

14.20

8

Jiuquan

6

−10.53

−10.92

0.13

−10.73

−73.87

−75.12

0.42

−74.53

12.47

10.34

0.68

11.28

9

Delingha

10

−9.16

−10.11

0.29

−9.67

−58.89

−64.84

1.84

−61.76

19.11

14.09

1.77

15.60

10

Golmud

10

−9.60

−10.56

0.36

−10.03

−64.78

−67.99

0.91

−66.60

16.96

11.08

2.09

13.65

11

Xining

9

−6.75

−8.70

0.55

−7.99

−44.16

−48.97

1.34

−47.21

20.60

9.87

3.21

16.74

12

Lanzhou

6

−10.02

−10.54

0.16

−10.22

−69.97

−75.37

1.70

−72.01

11.37

8.80

0.86

9.77

13

Baiyin

12

−6.49

−10.49

1.19

−7.99

−42.03

−73.22

10.89

−51.13

16.21

5.10

3.07

12.83

14

Baotou

5

−9.12

−9.95

0.34

−9.59

−66.50

−72.78

2.77

−70.12

7.32

5.98

0.49

6.57

15

Hohhot

5

−10.08

−10.93

0.31

−10.62

−77.41

−80.60

1.20

−78.20

9.60

0.04

3.51

6.73

16

Linhe

2

−9.87

−10.94

0.53

−10.41

−75.05

−79.33

2.14

−77.19

8.16

3.95

2.10

6.06

17

Yinchuan

5

−11.86

−12.08

0.08

−12.00

−84.27

−85.52

0.46

−85.08

11.11

10.63

0.19

10.89

18

Yulin

6

−7.43

−7.78

0.14

−7.62

−59.42

−61.44

0.78

−60.57

0.82

−0.27

0.39

0.41

19

Taiyuan

5

−8.24

−9.20

0.35

−8.57

−62.41

−68.00

2.09

−63.98

5.61

3.48

0.84

4.57

20

Jinzhong

10

−7.29

−8.87

0.57

−8.28

−56.54

−63.82

2.36

−60.48

9.75

1.79

2.60

5.74

21

Shijiazhuang

7

−6.42

−7.02

0.20

−6.74

−49.79

−54.11

1.33

−51.90

3.54

0.69

0.90

2.00

22

Anyang

8

−8.21

−8.47

0.08

−8.40

−53.51

−61.29

2.36

−60.16

12.16

5.78

1.85

7.04

23

Pingliang

10

−9.42

−10.71

0.46

−10.18

−65.56

−72.53

2.27

−69.06

16.45

9.06

2.43

12.36

24

Ulanhot

12

−10.31

−11.28

0.32

−10.78

−79.50

−84.39

1.06

−81.32

8.78

2.42

2.26

4.94

25

Xilinhot

5

−10.07

−10.50

0.15

−10.29

−80.73

−82.83

0.73

−82.10

1.42

−0.54

0.76

0.24

26

Tongliao

8

−9.87

−10.75

0.27

−10.18

−77.97

−80.18

0.76

−78.93

6.22

0.85

1.55

2.49

27

Changchun

3

−10.24

−10.55

0.13

−10.38

−79.90

−80.20

0.12

−80.06

4.18

1.84

0.96

2.96

28

Chifeng

10

−8.59

−10.06

0.41

−9.70

−70.16

−77.51

1.83

−74.70

5.71

−1.45

1.77

2.89

29

Shenyang

13

−8.94

−9.58

0.20

−9.22

−65.82

−69.36

1.17

−67.33

7.41

5.39

0.65

6.39

30

Chengde

4

−8.23

−8.43

0.08

−8.30

−62.04

−63.17

0.45

−62.40

4.30

3.65

0.25

3.96

31

Dandong

6

−7.73

−8.89

0.40

−8.53

−53.30

−61.28

2.71

−58.86

10.37

8.45

0.70

9.35

32

Beijing

12

−9.38

−10.37

0.30

−9.81

−62.95

−67.89

1.68

−65.59

15.04

11.44

0.89

12.87

33

Tianjin

4

−5.76

−7.03

0.50

−6.62

−49.04

−55.25

2.44

−53.15

0.96

−2.94

1.60

−0.19

34

Tangshan

4

−7.69

−7.95

0.10

−7.83

−57.13

−58.12

0.40

−57.67

5.70

4.15

0.69

4.96

35

Baoding

7

−8.38

−9.06

0.24

−8.75

−62.37

−65.27

1.06

−63.81

7.23

4.69

0.91

6.22

36

Cangzhou

13

−9.38

−10.75

0.33

−10.40

−75.08

−78.65

0.89

−77.41

7.69

−0.07

1.82

5.81

37

Dalian

10

−6.37

−7.47

0.36

−6.89

−49.28

−54.98

1.96

−52.02

5.51

1.72

1.07

3.10

38

Hengshui

6

−10.59

−10.99

0.12

−10.84

−79.35

−81.31

0.64

−79.92

7.57

5.39

0.73

6.82

39

Dongying

8

−5.33

−7.39

0.75

−6.66

−45.28

−56.23

3.75

−51.95

3.84

−2.62

2.39

1.31

40

Yantai

9

−5.50

−6.81

0.38

−6.19

−44.09

−49.00

1.71

−46.69

6.62

−0.12

1.83

2.84

41

Weifang

6

−7.49

−8.46

0.34

−8.04

−56.04

−61.37

1.83

−59.10

6.49

3.92

0.98

5.23

42

Lhasa

12

−16.49

−17.74

0.38

−17.26

−122.99

−132.09

2.75

−129.47

13.01

5.39

1.80

8.58

43

Gannan

10

−9.90

−10.80

0.28

−10.20

−66.80

−69.49

0.80

−68.26

17.40

11.58

1.85

13.31

44

Dingxi

10

−10.04

−10.98

0.28

−10.38

−67.64

−71.77

1.37

−69.97

17.50

10.80

2.27

13.04

45

Longnan

7

−10.22

−10.68

0.14

−10.45

−68.60

−69.99

0.47

−69.23

15.46

13.18

0.68

14.41

46

Chengdu

11

−11.95

−13.17

0.33

−12.25

−81.70

−87.21

1.47

−83.83

18.12

12.19

1.55

14.15

47

Nyingchi

10

−12.58

−14.38

0.56

−13.80

−87.42

−104.03

5.29

−98.49

13.78

10.87

0.91

11.91

48

Xichang

11

−7.34

−12.97

1.79

−8.87

−63.42

−90.67

8.03

−71.77

13.12

−5.86

6.46

−0.77

49

Panzhihua

5

−13.49

−14.63

0.39

−14.21

−96.87

−108.98

4.30

−105.09

11.02

7.32

1.34

8.60

50

Baoshan

6

−9.63

−10.22

0.19

−9.81

−68.47

−72.78

1.56

−69.30

9.78

8.57

0.44

9.18

51

Kunming

9

−10.92

−11.92

0.30

−11.23

−81.09

−85.70

1.27

−82.66

10.04

5.78

1.48

7.16

52

Qujing

3

−9.06

−9.84

0.32

−9.42

−68.62

−73.58

2.03

−71.20

5.13

3.56

0.68

4.17

53

Simao

10

−7.38

−10.20

0.91

−8.62

−55.32

−69.16

5.14

−62.29

12.44

3.02

2.90

6.63

54

Wenshan

8

−6.39

−10.80

1.31

−9.30

−49.35

−76.26

7.98

−66.50

10.16

1.80

2.56

7.87

55

Tianshui

10

−8.61

−9.64

0.32

−9.08

−58.07

−61.56

1.00

−60.06

15.77

10.16

1.96

12.54

56

Zhengzhou

7

−7.82

−8.89

0.40

−8.42

−54.73

−64.17

3.99

−59.74

10.48

5.96

1.36

7.60

57

Kaifeng

7

−5.98

−8.32

0.80

−7.61

−36.40

−60.71

8.06

−55.36

11.46

0.95

2.90

5.56

58

Hanzhong

12

−7.48

−9.04

0.41

−8.48

−47.63

−59.40

3.21

−54.99

13.85

11.97

0.59

12.83

59

Xianyang

11

−11.08

−11.80

0.22

−11.47

−81.35

−86.57

1.54

−83.57

9.91

5.80

1.16

8.18

60

Enshi

5

−6.30

−8.28

0.72

−7.62

−34.56

−60.80

8.70

−48.44

15.88

5.48

3.69

12.53

61

Wuhan

9

−7.62

−9.44

0.56

−8.69

−47.68

−65.66

5.41

−58.10

13.30

9.67

1.16

11.38

62

Chongqing

11

−4.34

−9.22

1.48

−6.57

−22.98

−60.67

11.83

−41.47

15.78

7.10

2.32

11.08

63

Yueyang

5

−4.59

−4.70

0.04

−5.25

−26.60

−30.55

1.46

−28.86

10.13

6.37

1.33

8.50

64

Changsha

5

−4.76

−5.52

0.26

−5.21

−25.56

−33.72

2.88

−30.78

14.18

8.98

2.11

10.87

65

Bijie

11

−8.43

−9.72

0.38

−9.16

−55.45

−64.65

3.06

−60.88

15.13

9.87

1.21

12.41

66

Zunyi

1

−6.34

−6.34

0.00

−6.34

−41.09

−41.09

0.00

−41.09

9.59

9.59

0.00

9.59

67

Tongren

10

−6.52

−8.29

0.62

−7.25

−38.10

−49.04

3.37

−43.60

17.55

11.44

2.02

14.41

68

Huaihua

9

−5.81

−7.56

0.57

−6.65

−33.91

−45.41

3.33

−40.74

17.03

3.74

3.67

12.42

69

Hong Kong

10

−4.85

−5.99

0.39

−5.38

−28.10

−33.25

1.38

−31.71

15.20

8.94

2.28

11.31

70

Guiyang

8

−6.00

−8.50

0.93

−7.42

−41.96

−55.02

4.88

−49.69

14.58

6.04

3.42

9.65

71

Guilin

13

−5.63

−7.25

0.56

−6.19

−32.39

−42.30

3.40

−36.37

16.88

10.88

1.69

13.18

72

Zaozhuang

13

−4.76

−7.69

0.81

−5.91

−39.45

−51.91

4.03

−45.88

9.64

−1.52

2.65

2.85

73

Xuzhou

12

−10.16

−11.16

0.24

−10.48

−75.35

−77.36

0.54

−76.46

11.88

5.97

1.51

7.37

74

Suzhou

9

−6.98

−8.37

0.40

−8.05

−54.38

−58.28

1.12

−57.36

8.68

1.43

2.09

7.07

75

Yancheng

13

−4.05

−6.77

0.70

−5.19

−28.06

−45.65

4.69

−37.20

8.53

1.29

1.88

4.29

76

Nantong

5

−6.52

−8.17

0.77

−7.51

−40.77

−56.79

7.29

−50.29

12.28

8.01

1.45

9.82

77

Hefei

5

−5.13

−5.93

0.36

−5.58

−32.99

−41.08

3.55

−37.67

8.02

5.61

0.99

6.98

78

Ma’anshan

5

−6.50

−7.92

0.52

−7.37

−42.35

−53.14

4.06

−49.15

10.81

8.36

0.81

9.78

79

Shanghai

10

−3.80

−6.17

0.68

−4.74

−24.10

−37.92

3.97

−30.69

11.47

4.87

2.00

7.19

80

Shaoxing

6

−6.93

−7.98

0.33

−7.49

−42.07

−53.21

3.91

−48.58

13.37

9.34

1.51

11.36

81

Hangzhou

2

−6.35

−6.46

0.06

−6.40

−39.75

−40.61

0.43

−40.18

11.05

11.02

0.01

11.04

82

Quzhou

13

−6.28

−7.26

0.26

−6.79

−38.09

−46.50

2.50

−42.46

14.41

10.10

1.45

11.85

83

Lishui

9

−6.67

−8.36

0.51

−7.45

−39.29

−54.74

4.57

−47.29

14.09

9.78

1.26

12.35

84

Fuzhou

11

−5.74

−7.54

0.62

−6.49

−32.00

−48.53

5.48

−40.50

14.33

6.37

2.03

11.40

85

Longyan

7

−6.31

−6.75

0.12

−6.54

−37.16

−40.36

1.05

−38.85

14.30

12.68

0.55

13.49

86

Liuzhou

2

−5.96

−6.32

0.18

−6.14

−33.59

−36.75

1.58

−35.17

14.06

13.79

0.14

13.93

87

Shaoguan

13

−5.39

−7.61

0.69

−6.38

−30.01

−44.33

3.96

−38.23

16.53

9.45

2.23

12.81

88

Xiamen

10

−5.85

−7.44

0.49

−6.43

−36.71

−46.74

3.60

−40.38

13.62

9.90

1.15

11.06

89

Bose

9

−8.39

−9.86

0.50

−8.92

−57.36

−65.20

2.07

−60.41

14.67

8.22

2.44

10.93

90

Guangzhou

9

−4.86

−6.90

0.60

−6.14

−26.02

−45.69

5.66

−38.86

12.83

9.27

1.14

10.29

91

Nanning

11

−7.44

−8.66

0.36

−8.02

−49.04

−60.50

3.05

−55.35

10.49

7.46

0.85

8.79

92

Shenzhen

9

−4.80

−7.15

0.74

−5.69

−28.86

−43.65

4.48

−35.60

13.52

8.11

1.81

9.92

93

Qinzhou

5

−5.97

−6.93

0.38

−6.40

−36.32

−44.15

2.99

−40.18

11.83

10.22

0.54

10.99

94

Zhanjiang

8

−4.01

−8.08

1.36

−5.68

−26.91

−53.91

9.86

−38.54

10.74

4.60

2.29

6.87

95

Haikou

7

−6.31

−6.78

0.15

−6.57

−41.84

−45.47

1.32

−44.17

9.46

6.95

0.77

8.38