Table 1 U concentrations in Ohio water bodies collected in summer 2017 (µg L−1).

From: Uranium in Ohio, USA Surface Waters: Implications for a Fertilizer Source in Waters Draining Agricultural lands

 

23-May

5-Jun

19-Jun

21-Jun

6-Jul

10-Jul

24-Jul

26-Jul

31-Jul

15-Aug

21-Aug

23-Aug

6-Sep

Mean

Reservoirs

Buckeye Lake

1.5

1.4

   

0.5

1.0

  

1.3

   

1.1

Grand Lake St. Mary’s

2.4

1.9

   

1.1

1.1

  

1.6

   

1.6

Griggs Reservoir

2.3

1.6

       

2.6

   

2.2

Hoover Reservoir

1.6

1.7

       

1.8

   

1.7

O’Shaugnessy Reservoir

3.9

2.1

       

3.4

   

3.1

Rivers

Maumee River downstream

  

2.7

        

1.9

 

2.3

Maumee River upstream

  

2.7

        

2.4

1.7

2.3

Sandusky River

  

0.9

        

2.1

2.1

1.7

Lake Erie

MB20 (Maumee Mouth)

       

4.4

1.2

    

2.8

MB18 (Maumee Bay)

   

0.5

         

0.5

4P (offshore)

   

0.3

0.3

  

0.4

0.4

 

0.4

  

0.4

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