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  1. Cyanide

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/1517

    GENERAL INFORMATION Cyanide is a carbon-nitrogen chemical unit which combines with many organic and inorganic compounds. The most commonly used form, hydrogen cyanide, is mainly used to make compounds and other synthetic fibers and resins. The major sourc ...

  2. Cadmium

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/1512

    GENERAL INFORMATION Cadmium is a natural element in the earthÕs crust. It is usually found as a mineral combined with other elements such as oxygen (cadmium oxide), chlorine (cadmium chloride), or sulfur (cadmium sulfate, cadmium sulfide). All soils and r ...

  3. Copper

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/1516

    GENERAL INFORMATION Copper is a metal found in natural deposits such as ores containing other elements. Copper is widely used in household plumbing materials. The major sources of copper in drinking water are corrosion of household plumbing systems; and e ...

  4. Chromium

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/1515

    GENERAL INFORMATION Chromium is an odorless and tasteless metallic element. Chromium is found naturally in rocks, plants, soil and volcanic dust, humans and animals. The most common forms of chromium that occur in natural waters in the environment are tri ...

  5. Chlorine

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/1513

    GENERAL INFORMATION The gaseous or liquid form of chlorine (CL2) is a water additive used by municipal water systems to control microbes. It is relatively inexpensive and has the lowest production and operating costs and longest history for large continuo ...

  6. Beryllium

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/1509

    GENERAL INFORMATION Beryllium naturally enters surface water and ground water through the weathering of rocks and soils or from industrial wastewater discharges. The major source of environmental releases from human activities are coal and fuel oil combus ...

  7. Bromide

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/1511

    GENERAL INFORMATION Bromide and chloride are both used as tracers to study water and solute transport through soils. They do not adsorb to negatively charged soil minerals, which allows them to move as fast as water through the soil. The main difference b ...

  8. Bromate

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/1510

    GENERAL INFORMATION Bromate is formed when ozone used to disinfect drinking water reacts with naturally occurring bromide found in source water. Bromate formation in disinfected drinking water is influenced by factors such as bromide ion concentration, pH ...

  9. Barium

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/1508

    GENERAL INFORMATION Barium is a lustrous, machinable metal which exists in nature only in ores containing mixtures of elements. The major sources of barium in drinking water are discharge of drilling wastes; discharge from metal refineries; and erosion of ...

  10. Antimony

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/1506

    GENERAL INFORMATION Antimony is found naturally in the environment. The general public is exposed to low levels of it every day, primarily in food, drinking water, and air. It may be found in in the air near industries that process or release it, such as ...

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