Groundwater Quality in Kentucky: Arsenic

Authors

R. Stephen Fisher, University of Kentucky

Abstract

Arsenic is a naturally occurring element found in low concentrations in rocks, soils, water, plants, and animals (Nriagu, 1994 a, b). In Kentucky, arsenic is commonly found in iron sulfide minerals associated with coal deposits and black shales. Arsenic is released when iron sulfides oxidize during weathering. Once released, it is readily sorbed onto iron oxides and iron oxyhydroxides, which limits arsenic concentrations in the near-surface environment.

Publication Date

2002

Series

Series XII

Report Number

Information Circular 5

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.13023/kgs.ic05.12

Notes

© 2002 Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky

Repository Citation

Fisher, R. Stephen, "Groundwater Quality in Kentucky: Arsenic" (2002). Information Circular--KGS. 1.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/kgs_ic/1