Ground-Water Quality in Kentucky: Fluoride

Authors

Philip G. Conrad, University of Kentucky
Daniel I. Carey, University of KentuckyFollow
James S. Webb, Kentucky Division of Water
James S. Dinger, University of KentuckyFollow
R. Stephen Fisher, University of Kentucky
Matthew J. McCourt, University of Kentucky

Abstract

Fluoride (F-) is an ion of the element fluorine, and is a natural component in most water resources. According to Hem (1989), fluoride concentrations in fresh water are generally less than 1 mg/L (milligrams per liter), and the concentration of fluoride in the world's oceans is about 1.3 mg/L. The source of most fluoride in natural fresh-water resources is various rocks and minerals in bedrock and sediments.

Publication Date

1999

Series

Series XII

Report Number

Information Circular 1

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.13023/kgs.ic01.12

Notes

© 1999 Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky

Repository Citation

Conrad, Philip G.; Carey, Daniel I.; Webb, James S.; Dinger, James S.; Fisher, R. Stephen; and McCourt, Matthew J., "Ground-Water Quality in Kentucky: Fluoride" (1999). Information Circular--KGS. 3.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/kgs_ic/3