Does bottle type and acid-washing influence trace element analyses by ICP-MS on water samples? A test covering 62 elements and four bottle types: high density polyethene (HDPE), polypropene (PP), fluorinated ethene propene copolymer (FEP) and perfluoroalkoxy polymer (PFA).

Groundwater samples from 15 boreholes in crystalline bedrock aquifers in South Norway (Oslo area) have been collected in parallel in five different clear plastic bottle types (high density polyethene [HDPE], polypropene [PP, two manufacturers], fluorinated ethene propene copolymer [FEP] and perfluoroalkoxy polymer [PFA]. In the cases of polyethene and polypropene, parallel samples have been collected in factory-new (unwashed) bottles and acid-washed factory-new bottles. Samples have been analysed by ICP-MS techniques for a wide range of inorganic elements down to the ppt (ng/l) range.

Influence of filtration on concentrations of 62 elements analysed on crystalline bedrock groundwater samples by ICP-MS.

Analyses of unfiltered and filtered (< 0.45 micron and < 0.10 micron) groundwater samples from 15 selected wells in crystalline bedrock aquifers of the Oslo area, Norway, have been studied for 62 chemical elements.

The comparative hydrochemistry of two granitic island aquifers: the Isles of Scilly, UK and the Hvaler Islands, Norway.

A comparative study is presented of granitic groundwaters from the Hvaler Islands, south-eastern Norway (11 samples) and the Scilly Islands, south-western England (10 samples). The islands display similar bulk lithologies (peraluminous S-type, U/Th-enriched granites) and land use, but differing glaciation and hence weathering histories. The groundwater of both groups bears a strong marine signature, although the Hvaler Islands display less marine influence and a greater degree of water-rock interaction.

[Ground water and health. Reflections based on analysis of water specimens from Hordaland and Vestfold].

Basically, Norway has an ample supply of water. The quality of Norwegian drinking water, however, is threatened, not the least because of pollution of surface water reservoirs. Ground water is better protected against pollution, and sub-surface water sources are being exploited more than before.

Radon, fluoride and 62 elements as determined by ICP-MS in 145 Norwegian hard rock groundwater samples.

Hard rock groundwater (145) samples collected from private drinking water wells in the environs of Oslo and Bergen were analysed for their radon and fluoride contents. A further 62 elements were determined by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). For 59 elements, more than 50% of all concentration values were above the detection limit.