title: Variations of bromide in potable ground water in the United States.
abstract: Concentrations of bromide in potable ground water that has <10 mg/L chloride range from 0.0032 to 0.058 mg/L with a median value of 0.016 mg/L. The chloride/bromide mass ratio for the same water ranges from 43 to 285 with a median value of 101. The ratios, which resulted from screening approximately 165 analyses of water from 32 locations in 24 states in the United States, show a distinct geographic variation with highest values near the coast and trending toward a value of approximately 50 in the continental interior.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA. sndavis@u.arizona.edu
authors.forename: Stanley N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: June T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Fabryka-Martin
authors.forename: Laura E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Wolfsberg
mesh_terms: D001965:Bromides / Q000032:analysis*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D012987:Soil; D014481:United States; D014881:Water Supply
chemical_list: D001965:Bromides; D012987:Soil