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Correction: Manawi et al. Evaluation of the Radon Levels in the Groundwater Wells of Qatar: Radiological Risk Assessment. Water 2023, 15, 4026

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submitted on 2024-09-19, 10:27 and posted on 2024-09-24, 05:31 authored by Yehia Manawi, Ayesha Ahmad, Mosab Subeh, Mohammad Hushari, Sayed Bukhari, Huda Al-Sulaiti

Correction to: Evaluation of the Radon Levels in the Groundwater Wells of Qatar: Radiological Risk Assessment https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w15224026, published online 14 August 2024.

In the original publication [1], there was a mistake in Figure 3b and Table 2 as published. The figure and table did not have correct pH, EC and TDS values for three groundwater wells. Table 2 now presents the correct values for groundwater wells in Qatar. Additionally, there have been modifications to the statistical analysis following the changes in the corrected physical parameters values.

In addition, there was a mistake in the legend/caption for Figure 7. The words “logarithmic axis” were not included in the caption. The correct legend appears below: Figure 7. The correlation between radon gas concentration in groundwater and (a) pH and (b) TDS (logarithmic axis).The results and discussion part concerning the physical parameters range which was just updated needs to be amended in order to reflect the changes in the physical parameters. A correction has been made to Results and Discussions, Physico-Chemical Parameters (pH and SEC), paragraph 5: The analyzed groundwater wells in the present study showed a TDS range between 711.7 ± 34 and 31,535 ± 175 mg/L.A correction has been made to Results and Discussions, Physico-Chemical Parameters (pH and SEC), paragraph 1: With regard to pH, the pH of all the studied samples was found to almost fall within the WHO/Qatari drinking water standards.The correlation coefficients of Figure 7a must be updated in order to reflect the changes in the physical parameters updated earlier. A correction has been made to Results and Discussions, Radon measurement, paragraph 2: This can be supported by observing the coefficients of determination (R2) for both plots, which were 0.067 and 0.094.The authors state that the scientific conclusions are unaffected. This correction was approved by the Academic Editor. The original publication has also been updated.

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  1. Manawi, Y.; Ahmad, A.; Subeh, M.; Hushari, M.; Bukhari, S.; Al-Sulaiti, H. Evaluation of the Radon Levels in the Groundwater Wells of Qatar: Radiological Risk Assessment. Water 2023, 15, 4026. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]

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Published in: Water
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
See article on publisher's website: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w16060839

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Qatar National Research Fund (NPRP 7-330-1-056), Studying Radioactivity and heavy metals in Ground and sea-Water and Health Risk Assessment of General Public in STATE of QATAR due to different consumption.

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Language

  • English

Publisher

MDPI

Publication Year

  • 2024

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Institution affiliated with

  • Hamad Bin Khalifa University
  • Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute - HBKU
  • Ministry of Environment and Climate Change

Geographic coverage

Qatar

Related Publications

Manawi, Y., Ahmad, A., Subeh, M., Hushari, M., Bukhari, S., & Al-Sulaiti, H. (2023). Evaluation of the Radon Levels in the Groundwater Wells of Qatar: Radiological Risk Assessment. Water, 15(22), 4026. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15224026