Vol. 2, Issue 1, Part A (2020)

Abstract: The study of the committed effective dose from drinking water available to Anyigba dwellers have been carried out using a background Gasless Alpha-Beta Counting System (Protean Instrument Corporation) – MPC 2000DP. The gross alpha and gross beta activity concentrations of the collected water samples were below the safe limits of 0.5 Bq/l and 1 Bq/l respectively, as recommended by the world health organization (WHO). Also, results of the committed effective dose calculated were all below the reference dose level (RDL) of 0.1mSv/yr. Hence, Anyigba dwellers are radiologically safe as they consume their water from the various sources studied in this research work.