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Figure 7. Map of the average arsenic concentration (mg/L) in water from tubewells less than 30.5 m (100 feet) bgs.
Figure 12. Map of the average chloride concentration (mg/L) in water from tubewells less than 30.5 m (100 feet) bgs.
In addition to dissolution in a reducing environment, arsenic might also be released as arsenate or arsenite by anion exchange with chloride.
This hypothesis is supported by the correlation of arsenic and chloride concentrations shown in Figures 7 and 12.
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