铀自然存在于环境中。如果存在于饮用水中，80%的 我们每天摄入的铀总量可以从饮用水中获得。目前没有 欧盟（EU）有饮用水中铀的标准。建议 世界卫生组织（WHO）已做出更严格的参考 饮用水中的铀含量；这是有可能的 长期纳入英国法规。 英国的Severn Trent Water（STW）审查并确定了存在风险的水源。 STW委托进行了一项研究，以确定合适的吸附剂或 用于去除铀的离子交换树脂。这表明一种强碱阴离子 交换树脂表现出最大的铀去除能力。 使用强碱阴离子交换树脂的试验随后在实验室进行 地下水源含铀量在13至19µg/l之间。 首字母 该树脂称，16000床体积（BV）的处理运行表明铀没有突破 用5%氯化钠再生。第二次治疗达到265000例 BV没有铀的任何重大突破。再生后，性能 在11个月的时间里进行了监测。再次进行再生树脂的测试 非常好，对树脂去除铀的能力影响最小。之后 300000床体积经处理的地下水中的铀含量<3µg/l。 已成功地从饮用水中去除铀；最佳实践 目前正在审查一座全尺寸核电站的运行情况。STW的重点是废物 处置被吸附的铀可以以水的形式处理，可以是频繁处理，也可以是快速处理 不经常取决于再生间隔，或作为没有再生的固体 正在发生。包括表格、数字。

Uranium is naturally present in the environment. Where present in potable water, 80% of our total daily intake of uranium can be derived from drinking water. Currently no European Union (EU) standards exist for uranium in drinking water. Recommendations have been made by the World Health Organization (WHO) for a more rigorous reference level for uranium in drinking water supplies; there is the possibility that this will be incorporated in United Kingdom regulations in the long term. Severn Trent Water (STW) in the United Kingdom reviewed and identified water sources at risk. STW commissioned a study to identify suitable adsorbents or ion exchange resins for removal of uranium. This identified that a strong base anion exchange resin exhibited the greatest capacity for uranium removal. Trials using strong base anion exchange resins were subsequently carried out at a groundwater source containing uranium levels between 13 and 19 µg/l. An initial treatment run of 16,000 bed volumes (BV), showed no uranium breakthrough, the resin was regenerated with 5% sodium chloride. A second run achieved treatment of 265,000 BV without any significant breakthrough of uranium. After regeneration, the performance was monitored over a period of 11 months. The regenerated resin again performed exceptionally well with minimal impact on the resin's capacity to remove uranium. After 300,000 bed volumes the uranium level in the treated groundwater was <3 µg/l. Successful uranium removal from drinking water has been established; the best practice for operating a full scale plant is currently under review. STW's focus is on waste disposal; adsorbed uranium can be disposed of in an aqueous form either frequently or infrequently depending on regeneration intervals, or as a solid with no regeneration taking place. Includes tables, figures.