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Radium-226 limits and guidelines in Alberta (CA-AB)

25 numeric limits and guidelines for radium-226 held for Alberta and the place above it, from 4 instruments, each cited to its instrument, edition, section or page and quoted text. The register was built from 273 instruments. Everything held for Alberta

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Alberta (CA-AB): 18 rows

ParameterValueUnitStatisticGovernsApplies whenCite
Radium-2260.5Bq/Lgroundwater · guidelineland use: Natural Area
fine-grained soil (50% or more by mass passes a 75 μm sieve)
Tier 1: a generic guideline, applied where the site's conditions are consistent with Tier 1 (s. 5.1.5); otherwise, or where it is exceeded, a Tier 2 guideline or exposure control may replace it		Alberta Tier 1 Soil and Groundwater Remediation Guidelines (June 2024) — Table 2, groundwater
Table 2, Alberta Tier 1 Groundwater Remediation Guidelines, fine soil, Natural Area · p. 45
Radium-2260.5Bq/Lgroundwater · guidelineland use: Agricultural
fine-grained soil (50% or more by mass passes a 75 μm sieve)
Tier 1: a generic guideline, applied where the site's conditions are consistent with Tier 1 (s. 5.1.5); otherwise, or where it is exceeded, a Tier 2 guideline or exposure control may replace it		Alberta Tier 1 Soil and Groundwater Remediation Guidelines (June 2024) — Table 2, groundwater
Table 2, Alberta Tier 1 Groundwater Remediation Guidelines, fine soil, Agricultural · p. 45
Radium-2260.5Bq/Lgroundwater · guidelineland use: Residential/Parkland
fine-grained soil (50% or more by mass passes a 75 μm sieve)
Tier 1: a generic guideline, applied where the site's conditions are consistent with Tier 1 (s. 5.1.5); otherwise, or where it is exceeded, a Tier 2 guideline or exposure control may replace it		Alberta Tier 1 Soil and Groundwater Remediation Guidelines (June 2024) — Table 2, groundwater
Table 2, Alberta Tier 1 Groundwater Remediation Guidelines, fine soil, Residential/Parkland · p. 45
Radium-2260.5Bq/Lgroundwater · guidelineland use: Commercial/Industrial
fine-grained soil (50% or more by mass passes a 75 μm sieve)
Tier 1: a generic guideline, applied where the site's conditions are consistent with Tier 1 (s. 5.1.5); otherwise, or where it is exceeded, a Tier 2 guideline or exposure control may replace it		Alberta Tier 1 Soil and Groundwater Remediation Guidelines (June 2024) — Table 2, groundwater
Table 2, Alberta Tier 1 Groundwater Remediation Guidelines, fine soil, Commercial/Industrial · p. 45
Radium-2260.5Bq/Lgroundwater · guidelineland use: Natural Area
coarse-grained soil (less than 50% by mass passes a 75 μm sieve)
Tier 1: a generic guideline, applied where the site's conditions are consistent with Tier 1 (s. 5.1.5); otherwise, or where it is exceeded, a Tier 2 guideline or exposure control may replace it		Alberta Tier 1 Soil and Groundwater Remediation Guidelines (June 2024) — Table 2, groundwater
Table 2, Alberta Tier 1 Groundwater Remediation Guidelines, coarse soil, Natural Area · p. 45
Radium-2260.5Bq/Lgroundwater · guidelineland use: Agricultural
coarse-grained soil (less than 50% by mass passes a 75 μm sieve)
Tier 1: a generic guideline, applied where the site's conditions are consistent with Tier 1 (s. 5.1.5); otherwise, or where it is exceeded, a Tier 2 guideline or exposure control may replace it		Alberta Tier 1 Soil and Groundwater Remediation Guidelines (June 2024) — Table 2, groundwater
Table 2, Alberta Tier 1 Groundwater Remediation Guidelines, coarse soil, Agricultural · p. 45
Radium-2260.5Bq/Lgroundwater · guidelineland use: Residential/Parkland
coarse-grained soil (less than 50% by mass passes a 75 μm sieve)
Tier 1: a generic guideline, applied where the site's conditions are consistent with Tier 1 (s. 5.1.5); otherwise, or where it is exceeded, a Tier 2 guideline or exposure control may replace it		Alberta Tier 1 Soil and Groundwater Remediation Guidelines (June 2024) — Table 2, groundwater
Table 2, Alberta Tier 1 Groundwater Remediation Guidelines, coarse soil, Residential/Parkland · p. 45
Radium-2260.5Bq/Lgroundwater · guidelineland use: Commercial/Industrial
coarse-grained soil (less than 50% by mass passes a 75 μm sieve)
Tier 1: a generic guideline, applied where the site's conditions are consistent with Tier 1 (s. 5.1.5); otherwise, or where it is exceeded, a Tier 2 guideline or exposure control may replace it		Alberta Tier 1 Soil and Groundwater Remediation Guidelines (June 2024) — Table 2, groundwater
Table 2, Alberta Tier 1 Groundwater Remediation Guidelines, coarse soil, Commercial/Industrial · p. 45
Radium-226 (in equilibrium with its progeny)0.3Bq/gsoil · guidelineland use: Natural Area
fine-grained soil (50% or more by mass passes a 75 μm sieve)
Tier 1: a generic guideline, applied where the site's conditions are consistent with Tier 1 (s. 5.1.5); otherwise, or where it is exceeded, a Tier 2 guideline or exposure control may replace it		Alberta Tier 1 Soil and Groundwater Remediation Guidelines (June 2024) — Tables 1, 3 and 4, soil
Table 1, Alberta Tier 1 Soil Remediation Guidelines, fine soil, Natural Area · p. 38
Radium-226 (in equilibrium with its progeny)0.3Bq/gsoil · guidelineland use: Agricultural
fine-grained soil (50% or more by mass passes a 75 μm sieve)
Tier 1: a generic guideline, applied where the site's conditions are consistent with Tier 1 (s. 5.1.5); otherwise, or where it is exceeded, a Tier 2 guideline or exposure control may replace it		Alberta Tier 1 Soil and Groundwater Remediation Guidelines (June 2024) — Tables 1, 3 and 4, soil
Table 1, Alberta Tier 1 Soil Remediation Guidelines, fine soil, Agricultural · p. 38
Radium-226 (in equilibrium with its progeny)0.3Bq/gsoil · guidelineland use: Residential/Parkland
fine-grained soil (50% or more by mass passes a 75 μm sieve)
Tier 1: a generic guideline, applied where the site's conditions are consistent with Tier 1 (s. 5.1.5); otherwise, or where it is exceeded, a Tier 2 guideline or exposure control may replace it		Alberta Tier 1 Soil and Groundwater Remediation Guidelines (June 2024) — Tables 1, 3 and 4, soil
Table 1, Alberta Tier 1 Soil Remediation Guidelines, fine soil, Residential/Parkland · p. 38
Radium-226 (in equilibrium with its progeny)0.3Bq/gsoil · guidelineland use: Commercial
fine-grained soil (50% or more by mass passes a 75 μm sieve)
Tier 1: a generic guideline, applied where the site's conditions are consistent with Tier 1 (s. 5.1.5); otherwise, or where it is exceeded, a Tier 2 guideline or exposure control may replace it		Alberta Tier 1 Soil and Groundwater Remediation Guidelines (June 2024) — Tables 1, 3 and 4, soil
Table 1, Alberta Tier 1 Soil Remediation Guidelines, fine soil, Commercial · p. 38
Radium-226 (in equilibrium with its progeny)0.3Bq/gsoil · guidelineland use: Industrial
fine-grained soil (50% or more by mass passes a 75 μm sieve)
Tier 1: a generic guideline, applied where the site's conditions are consistent with Tier 1 (s. 5.1.5); otherwise, or where it is exceeded, a Tier 2 guideline or exposure control may replace it		Alberta Tier 1 Soil and Groundwater Remediation Guidelines (June 2024) — Tables 1, 3 and 4, soil
Table 1, Alberta Tier 1 Soil Remediation Guidelines, fine soil, Industrial · p. 38
Radium-226 (in equilibrium with its progeny)0.3Bq/gsoil · guidelineland use: Natural Area
coarse-grained soil (less than 50% by mass passes a 75 μm sieve)
Tier 1: a generic guideline, applied where the site's conditions are consistent with Tier 1 (s. 5.1.5); otherwise, or where it is exceeded, a Tier 2 guideline or exposure control may replace it		Alberta Tier 1 Soil and Groundwater Remediation Guidelines (June 2024) — Tables 1, 3 and 4, soil
Table 1, Alberta Tier 1 Soil Remediation Guidelines, coarse soil, Natural Area · p. 38
Radium-226 (in equilibrium with its progeny)0.3Bq/gsoil · guidelineland use: Agricultural
coarse-grained soil (less than 50% by mass passes a 75 μm sieve)
Tier 1: a generic guideline, applied where the site's conditions are consistent with Tier 1 (s. 5.1.5); otherwise, or where it is exceeded, a Tier 2 guideline or exposure control may replace it		Alberta Tier 1 Soil and Groundwater Remediation Guidelines (June 2024) — Tables 1, 3 and 4, soil
Table 1, Alberta Tier 1 Soil Remediation Guidelines, coarse soil, Agricultural · p. 38
Radium-226 (in equilibrium with its progeny)0.3Bq/gsoil · guidelineland use: Residential/Parkland
coarse-grained soil (less than 50% by mass passes a 75 μm sieve)
Tier 1: a generic guideline, applied where the site's conditions are consistent with Tier 1 (s. 5.1.5); otherwise, or where it is exceeded, a Tier 2 guideline or exposure control may replace it		Alberta Tier 1 Soil and Groundwater Remediation Guidelines (June 2024) — Tables 1, 3 and 4, soil
Table 1, Alberta Tier 1 Soil Remediation Guidelines, coarse soil, Residential/Parkland · p. 38
Radium-226 (in equilibrium with its progeny)0.3Bq/gsoil · guidelineland use: Commercial
coarse-grained soil (less than 50% by mass passes a 75 μm sieve)
Tier 1: a generic guideline, applied where the site's conditions are consistent with Tier 1 (s. 5.1.5); otherwise, or where it is exceeded, a Tier 2 guideline or exposure control may replace it		Alberta Tier 1 Soil and Groundwater Remediation Guidelines (June 2024) — Tables 1, 3 and 4, soil
Table 1, Alberta Tier 1 Soil Remediation Guidelines, coarse soil, Commercial · p. 38
Radium-226 (in equilibrium with its progeny)0.3Bq/gsoil · guidelineland use: Industrial
coarse-grained soil (less than 50% by mass passes a 75 μm sieve)
Tier 1: a generic guideline, applied where the site's conditions are consistent with Tier 1 (s. 5.1.5); otherwise, or where it is exceeded, a Tier 2 guideline or exposure control may replace it		Alberta Tier 1 Soil and Groundwater Remediation Guidelines (June 2024) — Tables 1, 3 and 4, soil
Table 1, Alberta Tier 1 Soil Remediation Guidelines, coarse soil, Industrial · p. 38

Canada (CA): 7 rows

ParameterValueUnitStatisticGovernsApplies whenCite
Radium-2265Bq/Ldrinking water · guidelinedrinking water (a guideline, not a regulation: each province and territory decides whether, and how, it binds there)Health Canada
Table 3, Radiological Parameters (published 2025)
Radium-226 (2025) 5 Naturally occurring
Radium 2260.37 Bq/LBq/Lmonthly averageeffluent · limitcites: MDMER
route: direct
a metal mine (or, since June 1, 2018, a diamond mine) whose final discharge points deposit more than 50 m3 of effluent per day (s. 2(1))
a mine to which the Regulations apply for the first time on or after June 1, 2021, or a recognized closed mine that returns to commercial operation on or after that day (s. 4(1)(a)(i))		Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations (SOR/2002-222)
Schedule 4, Table 1 — Column 2: maximum authorized monthly mean concentration
6 Zinc 0.40 mg/L 0.60 mg/L 0.80 mg/L 7 Suspended Solids 15.00 mg/L 22.50 mg/L 30.00 mg/L 8 Radium 226 0.37 Bq/L 0.74 Bq/L 1.11 Bq/L
Radium 2260.74 Bq/LBq/Lcomposite sampleeffluent · limitcites: MDMER
route: direct
a metal mine (or, since June 1, 2018, a diamond mine) whose final discharge points deposit more than 50 m3 of effluent per day (s. 2(1))
a mine to which the Regulations apply for the first time on or after June 1, 2021, or a recognized closed mine that returns to commercial operation on or after that day (s. 4(1)(a)(i))		Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations (SOR/2002-222)
Schedule 4, Table 1 — Column 3: maximum authorized concentration in a composite sample
6 Zinc 0.40 mg/L 0.60 mg/L 0.80 mg/L 7 Suspended Solids 15.00 mg/L 22.50 mg/L 30.00 mg/L 8 Radium 226 0.37 Bq/L 0.74 Bq/L 1.11 Bq/L
Radium 2261.11 Bq/LBq/Linstantaneouseffluent · limitcites: MDMER
route: direct
a metal mine (or, since June 1, 2018, a diamond mine) whose final discharge points deposit more than 50 m3 of effluent per day (s. 2(1))
a mine to which the Regulations apply for the first time on or after June 1, 2021, or a recognized closed mine that returns to commercial operation on or after that day (s. 4(1)(a)(i))		Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations (SOR/2002-222)
Schedule 4, Table 1 — Column 4: maximum authorized concentration in a grab sample
6 Zinc 0.40 mg/L 0.60 mg/L 0.80 mg/L 7 Suspended Solids 15.00 mg/L 22.50 mg/L 30.00 mg/L 8 Radium 226 0.37 Bq/L 0.74 Bq/L 1.11 Bq/L
Radium 2260.37 Bq/LBq/Lmonthly averageeffluent · limitcites: MDMER
route: direct
a metal mine (or, since June 1, 2018, a diamond mine) whose final discharge points deposit more than 50 m3 of effluent per day (s. 2(1))
any other mine (s. 4(1)(a)(ii))		Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations (SOR/2002-222)
Schedule 4, Table 2 — Column 2: maximum authorized monthly mean concentration
6 Zinc 0.50 mg/L 0.75 mg/L 1.00 mg/L 7 Suspended Solids 15.00 mg/L 22.50 mg/L 30.00 mg/L 8 Radium 226 0.37 Bq/L 0.74 Bq/L 1.11 Bq/L
Radium 2260.74 Bq/LBq/Lcomposite sampleeffluent · limitcites: MDMER
route: direct
a metal mine (or, since June 1, 2018, a diamond mine) whose final discharge points deposit more than 50 m3 of effluent per day (s. 2(1))
any other mine (s. 4(1)(a)(ii))		Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations (SOR/2002-222)
Schedule 4, Table 2 — Column 3: maximum authorized concentration in a composite sample
6 Zinc 0.50 mg/L 0.75 mg/L 1.00 mg/L 7 Suspended Solids 15.00 mg/L 22.50 mg/L 30.00 mg/L 8 Radium 226 0.37 Bq/L 0.74 Bq/L 1.11 Bq/L
Radium 2261.11 Bq/LBq/Linstantaneouseffluent · limitcites: MDMER
route: direct
a metal mine (or, since June 1, 2018, a diamond mine) whose final discharge points deposit more than 50 m3 of effluent per day (s. 2(1))
any other mine (s. 4(1)(a)(ii))		Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations (SOR/2002-222)
Schedule 4, Table 2 — Column 4: maximum authorized concentration in a grab sample
6 Zinc 0.50 mg/L 0.75 mg/L 1.00 mg/L 7 Suspended Solids 15.00 mg/L 22.50 mg/L 30.00 mg/L 8 Radium 226 0.37 Bq/L 0.74 Bq/L 1.11 Bq/L

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Every instrument we hold for Alberta (CA-AB) and the place above it, Canada (CA): 16 instruments, for every parameter name matching “radium 226”: radium 226, radium 226 and 228, radium 226 radium 228, radium 226 and radium 228, radium 226 and 228 combined, combined radium 226 and radium 228, radium 226 and radium 228 combined, radium 226 radium 228 combined total, radium 226 radium 228 combined dissolved, radioactive substances combined radium 226 and 228, gross alpha particles including radium 226 but not radon or uranium, gross alpha particle activity including radium 226 excluding radon and uranium, and 2 more (in the JSON).

  1. Alberta Tier 1 Soil and Groundwater Remediation Guidelines (June 2024) — Tables 1, 3 and 4, soil · Alberta Environment and Protected Areas (Lands Policy and Programs Branch) · Updated June 27, 2024 (EPA, Lands Policy, 2024, No. 1; ISBN 978-1-4601-6067-1): previous editions replaced · source sha256 4120380f36f55c677bac749c5e7150f233f781497bec9cd56a56f1f239bdae3f — 10 rows here
  2. Alberta Tier 1 Soil and Groundwater Remediation Guidelines (June 2024) — Table 2, groundwater · Alberta Environment and Protected Areas (Lands Policy and Programs Branch) · Updated June 27, 2024 (EPA, Lands Policy, 2024, No. 1; ISBN 978-1-4601-6067-1): previous editions replaced · source sha256 4120380f36f55c677bac749c5e7150f233f781497bec9cd56a56f1f239bdae3f — 8 rows here
  3. Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations (SOR/2002-222) — Schedule 4, maximum authorized concentrations · Government of Canada (Fisheries Act; Environment and Climate Change Canada) · Justice Laws Website, current to 2026-09-21 · source sha256 2c6e0151d3776378f73df4868ca98052882ee81faf9738bbeba6f5d544b648fe — 6 rows here
  4. Health Canada — Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality, Summary Tables 1-3 (microbiological, chemical and physical, radiological) · Health Canada, with the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on Drinking Water · page modified 2026-01-21 (dcterms.modified; issued 2014-10-22): Tables 1-3 as the browser pane rendered them on 2026-10-15 · source sha256 9451ad8bfa566c0625ae4fcb362272cbb0e20040c548540f362488118c300b89 — 1 row here
12 instruments searched with no row for it
  1. Environmental Quality Guidelines for Alberta Surface Waters (March 28, 2018) — Table 1, protection of freshwater aquatic life, long-term (chronic) and short-term (acute) · Government of Alberta, Alberta Environment and Parks · March 28, 2018 (Alberta Environment and Parks) · source sha256 8d128a9d2efe359b62626cb0055d2ab7026328ef88a8afa3b5ed197c0b788d54 — no row here
  2. Standards and Guidelines for Municipal Waterworks, Wastewater and Storm Drainage Systems, Part 3: Wastewater Systems Standards for Performance and Design (Alberta, March 2013) — Tables 3.1 and 3.2, made binding by the Wastewater and Storm Drainage Regulation (Alta Reg 119/1993) s. 5 · Government of Alberta (Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act) · Part 3, March 2013 (Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development); the Regulation: AR 119/1993 office consolidation current as of October 17, 2012 · source sha256 41e6413ad6f152faa3d782d703a84a5cb0f4e163e947e1f7c35aed1c5612ea0f — no row here
  3. Canadian Ambient Air Quality Standards (CAAQS), environmental quality objectives under CEPA 1999 ss. 54(1) and 55(1): Objectives for Ambient PM2.5 and Ozone, Annex paras 1-4 and footnotes 1-2, Canada Gazette Part I, Vol. 147, No. 21, May 25, 2013 · Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 147, Number 21: GOVERNMENT NOTICES May 25, 2013 · source — no row here
  4. CCME — Soil Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Environmental and Human Health (Summary Table, as served 2026-09-24) · Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) · Summary Table · source sha256 f484a5f2a2dfcb5a4257763c853fc8dc810788cec54c75355b30ec194e2f7499 — no row here
  5. CCME Canadian Water Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life — freshwater and marine, short and long term · Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) · Summary Table (as served 2026-09-24; each guideline carries its own year) · source sha256 f484a5f2a2dfcb5a4257763c853fc8dc810788cec54c75355b30ec194e2f7499 — no row here
  6. Fisheries Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. F-14), s. 36(3) — no deposit of a deleterious substance in water frequented by fish; no value printed · Government of Canada (Fisheries Act; Environment and Climate Change Canada administers s. 36) · Justice Laws Website, current to 2026-09-21, last amended 2024-11-27 · source sha256 db95b0a149728b0f0b1e1b1314d87ecdf46a91e1edfec4a7006fc3cbe0080bd6 — no row here
  7. Health Canada, Objective for Canadian drinking water quality — per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (published 2024-08-09) · Health Canada · Objective value · source sha256 32a42a0d382cdd90729dd9750f47889782bd00d4af8dfd34f2b9aaf6f2678c6c — no row here
  8. Meat and Poultry Products Plant Liquid Effluent Regulations (C.R.C., c. 818) — Schedule I authorized deposits · Government of Canada (Fisheries Act; Environment and Climate Change Canada) · Justice Laws Website, current to 2026-09-21 · source sha256 c60e2a2dfa9a10c2ddd314b391bf66215ad599732f38b4c5a15fe793d8c28841 — no row here
  9. Potato Processing Plant Liquid Effluent Regulations (C.R.C., c. 829) — Schedule I authorized deposits · Government of Canada (Fisheries Act; Environment and Climate Change Canada) · Justice Laws Website, current to 2026-09-21 · source sha256 691ca3953a6dd6ae66b4c72737944caa68ed76710447df642a16716dd25027a3 — no row here
  10. Pulp and Paper Effluent Regulations (SOR/92-269) — s. 14 maximum BOD and suspended solids · Government of Canada (Fisheries Act; Environment and Climate Change Canada) · Justice Laws Website, current to 2026-09-21 · source sha256 cc8432e6a4dd1834ff4dd43d5b5fb98f09b1f7af7952e36154febcc649504eb4 — no row here
  11. Petroleum Refinery Liquid Effluent Regulations (C.R.C., c. 828) — Schedule I authorized deposits · Government of Canada (Fisheries Act; Environment and Climate Change Canada) · Justice Laws Website, current to 2026-09-21 · source sha256 30e528bdc3a3546afb3defff4dae9b1dacb362e192680e127bd788d7f97c8ce8 — no row here
  12. Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations (SOR/2012-139) — s. 6 effluent quality · Government of Canada (Fisheries Act; Environment and Climate Change Canada) · Justice Laws Website, current to 2026-09-21, last amended 2026-06-04 · source sha256 0a60e10f783f7aca672792303dffcca1525133eb34eb32711543cb3cf4bbb955 — no row here

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