Triple isotope variations of monthly tap water in China

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Tap water isotopic compositions could potentially record information on local climate and water management practices. A new water isotope tracer 17O-excess becomes available in recent years providing additional information of the mechanisms of various hydrological processes. Detailed data records of tap water 17O-excess have not been reported. In this report, monthly tap water samples (n = 652) were collected from December 2014 to November 2015 from 92 sites across China. The isotopic variations (δ2H, δ18O, and δ17O) of tap water were analyzed by a Triple Water Vapor Isotope Analyzer (T-WVIA) based on Off-Axis Integrated Cavity Output Spectroscopy (OA-ICOS) technique and two second-order isotopic variables (d-excess and 17O-excess) were calculated. The geographic location information of the 92 collection sites including latitude, longitude, and elevation were also provided in this dataset. This report presents national-scale tap water isotope dataset at monthly time scale. Researchers and water resource managers who focus on the tap water issues could use them to probe the water source and water management strategies at large spatial scales.

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.919079
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-00685-x
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.919079
Provenance
Creator Tian, Chao; Wang, Lixin ORCID logo; Jiao, Wenzhe ORCID logo; Li, Fadong; Tian, Fuqiang ORCID logo; Zhao, Sihan
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2020
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Representation
Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 3912 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (75.990W, 20.030S, 127.490E, 50.240N)
Temporal Coverage Begin 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z