Parameter Group RECOMMENDED RAW WATER QUALITY DRINKING WATER QUALITY STANDARDS Acceptable Value (mg/litre (unless otherwise stated)) Maximum Acceptable Value (mg/litre (unless otherwise stated)) Total Coliform 1 5000 MPN / 100 ml 0 in 100 ml E.coli 1 5000 MPN / 100 m 0 in 100 m Turbidity 1 1000 NTU 5 NTU Color 1 300 TCU 15 TCU pH 1 5.5 - 9.0 6.5 - 9.0 Free Residual Chlorine 1 - 0.2 - 5.0 Combined...
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Parameter |
Group |
RECOMMENDED RAW WATER QUALITY |
DRINKING WATER QUALITY STANDARDS |
|
Acceptable Value (mg/litre (unless otherwise stated)) |
Maximum Acceptable Value (mg/litre (unless otherwise stated)) |
|
Total Coliform |
1 |
5000 MPN / 100 ml |
0 in 100 ml |
|
E.coli |
1 |
5000 MPN / 100 m |
0 in 100 m |
|
Turbidity |
1 |
1000 NTU |
5 NTU |
|
Color |
1 |
300 TCU |
15 TCU |
|
pH |
1 |
5.5 – 9.0 |
6.5 – 9.0 |
|
Free Residual Chlorine |
1 |
– |
0.2 – 5.0 |
|
Combined Chlorine |
1 |
– |
Not Less Than 1.0 |
|
Temperature |
1 |
– |
– |
|
Clostridium perfringens (including spores) |
1 |
– |
Absent |
|
Coliform bacteria |
1 |
– |
– |
|
Colony count 22° |
1 |
– |
– |
|
Conductivity |
1 |
– |
– |
|
Enterococci |
1 |
– |
– |
|
Odour |
1 |
– |
– |
|
Taste |
1 |
– |
– |
|
Oxidisability |
1 |
– |
– |
|
Total Dissolved Solids |
2 |
1500 |
1000 |
|
Chloride |
2 |
250 |
250 |
|
Ammonia |
2 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
|
Nitrat |
2 |
10 |
10 |
|
Ferum/Iron |
2 |
1.0 |
0.3 |
|
Fluoride |
2 |
1.5 |
0.4 – 0.6 |
|
Hardness |
2 |
500 |
500 |
|
Aluminium |
2 |
– |
0.2 |
|
Manganese |
2 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
|
Chemical Oxygen Demand |
2 |
10 |
– |
|
Anionic Detergent MBAS |
2 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
|
Biological Oxygen Demand |
2 |
6 |
– |
|
Nitrite |
2 |
– |
– |
|
Total organic carbon (TOC) |
2 |
– |
– |
|
Mercury |
3 |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Cadmium |
3 |
0.003 |
0.003 |
|
Arsenic |
3 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
|
Cyanide |
3 |
0.07 |
0.07 |
|
Plumbum/Lead |
3 |
0.05 |
0.01 |
|
Chromium |
3 |
0.05 |
0.05 |
|
Cuprum/Copper |
3 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
|
Zinc |
3 |
3 |
3 |
|
Natrium/Sodium |
3 |
200 |
200 |
|
Sulphate |
3 |
250 |
250 |
|
Selenium |
3 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
|
Argentum |
3 |
0.05 |
0.05 |
|
Magnesium |
3 |
150 |
150 |
|
Mineral Oil |
3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
|
Chloroform |
3 |
– |
0.2 |
|
Bromoform |
3 |
– |
0.1 |
|
Dibromoklorometana |
3 |
– |
0.1 |
|
Bromodiklorometana |
3 |
– |
0.06 |
|
Fenol/Phenol |
3 |
0.002 |
0.002 |
|
Antimony |
3 |
– |
0.005 |
|
Nickel |
3 |
– |
0.02 |
|
Dibromoacetonitrile |
3 |
– |
0.1 |
|
Dichloroacetic acid |
3 |
– |
0.05 |
|
Dichloroacetonitrile |
3 |
– |
0.09 |
|
Trichloroacetic acid |
3 |
– |
0.1 |
|
Trichloroacetonitrile |
3 |
– |
0.001 |
|
Trihalomethanes – Total |
3 |
– |
1.00 |
|
Aldrin / Dealdrin |
4 |
0.00003 |
0.00003 |
|
DDT |
4 |
0.002 |
0.002 |
|
Heptachlor & Heptachlor Epoxide |
4 |
0.00003 |
0.00003 |
|
Methoxychlor |
4 |
0.02 |
0.02 |
|
Lindane |
4 |
0.002 |
0.002 |
|
Chlordane |
4 |
0.0002 |
0.0002 |
|
Endosulfan |
4 |
0.03 |
0.03 |
|
Hexachlorobenzena |
4 |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
1,2-dichloroethane |
4 |
– |
0.03 |
|
2,4,5-T |
4 |
– |
0.009 |
|
2,4,6-trichlorophenol |
4 |
– |
0.2 |
|
2,4-D |
4 |
0.03 |
0.03 |
|
2,4-DB |
4 |
– |
0.09 |
|
2,4-dichlorophenol |
4 |
– |
0.09 |
|
Acrylamide |
4 |
– |
0.0005 |
|
Alachlor |
4 |
– |
0.02 |
|
Aldicarb |
4 |
– |
0.01 |
|
Benzene |
4 |
– |
0.01 |
|
Carbofuran |
4 |
– |
0.007 |
|
MCPA |
4 |
– |
0.002 |
|
Pendimethalin |
4 |
– |
0.02 |
|
Pentachlorophenol |
4 |
– |
0.009 |
|
Permethrin |
4 |
– |
0.02 |
|
Pesticides |
4 |
– |
– |
|
Pesticides – Total |
4 |
– |
– |
|
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
4 |
– |
– |
|
Propanil |
4 |
– |
0.02 |
|
Tetrachloroethene and Trichloroethene |
4 |
– |
– |
|
Vinyl chloride |
4 |
– |
0.005 |
|
Gross alpha (α) |
5 |
0.1Bq/l |
0.1Bq/l |
|
Gross beta (β) |
5 |
1.0 Bq/l |
1.0 Bq/l |
|
Tritium |
5 |
– |
– |
|
Total indicative dose |
5 |
– |
– |
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