Drinking Water Standards

Drinking Water Parameters

	WHO Guideline	EU Guideline 98/83/EC	US EPA NPDWS	PAK PSQCA	Spectroquant Test MERCK
Parameter	Conc.	Conc.	Conc.	Conc.	Item	Range
	in mg/l	in mg/l	in mg/l	mg/l max.		in mg/l
Aluminium	0.2	0.2	0,05=0,2	N/D	1.14825	0,02-1,50
Ammonium	1.5	0.5	0.5	N/D	1.14752	0,01-3,50
Antimony	0.5	0.005	0.006	0.005	Application	0,25-8,00
Arsenic	0.01	0.01	0.006	0.010	Application	0,05-0,60
Barium	0.7	N/D	2	1.000	N/A	-
Beryllium	N/D	N/D	0.004	N/D	N/A	-
Baron	0.5	1	N/D	N/D	1.14839	0,05-0800
Bromate	0.025	0.01	0.01	N/D	Application	0,025-1,50
Cadmium	0.003	0.005	0.005	0.003	1.14834	0.01-1,00
Calcium	-	-	-	200	N/A	-
Chloride	250	250	250	250.000	1.14897	2,5-250
Chlorine	0,6-1,0	N/D	4	0.005	1.14828	0,01-7,50
Chlorine Doixide	0.2	N/D	0.8	N/D	1.14732	0,02-5,00
Chlorite	N/D	N/D	1	N/D	N/A	-
Chloroamines	N/D	N/D	4	N/D	N/A	-
Chromium	0.05	0.05	0.1	0.050	1.14552	0,05-2,00
COD	N/D	5 mg/l	N/D	N/D	1.14560	4,0-40,0
Copper	2	2	1.3	1.000	1.14767	0,02-6,00
Cyanide	0.07	0.05	0.2	0.070	1.09701	0,002-0,500
Cyanogen Chloride	0.07	N/D	N/D	N/D	N/A	-
Fluoride	1.5	1.5	4	1.500	1.1498	0,1-20,0
Formaldehyde	0.9	N/D	N/D	N/D	1.14678	0,02-8,00
Haloacetic Acid	N/D	N/D	0.06	N/D	N/A	-
Iron	0.3	0.2	0.3	N/D	1.14761	0,005-5,00
Lead	0.01	0.01	0.015	0.010	1.09717	0,01-5,00
Magnesium	N/D	N/D	N/D	100	N/A	-

Manganese	0.1	0.05	0.05	0.500	1.14770	0,01-10,0
Mercury	0.001	0.001	0.002	0.001	Application	0,025-1,00
Molybdenium	0.07	N/D	N/D	N/D	1.00860	0,02-1,00
Nickel	0.02	0.02	N/D	0.020	1.14785	0,02-5,00
Nitrate, NO3	50	50	44.2	10.000	1.09713	0,4-110,7
Nitrate, NO2	0.5	0.5	3.3	0.020	1.14776	0,016-3,28
P. H.	N/D	N/D	N/D	6.5-8.5	N/A	-
Selenium	0.01	0.01	0.05	0.010	Application	0,05-2,00
Sodium	200	200	N/D	30.000	N/A	-
Sulfate	N/D	250	250	400.000	1.14564	100-1000
Sulfide	0.05	N/D	N/D	N/D	1.14779	0,02-1,50
TDS	N/D	N/D	N/D	100-1000	N/A	-
Hardness	N/D	N/D	N/D	250	N/A	-
Thaillum	N/D	N/D	0.002	N/D	N/A	-
TOC	N/D	N/D	N/D	N/D	1.14878	5,0-80,0
Trihalomethanes	N/D	N/D	0.08	N/D	N/A	-
Turbidity	5 NTU	1 NTU	5 NTU	-	Turbiquant	0,001-10.000
Uranium	0.002	N/D	N/D	N/D	N/A	-
Zinc	3	N/D	5	N/D	1.00861	0,025-1,000
Coliforms	0 cfu/100 ml	0 cfu/100 ml	0 cfu/100 ml	0 cfu/250 ml	Envirocheck	0 cfu/100 ml