Comparison Of International Drinking Water Guidelines - Hach DR2400 Manual

Chemical Analysis

3.7 Comparison of International Drinking Water Guidelines

Table 13 Comparison of International Drinking Water and FDA Bottled Water Guidelines
USEPA
Maximum
Parameter
Contaminant
Level (MCL)
Aluminum 0.05–0.2 mg/L
Ammonium
Antimony 0.006 mg/L
Arsenic 0.05 mg/L
Barium 2.0 mg/L
Boron
Cadmium 0.005 mg/L
Chloride 250 mg/L
Chromium 0.1 mg/L
Coliforms, total
≤% positive
Organisms/100 mL
Coliforms (E. coli)
Organisms/100 mL
Color 15 cu
Copper 1.3 mg/L
Cyanides 0.2 mg/L
Fluoride 2.0-4.0 mg/L
Hardness
Iron 0.3 mg/L
Lead 0.015 mg/L
Manganese 0.05 mg/L
Mercury 0.002 mg/L
Molybdenum
Nickel 0.1 mg/L
Nitrate/Nitrite, total 10.0 mg/L as N
Nitrates 10.0 mg/L as N
Nitrites 1 mg/L as N
Odor 3 TON
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Maximum
Acceptable
Concentration
7
0.025 mg/L
1.0 mg/L
5.0 mg/L
0.005 mg/L
7
250 mg/L
0.05 mg/L
0
0 0
7
15 cu
7
1.0 mg/L
0.2 mg/L
7
1.5 mg/L
7
0.3 mg/L
0.01 mg/L
0.05 mg/L
0.001 mg/L
10.0 mg/L as N
3.2 mg/L
9
4 5
EEC Japan
Maximum Maximum
Admissible Admissible
Concentration Concentration
0.2 mg/L 0.2 mg/L
0.5 mg/L No standard
0.01 mg/L 0.002 mg/L
0.05 mg/L 0.01 mg/L
No standard No standard
1.0 mg/L 0.2 mg/L
0.005 mg/L 0.01 mg/L
250 mg/L 200 mg/L
0.05 mg/L 0.05 mg/L
0 or MPN ≤1
0
0 0
20 mg Pt-Co/L 5 cu
2.0 mg/L 1.0 mg/L
0.05 mg/L 0.01 mg/L
0.7-1.5 mg/L 0.8 mg/L
50 mg/L 300 mg/L
0.2 mg/L 0.3 mg/L
0.01 mg/L 0.05 mg/L
0.01–0.05
0.05 mg/L
mg/L
0.001 mg/L 0.0005 mg/L
0.07 mg/L
0.02 mg/L 0.01 mg/L
10.0 mg/L as N
50 mg/L 10 mg/L as N
0.1 mg/L 10 mg/L
2 dilution no.
@ 12 °C;
3 TON
3 dilution no.
@ 25 °C.
1
Bottled Water
U.S. Federal
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WHO
Guideline
Administration
0.2 mg/L
1.5 mg/L
8
0.005 mg/L
0.01 mg/L 0.05 mg/L
0.7 mg/L 2.0 mg/L
8
0.3 mg/L
0.003 mg/L 0.005 mg/L
250 mg/L
0.05 mg/L 0.1 mg/L
≤1 MF
0
0
15 cu <15 cu
1–2 mg/L 1.0 mg/L
0.07 mg/L
1.5 mg/L
0.3 mg/L
0.01 mg/L 0.005 mg/L
0.1–0.5 mg/L
0.001 mg/L 0.002 mg/L
0.07 mg/L
8
0.02 mg/L
10 mg/L as N
50 mg/L as
-
NO
3
3 mg/L as
1 mg/L as N
-
NO
2
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