Quality Drinking Water Standards

by
W.H.O
W.H.O. DRINKING WATER STANDARDS
PARAMETERS
pH
TOTAL Dissolved SOLIDS
TOTAL HARDNESS (caCO3)
SUSPENDED MATTERS
TOTAL ALKALINITY
CHLORIDS
SULPHATE
HYDDROGEN SULPHIDE
IRON
MAGNESIUM
MAGANESE
PHENOLICS COMPOUNDS
SODIUM
CALCIUM
ARSENIC
CADMIUM
CYANIDE
FLUORIDE
LEAD
MERCURY (TOTAL)
NITRATE
SILENIUM
POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
GROSS ALPHA ACTIVITY
GROSS BETA ACTIVITY
ANIONIC DTERGENTS
MINERAL OILS
SILVER
COPPER
CHROMIUM
BARIUM
DISSOLVED OXYGEN
ZINC
COLOR
ODOR
TASTE

DESIRABLE LIMIT
mg/l or ppm
7.0-8.5
500
100
5 UNITS
30-100
200
20.0
0.05
0.1
30
4
0.001
20
75
0.05
0.01
0.05
1.0
0.05
0.001
1.0
0.01
0.0002
3 PCI/L
30 PCI/L
0.2
0.01
0.05
1.0
0.05
1.0
2.5
1.0
5 UNITS
UNOBJECTIONABLE
UNOBJECTIONABLE

BACTERIOLOGICAL LIMITS
PIPED SUPPLIERS
a)
DISINFECTED ENTERING THE
DUSTRIBUTION SYSTEM
b)
NON-DISINJECTED, ENTERING THE
DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

LIMITS
COLIFORM ORGANISUM SAMPLE
ABSENT IN ANY 100ml.
COLIFORM ORGANISUM, NOT
MORE THAN 8 PER 100 ml.
PROVIDED THAT E-COLI IS ABSENT.