Hach DR2400 - Comparison of International Drinking Water Guidelines

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3.7 Comparison of International Drinking Water Guidelines
Table 13 Comparison of International Drinking Water and FDA Bottled Water Guidelines
1
Parameter
USEPA
2
Maximum
Contaminant
Level (MCL)
Canada
3
Maximum
Acceptable
Concentration
EEC
4
Maximum
Admissible
Concentration
Japan
5
Maximum
Admissible
Concentration
WHO
6
Guideline
Bottled Water
U.S. Federal
Drug
Administration
Level
Aluminum 0.05–0.2 mg/L
7
0.2 mg/L 0.2 mg/L 0.2 mg/L
Ammonium 0.5 mg/L No standard 1.5 mg/L
Antimony 0.006 mg/L 0.01 mg/L 0.002 mg/L
8
0.005 mg/L
Arsenic 0.05 mg/L 0.025 mg/L 0.05 mg/L 0.01 mg/L 0.01 mg/L 0.05 mg/L
Barium 2.0 mg/L 1.0 mg/L No standard No standard 0.7 mg/L 2.0 mg/L
Boron 5.0 mg/L 1.0 mg/L 0.2 mg/L
8
0.3 mg/L
Cadmium 0.005 mg/L 0.005 mg/L 0.005 mg/L 0.01 mg/L 0.003 mg/L 0.005 mg/L
Chloride 250 mg/L
7
250 mg/L 250 mg/L 200 mg/L 250 mg/L
Chromium 0.1 mg/L 0.05 mg/L 0.05 mg/L 0.05 mg/L 0.05 mg/L 0.1 mg/L
Coliforms, total
Organisms/100 mL
≤% positive 0 0 or MPN ≤10 0 ≤1 MF
Coliforms (E. coli)
Organisms/100 mL
00000
Color 15 cu
7
15 cu 20 mg Pt-Co/L 5 cu 15 cu <15 cu
Copper 1.3 mg/L
7
1.0 mg/L 2.0 mg/L 1.0 mg/L 1–2 mg/L 1.0 mg/L
Cyanides 0.2 mg/L 0.2 mg/L 0.05 mg/L 0.01 mg/L 0.07 mg/L
Fluoride 2.0-4.0 mg/L
7
1.5 mg/L 0.7-1.5 mg/L 0.8 mg/L 1.5 mg/L
Hardness 50 mg/L 300 mg/L
Iron 0.3 mg/L
7
0.3 mg/L 0.2 mg/L 0.3 mg/L 0.3 mg/L
Lead 0.015 mg/L 0.01 mg/L 0.01 mg/L 0.05 mg/L 0.01 mg/L 0.005 mg/L
Manganese 0.05 mg/L 0.05 mg/L 0.05 mg/L
0.01–0.05
mg/L
0.1–0.5 mg/L
Mercury 0.002 mg/L 0.001 mg/L 0.001 mg/L 0.0005 mg/L 0.001 mg/L 0.002 mg/L
Molybdenum 0.07 mg/L 0.07 mg/L
Nickel 0.1 mg/L 0.02 mg/L 0.01 mg/L
8
0.02 mg/L
Nitrate/Nitrite, total 10.0 mg/L as N 10.0 mg/L as N 10 mg/L as N
Nitrates 10.0 mg/L as N 10.0 mg/L as N 50 mg/L 10 mg/L as N
50 mg/L as
NO
3
-
Nitrites 1 mg/L as N 3.2 mg/L 0.1 mg/L 10 mg/L
3 mg/L as
NO
2
-
1 mg/L as N
Odor 3 TON
9
2 dilution no.
@ 12 °C;
3 dilution no.
@ 25 °C.
3 TON