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    The document outlines water quality standards for drinking water set by various organizations including the USPHS, BIS, ICMR, and WHO. It lists 28 parameters such as pH, dissolved oxygen, biological oxygen demand, turbidity, and amounts of substances including calcium, magnesium, copper, iron, manganese, chlorides, sulphates, nitrates, fluorides, cadmium, chromium, zinc, lead, total solids, alkalinity, and phosphate. For each parameter, it provides the standard or guideline levels set by each organization.

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    The document outlines water quality standards for drinking water set by various organizations including the USPHS, BIS, ICMR, and WHO. It lists 28 parameters such as pH, dissolved oxygen, biological oxygen demand, turbidity, and amounts of substances including calcium, magnesium, copper, iron, manganese, chlorides, sulphates, nitrates, fluorides, cadmium, chromium, zinc, lead, total solids, alkalinity, and phosphate. For each parameter, it provides the standard or guideline levels set by each organization.

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    The document outlines water quality standards for drinking water set by various organizations including the USPHS, BIS, ICMR, and WHO. It lists 28 parameters such as pH, dissolved oxygen, biological oxygen demand, turbidity, and amounts of substances including calcium, magnesium, copper, iron, manganese, chlorides, sulphates, nitrates, fluorides, cadmium, chromium, zinc, lead, total solids, alkalinity, and phosphate. For each parameter, it provides the standard or guideline levels set by each organization.

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    Water Quality Standards

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    The document outlines water quality standards for drinking water set by various organizations including the USPHS, BIS, ICMR, and WHO. It lists 28 parameters such as pH, dissolved oxygen, biological oxygen demand, turbidity, and amounts of substances including calcium, magnesium, copper, iron, manganese, chlorides, sulphates, nitrates, fluorides, cadmium, chromium, zinc, lead, total solids, alkalinity, and phosphate. For each parameter, it provides the standard or guideline levels set by each organization.

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    WATER QUALITY STANDARDS FOR DRINKING WATER

    S.No Parameters USPHS BIS ICMR WHO


    1 pH value 7-8.5 6.5-8.5 6.5-9.2 6.5-9.2
    2 DO (mg/l) - 6 - -
    3 BOD (5day- - 2 - -
    20oC,mg/l)
    4 MPN/100 ml, max - 50 - -
    5 Color, Hazen units 5 10 25 on pt-co 50 on pt-co
    scale scale
    6 Odour Nil Nil - -
    7 Taste Tasteless Tasteless Tasteless Tasteless
    8 TDS (mg/l) 500 500 - -
    9 Total hardness (mg/l) 200 300 - -
    10 Calcium 75 200 200 200
    hardness(mg/l)
    11 Magnesium 30 100 150 150
    hardness(mg/l)
    12 Copper as Cu (mg/l) 0.05 1.5 3.0 1.5
    13 Iron as Fe (mg/l) 0.1 0.3 1.0 1.0
    14 Manganese as 0.05 0.5 0.5 0.5
    Mn(mg/l)
    15 Chlorides as Cl2(mg/l) 200 250 - -
    16 Sulphates as So4(mg/l) 200 400 - 400

    17 Nitrates as No3 (mg/l) 45 20 50 5-100


    18 Fluorides, (mg/l) 1.0 1.5 2.0 1-1.5
    19 Cd (mg/l) 0.01 0.01 - -
    20 Cr6+(mg/l) 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05
    21 Zn (mg/l) 5 15 - -
    22 Pb (mg/l) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
    23 Turbidity 2.5 on JTU < 10 units 25 on silica 25 on silica
    scale scale scale
    24 Total solids - - - 1500
    25 Total Alkalinity - 50-200 - -
    26 EC 300 - - -
    27 TSS (mg/l) - 5 - -
    28 Phosphate (mg/l) - - - 0.05

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