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    This document lists water quality standards from different organizations for various parameters. It provides the acceptable limits for pH, dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen demand, microbial contamination, color, odor, taste, total dissolved solids, hardness, and various other minerals and compounds according to the USPHS, BIS, ICMR, and WHO. The standards vary slightly between the different organizations but generally agree on acceptable limits for most parameters.

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    This document lists water quality standards from different organizations for various parameters. It provides the acceptable limits for pH, dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen demand, microbial contamination, color, odor, taste, total dissolved solids, hardness, and various other minerals and compounds according to the USPHS, BIS, ICMR, and WHO. The standards vary slightly between the different organizations but generally agree on acceptable limits for most parameters.

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    This document lists water quality standards from different organizations for various parameters. It provides the acceptable limits for pH, dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen demand, microbial contamination, color, odor, taste, total dissolved solids, hardness, and various other minerals and compounds according to the USPHS, BIS, ICMR, and WHO. The standards vary slightly between the different organizations but generally agree on acceptable limits for most parameters.

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    ParametersWATER QUALITY

    USPHS STANDARDS
    BIS ICMR WHO
    S.No

    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-


    scale co scale

    6 Odour Nil Nil - -

    7 Taste Tasteless Tasteless Tasteless Tasteless

    8 TDS (mg/l) 500 500 - -

    9 Total hardness 200 300 - -


    (mg/l)

    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 200 250 - -


    Cl2(mg/l)

    16 Sulphates as 200 400 - 400


    So4(mg/l)

    17 Nitrates as No3 45 20 50 5-100


    (mg/l)

    18 Fluorides, (mg/l) 1.0 1.5 2.0 1-1.5

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