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    Drinking Water & Packed Drinking Water

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    This document outlines the physical, chemical, bacteriological, and radioactivity standards for drinking water and packed drinking water according to the 25th A Schedule of the Food Act 1983 in India. It provides the maximum permitted proportions or limits for over 60 parameters including metals, non-metals, pesticides, bacteria, and radioactivity. Standards include limits for pH, turbidity, aluminum, ammonia, arsenic, cadmium, chloride, chromium, E. coli, total coliform, and levels of gross alpha and beta radioactivity.

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    This document outlines the physical, chemical, bacteriological, and radioactivity standards for drinking water and packed drinking water according to the 25th A Schedule of the Food Act 1983 in India. It provides the maximum permitted proportions or limits for over 60 parameters including metals, non-metals, pesticides, bacteria, and radioactivity. Standards include limits for pH, turbidity, aluminum, ammonia, arsenic, cadmium, chloride, chromium, E. coli, total coliform, and levels of gross alpha and beta radioactivity.

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    This document outlines the physical, chemical, bacteriological, and radioactivity standards for drinking water and packed drinking water according to the 25th A Schedule of the Food Act 1983 in India. It provides the maximum permitted proportions or limits for over 60 parameters including metals, non-metals, pesticides, bacteria, and radioactivity. Standards include limits for pH, turbidity, aluminum, ammonia, arsenic, cadmium, chloride, chromium, E. coli, total coliform, and levels of gross alpha and beta radioactivity.

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    This document outlines the physical, chemical, bacteriological, and radioactivity standards for drinking water and packed drinking water according to the 25th A Schedule of the Food Act 1983 in India. It provides the maximum permitted proportions or limits for over 60 parameters including metals, non-metals, pesticides, bacteria, and radioactivity. Standards include limits for pH, turbidity, aluminum, ammonia, arsenic, cadmium, chloride, chromium, E. coli, total coliform, and levels of gross alpha and beta radioactivity.

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    Drinking Water & Packed Drinking Water

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    The 25 A Schedule of the Food Act 1983 [Sub regulation 394 (1)], Food regulations 1985
    Physical Properties Maximum permitted proportion
    Physical Std
    Ph 6.5-8.5
    Colour (True Color Unit) 15
    Turbidity (Nephelometric
    2
    turbidity unit)
    Chemical Std
    Aluminium 0.2
    Ammonia 0.5
    Anionic Detergent (MBAS) 1
    Arsenic 0.01
    Biocides (Total) 0.1
    Cadmium 0.003
    Carbon Chloroform Extract 0.5
    Chloride 250
    Chromium 0.05
    Copper 1
    Cyanide 0.07
    Fluoride 0.6
    total Hardness 500
    Iron 0.3
    Lead 0.01
    Magnesium 150
    Manganese 0.1
    Mercury 0.001
    Mineral Oil 0.3
    Phenol 0.002
    Residual Chlorine Not less than 0.2
    Selenium 0.01
    Silver 0.05
    Sodium 200
    Sulphate 250
    Zinc 3
    Antimony 0.005
    Barium 0.7
    Boron 0.5
    Chloroform 0.2
    Bromoform 0.1
    Bromodichloromethane 0.06
    Dibromochloromethane 0.1
    Chlorpyrifos 0.03
    Nickel 0.02
    Nitrite NO2- 0.2
    Nitrate as NO3- 50
    Nitrate as N 10
    Styrene 0.2
    Pesticides
    Aldrin/Dieldrin 0.00003
    Chlordane 0.00002
    2, 4-D 0.03
    DDT 0.001
    Heptachlor & Heptachlor Epoxide 0.00003
    Hexachlorobenzene 0.001
    Lindane 0.002
    Methoxychlor 0.02
    Endosulfan 0.03
    Bacteriological Std
    i) Shall not exceed 10
    (Most Probable
    Total Coliform Number); and
    (Multiple tube method) ii) Shall not be
    detectable in 2
    consecutive sample
    i) Arithmetic mean of
    all monthly samples
    is 1 colony per 100
    Total Coliform ml; and
    (Membrane filter) ii) Not more than 4
    colonies per 100ml
    in 2 consecutive
    samples.
    E-Coli Nil (Most probable Number)
    Fecal Streptococci Nil in 100 ml
    Pseudomonas Aeroginosa Nil in 100 ml
    Clostridium perfringens Nil in 100 ml
    Sulfur Reduction Bacteria Nil in 100 ml
    Radioactivity
    Gross α 0.1 Bq/l
    Gross β 1.0 Bq/l

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