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Parameter
MACa
AO [or OG]b
National Primary
Drinking Water
2
Regulations (USA)
MCL 1c
MCL 2d
Acrylamide
Adipate
Alachor
Aldicarb
Aldrin and Dieldrin
Aluminum
Ammonium
Antimony
Arsenic
Atrazine
Azinphos-methyl
Barium
Bendiocarb
Benzene
Benzo[a]pyrene
Beryllium
Boron
Bromate
Bromodichloromethane (BDCM)
Bromoform
Bromoxynil
Cadmium
Carbaryl
Carbofuran
Carbon tetrachloride
Chloramines--total
Chlorate
Chlordane
Chloride
Chlorite
Chloriforms, total
Chloroform
0.4
0.002
0.007
0.009
0.0007
[0.1/0.2]
0.006
0.01
0.005
0.02
1.0
0.04
0.005
0.00001
Guideline
Value
Parametric
Value
0.0005
0.0001
0.05 - 0.2
0.2
0.5
0.005
0.01
0.006
0.05
0.003
0.02
0.01
0.002
2.0
0.7
0.005
0.0002
0.004
0.01
0.0007
0.001
0.00001
0.5
0.01
0.06
0.1
1.00
0.01
0.005
0.003
0.005
0.04
0.005
0.007
0.004
0.002
0.7
0.0002
250
250
1.0
None detectable
per 100mL
Drinking
Water
Directives
(EU)4
0.02
0.01
0.00003
5.0
0.01
0.016
0.005
0.005
0.09
0.09
0.005
3.0
1.0
WHO
Guidelines
for Drinking
Water
Quality3
250
0.7
Less than 1
per 100 mL
0.3
Chlorotoluron
Chlorpyrifos
Chromium
Colour
Copper
Cyanazine
Cyanide
Cyanobacterial toxins
Diazinon
Dicamba
1,2-Dichlorobenzene
1,4-Dichlorobenzene
1,2-Dichloroethane
1,1-Dichloroethylene
Dichloromethane
2,4-Dichlorophenol
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
0.09
0.05
0.1
15 TCU
1.0
0.01
0.2
0.0015
0.02
0.12
0.2
0.005
0.005
0.014
0.05
0.9
0.1
0.03
0.03
0.05
1.3
1.0
0.2
0.003
0.001
0.6
0.075
0.005
0.007
1.0
0.3
0.03
0.05
0.003
0.02
0.0003
0.07
0.03
0.001
0.008
0.05
0.04
0.006
0.07
0.005
Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate
1,2-Dichloroethylene
1,2-Dichloropropane
Diclofop-methyl
Dimethoate
Dinoseb
1,4-Dioxane
Diquat
Diuron
Edetic acid (EDTA)
Endothall
Endrin
Epichlorohydrin
Ethylbenzene
Fenoprop
Fluoride
Glyphosate
Haloacetic Acids-Total (HAAs)
Heptachlor
Heptachlor epoxide
Hexachlorobenzene
Hexachlorobutadiene
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene
Hydrogen ion concentration
Iron
Isoproturon
Lead
Lindane
Malathion
2.0
0.0006
0.07
0.05
Inoffensive
2.0
0.009
0.02
0.01
0.006
0.007
0.05
0.07
0.15
0.02
0.6
0.1
0.002
0.0024
1.5
0.28
0.08
0.7
4
0.7
2.0
0.0006
0.0004
0.3
0.009
1.5
0.0001
1.5
0.0004
0.0002
0.001
0.0006
0.05
6.5 and 9.5
0.3
0.01
0.19
0.3
0.015
0.0002
0.2
0.009
0.01
0.002
0.01
Manganese
Mercury
Methoxychlor
Methyl tertiary-butyl ether
Metolachlor
Metribuzin
Microcystin-LR
Molinate
Molybdenum
Monochloroacetate
0.05
0.001
0.9
0.05
0.002
0.04
0.4
0.006
0.02
0.015
0.05
0.08
0.01
0.001
0.006
0.07
0.02
Monochlorobenzene
N -Nitrosodimethylamine
Nickel
0.08
Nitrate
Nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA)
Nitrite
Odour
Oxamyl (Vydate)
Paraquat (as dichloride)
Parathion
Pendimethalin
Pentachlorophenol
Permethrin
Pesticides
pH
Phorate
Picloram
45
0.4
0.03
0.1
0.0001
0.07
50
0.2
3
0.1
10
1
Inoffensive
0.5
Inoffensive
0.2
0.06
0.030
0.02
0.009
0.3
0.001
0.0001
6.5-8.5
0.002
0.19
6.5-8.5
0.5
0.0005
0.0001
Tetrachloroethylene
2,3,4,6-Tetrachlorophenol
Thallium
Toluene
Total dissolved solids (TDS)
Toxaphene
0.02
50
0.01
0.05
Pyriproxyfen
Selenium
Silver
Simazine
Sodium
Styrene
Sulphate
Sulphide (as H2S)
Taste
Temperature
Terbufos
Terbuthylazine
0.05
0.001
0.01
0.3
0.01
0.05
0.01
0.1
0.01
0.004
0.002
0.1
0.02
200
200
500
0.05
Inoffensive
15C
250
250
Inoffensive
0.001
0.03
0.1
0.007
0.04
0.005
0.001
0.024
500
0.002
1.0
500
0.7
500
0.003
0.01
0.2
0.02
0.2
Trichloroacetate
Trichloroethylene
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
Trifluralin
Trihalomethanes-total
Trutuim
Turbidity
Uranium
Vinyl chloride
Xylenes--total
Zinc
a
b
c
d
0.005
0.005
0.005
0.002
0.002
0.045
0.1
7000 Bq/L
0.1-1.0 NTU
0.0s
0.002
0.02
0.1
10000 Bq/L
0.1
100 Bq/l
Inoffensive
0.015
0.0003
0.5
0.0005
0.5-1.0 NTU
0.3
5.0
10
5.0
Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on Drinking Water. (2008). Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality
Summarty Table. Health Canada.
-This document in pdf format can be viewed at
http://hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/alt_formats/hecs-sesc/pdf/pubs/water-eau/sum_guide-res_recom/summary-sommaire-eng.pdf
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World Health Organization. (2008). Drinking Water Quality: Third Edition incorporating the First and Second Addenda,
Volume 1: Recommendations. Geneva.
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