Water Quality Norms

Physical Parameters:
s/n Parameters Unit ANSAStandard WHO WSG Gide line
Gide line
1 EC (Electrical ᵤs/cm 1500 NGVS 3000
Conductivity)
2 TSD (Total Dissolved solid) mg/li 1000 NGVS 2000

3 Turbidity NTU 5 5
4 PH nil 6.5- 8.5 6.5- 8 6.5- 8

Chemical Determination:
Anions:
S/n Anions Unit ANSAStandard WHO EU Comments
Gide line recc

1 Chloride Cl mg/li 250 250 250 Taste

2 Sulphate mg/li 250 NGVS 250 Taste
So4
3 Boron Bo2 mg/li 2.4 0.5 0.5 Testicular lesions
4 Fluoride F mg/li 1.5 1.5 0.5 Fluorosis
5 Nitrate No3 mg/li 50 50 50 Blue baby syndrom
6 Nitrite No2 mg/li 3 0.2-3 0.1 Lon short-term
expositure

Chemical Determination:
Cations:
S/n Cations Unit ANSA WHO EU Comments
Standard Gide line recc
1 Total Hardness mg/li 500 NGVS 300 Taste and incrostation
caco3
2 Sodium Na mg/li 200 NGVS 200 Taste
3 Chromium Cr mg/li 0.05 0.05 0.05 Cancerogenic
4 Ammonia NH4 mg/li 1.5 1.3-3.5 0.5 Odor taste
5 Manganese Mn2 mg/li 0.3 0.4 0.05 >1 affects and stain
laundary
6 Copper Cu2+ mg/li 2 2 5 Taste
7 Total iron Fe2+ mg/li 0.3 0.3 5 Taste and odour
8 Zinc Zn2+ mg/li 3 4 4 Taste
9 Arsenic As3+ mg/li 0.05 0.01 0.05 Cause Cancer
10 Cyanidric acid mg/li 0.05 0.07 0.05 Poison

Bacteriological Determination:

s/n Bacteriological Unit ANSA WHO SPHER Comments

Determination standard Gide line A recc
1 Total Coliforms Col/100ml 0 0 0 Dangerous
2 Fecal Coliforms Col/100ml 0 0 0 Dangerous
(e- Coli)

WHO Guidelines for risk of microbiological contamination in drinking water:

Number of E. coli Present (CFU/100 mL) Risk

0 – 10 (e- Coli)/100ml Reasonable Quality

11 – 100(e- Coli)/100ml Polluted

101 - 1,000(e- Coli)/100ml Dangerous

> 1,000(e- Coli)/100ml Very Dangerous