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    The document outlines the drinking water standards of BIS (IS: 10500: 1991) which defines the desirable and permissible limits of various water quality parameters. It lists 29 essential parameters like pH, turbidity, iron, chloride, fluoride, dissolved solids etc. and provides their desirable and maximum permissible concentration limits to ensure drinking water quality.

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    The document outlines the drinking water standards of BIS (IS: 10500: 1991) which defines the desirable and permissible limits of various water quality parameters. It lists 29 essential parameters like pH, turbidity, iron, chloride, fluoride, dissolved solids etc. and provides their desirable and maximum permissible concentration limits to ensure drinking water quality.

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    The document outlines the drinking water standards of BIS (IS: 10500: 1991) which defines the desirable and permissible limits of various water quality parameters. It lists 29 essential parameters like pH, turbidity, iron, chloride, fluoride, dissolved solids etc. and provides their desirable and maximum permissible concentration limits to ensure drinking water quality.

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    Drinking Water Standards of BIS (IS: 10500: 1991)

    S.No Parameters Desirable limits mg/l Permissible limits mg/l Essential Characteristics 1 Colour Hazen unit 2 Odour 3 taste 4 Turbidity (NTU) 5 pH 6 Total Hardness, CaCO3 7 Iron (Fe) 8 Chloride (Cl) 9 Residual Free Chlorine 10 Fluoride (F) Desirable Characteristics 11 Dissolved Solids 12 Calcium (Ca) 13 Magnesium (Mg) 14 Copper (Cu) 15 Manganese (Mn) 16 Sulphate (SO4) 17 Nitrate (NO3) 18 Phenolic compounds 19 Mercury (Hg) 20 Cadmium (Cd) 21 Selenium (Se) 22 Arsenic (As) 23 Cyanide (CN) 24 Lead (Pb) 25 Zinc (Zn) 26 Hexavelant Chromium 27 Alkalinity 28 Aluminum (Al) 29 Boron (B) 30 Pesticides 5 Unobjectionable agreeable 5 6.5-8.5 300 0.3 250 0.2 1.0 500 75 30 0.05 0.1 200 45 0.001 0.001 0.01 0.01 0.05 0.05 0.05 5.0 0.05 200 0.03 1.0 Absent 25 10 No relaxation 600 1.0 1000 1.5 2000 200 100 1.5 0.3 400 100 0.002 No relaxation No relaxation No relaxation No relaxation No relaxation No relaxation 15 No relaxation 600 0.2 5.0 0.001

    NTU = Nephelometric Turbidity Unit

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