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    The document lists 31 water quality parameters and their corresponding desirable limits according to drinking water standards IS 10500 - 1991. It provides the parameter names, their measurement units, and the acceptable limits for each one. Some of the key parameters included are pH, turbidity, total hardness, iron, chlorides, dissolved solids, calcium, copper, manganese, sulphate, nitrate, and fluoride.

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    WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS

    AND DRINKING WATER


    STANDARDS
    DRINKING WATER
    SL.
    PARAMETERS UNITS IS: 10500 - 1991
    NO.
    DESIRABLE
    Colour Hazen
    1. 5
    units
    Odour Unobjectionabl
    2. -
    e
    3. Taste - Agreeable
    4. Turbidity NTU 5
    pH value
    5. - 6.5 to 8.5
    Total hardness (as
    6. CaCO3) mg/l 300
    7. Iron mg/l 0.3
    8. Chlorides mg/l 250
    Residual, free
    9. mg/l 0.2
    Chlorine
    10. Dissolved Solids mg/l 500
    11. Calcium mg/l 75
    12. Copper mg/l 0.05
    13. Manganese mg/l 0.1
    14. Sulphate mg/l 200
    Nitrate
    15. mg/l 50
    16. Fluoride mg/l 1.0
    17. Phenolic compounds mg/l 0.001
    Mercury
    18. mg/l 0.001
    Cadmium
    19. mg/l 0.01
    Selenium
    20. mg/l 0.01
    Arsenic
    21. mg/l 0.05
    Cyanide
    22. mg/l 0.05
    Lead
    23. mg/l 0.05
    24. Zinc mg/l 5
    25. Anionic detergents mg/l 0.2
    Chromium
    26. mg/l 0.05
    Polynuclear aromatic
    27. Hydrocarbons mg/l -

    28. Mineral oil mg/l 0.01


    29. Pesticides mg/l Absent
    Radioactive    
    materials           
    30. (a)     Alpha emitters Bq/l -
    (b)     Beta emitters
    Pci/l -
    31. Alkalinity mg/l 200
    32. Aluminlum mg/l 0.03
    33. Boron mg/l 1
     

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