Unbotteled Drinking Water

Characteristic

Undesirable effect

Optimum Limit

Maximum Permissble
Limit

Color

Discoloration

5 units

15 units

Odour

Odours

unobjectional

unobjectional

Taste
Anionic Detergents

Taste
Taste and Foaming

unobjectional
0.2 mg/l

unobjectional
1.0 mg/l

Mineral Oil

Taste and Odour after

chlorinated water

0.01 mg/l

0.30 mg/l

0.001 mg/l

0.002 mg/l

N/A

5 units

Phenolic Compounds Taste especially in

As Phenol
cholrinated water
Turbidity (J.U.)

Turbidity GastroIntestinal Irritation

Conductivity 20 C

N/A

Mons/cm Total Solid

Gastro-Intestinal
Irritation

pH Range
Total Hardness as
CaCO3

Taste, Corrosion
Exccessive Scale
Formation

Calcium
Chloride
Copper
Total Iron

Exccessive Scale
Formation
Taste, Corrosion
Taste, Discoloration
Taste, Discoloration

160

1600

100mg/l

1000 mg/l

6.5-8.5 mg/l

N/A

100 mg/l

500 mg/l

75 mg/l

200 mg/l

200 mg/l
0.05 mg/l
0.1 mg/l

250 mg/l
1 mg/l
0.3 mg/l

Magnesium

Hardness, Taste, Gastro30 mg/l

Intesitnal Irritation

150 mg/l

Manganese

Taste, Discoloration,
Deposits, Turbidity

0.05 mg/l

0.1 mg/l

Sulphate

Gastro-Intestinal
Irritation

200 mg/l

400 mg/l

Zinc

Taste, Opalescence sand

N/A
like deposits

5.0 mg/l

Free Chlorine

N/A

0.2 mg/l

0.5 mg/l at the

endpoints

Nitrates

N/A

N/A

10

Nitrites

N/A

N/A

< 1 mg/l

Polyphosphate as
P2O5

N/A

N/A

5 mg/l

Flouride
Sodium

N/A
N/A

0.6 mg/l
N/A

1.7 mg/l
200 mg/l

Swimming Pool Using Domestic Water

pH

7.2-8.2 maximum

Ideal pH range

7.2-7.6

Chlorine residual in mg/l

TDS in mg/l
Total Alkalinity in mg/l

0.4-0.7 (Outdoor Pool)/

0.4 (Indoor Pool)
< 1500
70-100

0.2-

Total bacteria colonies

count/ 1 ml after 24 hrs of <100
incubation
E Coli count bacteria
colonies/ 1 ml after 24 hrs
of incubation

Domestic Sewage Treatment Water

Aeration

Effluent

pH

6.5-8.5

6.5-8.5

Sludge Volume ml/litre

300-700

N/A

Dissolved Oxygen mg/l

1 -- 2

N/A

Suspended Matter mg/l N/A

BOD5 mg/l
1500-2000

<30
<20

COD mg/l

2000-3000

30-50

Chlorine Residual mg/l

(in Chlorine contact
tank)

N/A

0.4-0.7

Chlorine in total mg/l

N/A

2-5
maximum

Irrigation Water Analysis

pH

6.5-8.5

TDS in mg/l

<1000 (depends on
types of plants)

Turbidity

<10 NTU

Suspended matters in mg/l

Chlorine residual in mg/l

<20
0.1-0.2 maximum

Chlorine total in mg/l

2-5 maximum

Coli bacteria colonies

count /100 ml

0-3 maximum

Chilled Water Analysis

1. Make-Up Water Analysis
pH

7.5-8.5

TDS

<1000

Total Hardness

<200

Total Alkalinity

40-60

2. Chilled Water Analysis

pH

9.2-10.5

Nitrite in mg/l (as NO2)

500-600

Total Alkalinity in mg/l (as

>150
CaCO3)
Total bacteria count in
colonies /1 ml after 24 hrs
of incubation

3. Generator
Nitrite in mg/l (as NO2)

1000-1200

Iron in mg/l as Fe

<2

Steam Boiler Water Analysis

1. Make-Up Soft Water (after softener)
TDS

<500 PPM

Total Alkalinity

40-60

Total Hardness

0 PPM (maximum 3 PPM)

Chloride as Cl approximatly

<150 PPM

2. Boiler Feed Water

pH

7.5-9.5

Total Hardness

1-2 PPM (maximum 3 PPM)

3. Condensate Water
pH

8.5-9.5

TDS

0-20 PPM

pH
TDS

4. Boiler Drum Water

10.5-11.5
2500-3500 PPM

Total Alkalinity

700 PPM

OH Alkalinity as CACO3

100-300 PPM

Sulfite

30-60 PPM

Phosphate as PO4

30-60 PPM

Polymer transport plus

Silica as SiO2

300-500 PPM (with total

hardness of 1-2 PPM)
<100 PPM

Total count Bacteria Colonies

/ 1 ml after 48 hrs of
incubation

10

Coli count Bacteria Colonies /

100 ml after 48 hrs of
incubation