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WHO/EU drinking water standards comparative table


The EU standards are more recent (1998), complete and strict than the WHO standards (1993).
Some examples are:
- Bromate (Br): Not mentioned by the WHO, 0.01 mg/l guideline in the EU standards.
- Manganese (Mn): Guideline reduced from 0.5 to 0.05 mg/l.
- Cyanide (CN): Guideline reduced from 0.07 to 0.005 mg/l.
But in some cases the EU guidelines are less strict than the WHO s:
- Cadmium (Cd): Guideline rised from 0.003 to 0.005 mg/l.
Here is a comparative table of both WHO and EU standards:

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WHO standards

EU standards

1993

1998

Suspended solids

No guideline

Not mentioned

COD

No guideline

Not mentioned

BOD

No guideline

Not mentioned

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5.0 mg/l O2
No guideline

Not mentioned

Turbidity

No guideline(1)

Not mentioned

pH

No guideline(2)

Not mentioned

Conductivity

250 microS/cm

250 microS/cm

Color

No guideline(3)

Not mentioned

Dissolved oxygen

No guideline(4)

Not mentioned

Hardness

No guideline(5)

Not mentioned

No guideline

Not mentioned

0.2 mg/l

0.2 mg/l

Ammonia (NH4)

No guideline

0.50 mg/l

Antimony (Sb)

0.005 mg/l

0.005 mg/l

Arsenic (As)

0.01 mg/l

0.01 mg/l

Barium (Ba)

0.3 mg/l

Not mentioned

No guideline

Not mentioned

0.3 mg/l

1.00 mg/l

Not mentioned

0.01 mg/l

Cadmium (Cd)

0.003 mg/l

0.005 mg/l

Chromium (Cr)

0.05 mg/l

0.05 mg/l

2 mg/l

2.0 mg/l

Iron (Fe)

No guideline(6)

0.2

Lead (Pb)

0.01 mg/l

0.01 mg/l

0.5 mg/l

0.05 mg/l

0.001 mg/l

0.001 mg/l

0.07 mg/l

Not mentioned

TDS
cations
(positive ions)
Aluminium (Al)

Berillium (Be)
Boron (B)
Bromate (Br)

Copper (Cu)

Manganese (Mn)
Mercury (Hg)
Molibdenum (Mo)

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Nickel (Ni)

0.02

Nitrogen (total N)

50

Selenium (Se)
Silver (Ag)

g/

0.02

g/

0.01

g/

Tin (Sn) inorganic

200

1.4

Zinc (Zn)

g/

g/
g/

ed

g/

200

N g ide i e

Uranium (U)

e
0.01

N g ide i e

Sodium (Na)

g/

ed

g/

ed

ed

ed

a i
(negative ions)
Chloride (Cl)

250

g/

250

g/

C anide (CN)

0.07

g/

0.05

g/

Fluoride (F)

1.5

g/

1.5

g/

Sulfate (SO4)

500

g/

250

g/

Nitrate (NO3)

(See Ni

ge )

50

Nitrite (NO2)

(See Ni

ge )

0.50

ic

bi

g/
g/

gica

a a e e
E che ichia coli
Enterococci

Not mentioned
N
e i ed

0 i 250
0 i 250

P e domona
ae

gino a

ed

0 i 250

pe f ingen

ed

0 i 100

Coliform bacteria

ed

0 i 100

Colon count 22oC

ed

100/

Colon count 37oC

ed

20/

Acr lamide

ed

0.0001

Ben ene (C6H6)

ed

0.001

Ben o(a)p rene

ed

0.00001

Clo

he

idi m

a a e e

Chlorine dio ide (ClO2)

0.4

g/
g/
g/

g/

1,2-dichloroethane

ed

0.003

g/

Epichloroh drin

ed

0.0001

g/

Pesticides

ed

0.0001

g/

Pesticides - Total

ed

0.0005

g/

PAHs

ed

0.0001

g/

Tetrachloroethene

ed

0.01

g/

Trichloroethene

ed

0.01

g/

Trihalomethanes

ed

0.1

Tritium (H3)

ed

Vin l chloride

ed

g/

100 B /
0.0005

g/

(1) Desirable: Less than 5 NTU


(2) Desirable: 6.5-8.5
(3) Desirable: 15 mg/l Pt-Co
(4) Desirable: less than 75% of the saturation concentration
(5) Desirable: 150-500 mg/l
(6) Desirable: 0.3 mg/l

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