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sirsa11INDIAN STANDARD DRINKING WATER - SPECIFICATION ( BIS 10500 : 1991 ) Requirement (Desirable Limit) Permissible Limit in the absence
of Alternate source 25 Unobjectionable Agreeable 10 No Relaxsation 600 1.0 1000 -2000 200 1.5 0.3 400 100 1.5 0.002 No relaxation No relaxation No relaxation No relaxation No relaxation No relaxation 15 1.0 No relaxation -0.03 0.001 0.1 1.0 600 0.2 5
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Essential characteristics 1. Colour, ( Hazen units, Max ) 5 2. Odour Unobjectonable 3. Taste Agreeable 4. Turbidity ( NTU, Max) 5 5. pH Value 6.5 to 8.5 6. Total Hardness (as CaCo3) mg/lit.,Max 300 7. Iron (as Fe) mg/lit,Max 0.3 8. Chlorides (as Cl) mg/lit,Max. 250 9. Residual,free chlorine,mg/lit,Min 0.2 Desirable Characteristics 10. Dissolved solids mg/lit,Max 500 11. Calcium (as Ca) mg/lit,Max 75 12. Copper (as Cu) mg/lit,Max 0.05 13 Manganese (as Mn)mg/lit,Max 0.10 14 Sulfate (as SO4) mg/lit,Max 200 15 Nitrate (as NO3) mg/lit,Max 45 16 Fluoride (as F) mg/lit,Max 1.9 17 Phenolic Compounds 0.001 (as C 6 H5OH)mg/lit, Max. 18 Mercury (as Hg)mg/lit,Max 0.001 19 Cadmiun (as Cd)mg/lit,Max 0.01 20 Selenium (as Se)mg/lit,Max 0.01 21 Arsenic (as As) mg/lit,Max 0.05 22 Cyanide (as CN) mg/lit,Max 0.05 23 Lead (as Pb) mg/lit,Max 0.05 24 Zinc (as Zn) mg/lit,Max 5 25 Anionic detergents (as 0.2 MBAS) mg/lit,Max 6+ 26 Chromium (as Cr )mg/lit,Max 0.05 27 Polynuclear aromatic hydro carbons (as -PAH) g/lit,Max 28 Mineral Oil mg/lit,Max 0.01 29 Pesticides mg/l, Max Absent 30 Radioactive Materials i. Alpha emitters Bq/l,Max -ii. Beta emitters pci/l,Max -31 Alkalinity mg/lit.Max 200 32 Aluminium (as Al) mg/l,Max 0.03 33 Boron mg/lit,Max 1 BACTERIOLOGICAL STANDARDS
I. Water entering the Distribution system Coliform count in any sample of 100 ml should be Zero. A sample of the water entering the distribution system that does not conform to this standard calls for an immediate investigation in to both the efficacy of the purification process and
the method of sampling. II.Water in the distribution system 1. E.coli count in 100ml of any sample should be zero. 2. Coliform organisms not more than 10 per 100 ml in any sample. 3. Coliform organisms should not be present in 100 ml of any two consecutive samples or more than 5% of the samples collected for the year.
