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Schedule 1 PRESCRIBED CONCENTRATIONS OR VALUES

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

TABLE A

ItemParametersUnits of MeasurementConcentration or Value (maximum unless otherwise stated)

Note

(i)

see regulation 3(5).

(ii)

If silver is used in a water treatment process, 80 may be substituted for 10.

1.Colourmg/1 Pt/Co scale20
2.Turbidity (including suspended solids)Formazin turbidity units4
3.Odour (including hydrogen sulphide)Dilution number3 at 25°C
4.TasteDilution number3 at 25°C
5.Temperature°C25
6.Hydrogen ionpH value9.5
5.5 (minimum)
7.Sulphatemg SO4/1250
8.Magnesiummg mg/150
9.Sodiummg Na/1150f1
10.Potassiummg K/112
11.Dry residuesmg/11500 (after drying at 180C)
12.Nitratemg NO3/150
13.Nitritemg NO2/10.1
14.Ammonium (ammonia and ammonium ions)mg NH4/10.5
15.Kjeldahl nitrogenmg N/11
16.Oxidizability (premanganate value)mg O2/15
17.Total organic carbonmg C/1No significant increase over that normally observed
18.Dissolved or emulsified hydrocarbons (after extraction with petroleum ether); mineral oilsμg/110
19.Phenolsμg C6H5OH/10.5
20.Surfactantsμg/1 (as lauryl sulphate)200
21.Aluminiumμg A1/1200
22.Ironμg Fe/1200
23.Manganeseμg Mn/150
24.Copperμg Cu/13000
25.Zincμg Zn/15000
26.Phosphorusμg P/12200
27.Fluorideμg F/11500
28.Silverμg Ag/110f2

TABLE B

ItemParametersUnits of MeasurementMaximum Concentration

Notes

(i)

The sum of the detected concentrations of individual substances.

(ii)

The sum of the detected concentrations of fluoranthene, benzo 3.4 fluorathene, benzo 11.12 fluoranthene, benzo 3.4 pyrene, benzo 1.12 perylene and indeno (1,2,3-cd) pyrene.

1.Arsenicμg As/150
2.Cadmiumμg Cd/15
3.Cyanideμg CN/150
4.Chromiumμg Cr/150
5.Mercuryμg Hg/11
6.Nickelμg Ni/150
7.Leadμg Pb/150
8.Antimonyμg Sb/110
9.Seleniumμg Se/110
10.

Pesticides and related products:

  1. (a)

    individual substances

ug/10.1
(b)

total substancesf3

ug/10.5
11.Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbonsf4μg/10.2

TABLE C

ItemParametersUnits of MeasurementMaximum Concentration

Notes

(i)

See regulation 3(6).

(ii)

Analysis by multiple tube method.

1.Total coliformsnumber/100 ml0f5
2.Faecal coliformsnumber/100 ml0
3.Faecal streptococcinumber/100 ml0
4.Sulphite-reducing clostridianumber/20 ml≤1f6
5.Colony countsnumber/1 ml at 22°C or 37°CNo significant increase over that normally observed

TABLE D

ItemParametersUnits of MeasurementMaximum Concentration or Value
(i)

Note: See regulation 3(3)(d)

1.ConductivityμS/cm1500 at 20°C
2.Chloridemg C1/1400
3.Calciummg Ca/1250
4.Substances extractable in chloroformmg/1 dry residue1
5.Boronμg B/12000
6.Bariumμg Ba/11000
7.Benzo 3,4 pyreneNg/110
8.Tetrachloromethaneμg/13
9.Trichloroetheneμg/130
10.Tetrachloroetheneμg/110

TABLE E

ItemParametersUnits of MeasurementMinimum Concentrationf7

Note:

(i)

See regulation 3(2)

1.Total hardnessmg Ca/160
2.Alkalinitymg HCO/130

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

(i)

see regulation 3(5).

f2

(ii)

If silver is used in a water treatment process, 80 may be substituted for 10.

f3

(i)

The sum of the detected concentrations of individual substances.

f4

(ii)

The sum of the detected concentrations of fluoranthene, benzo 3.4 fluorathene, benzo 11.12 fluoranthene, benzo 3.4 pyrene, benzo 1.12 perylene and indeno (1,2,3-cd) pyrene.

f5

(i)

See regulation 3(6).

f6

(ii)

Analysis by multiple tube method.

f7

(i)

See regulation 3(2)