Lesson 2 - Brewing Water Sources and Treatment

Parameter

Maximum Concentration

Units of Measurement

Enterococci

0

Number/100 mL

Escherichia coli (E. coli)

0

Number/100 mL

Coliform bacteria

0

Number/100 mL

Parameter

Maximum Concentration

Units of Measurement

Acrylamide

0.1

µg/L

Aluminium

200

µg/L

Antimony

5.0

µg/L

Arsenic

10

µg/L

Benzene

1.0

µg/L

Benzo(a)pyrene

0.010

µg/L

Boron

1.0

mg/L

Bromate

10

µg/L

Cadmium

5.0

µg/L

Chromium

50

µg/L

Colour

20

mg/L Pt/Co

Copper

2.0

mg/L

Cyanide

50

µg/L

1, 2 dichloroethane

3.0

µg/L

Epichlorohydrin

0.1

µg/L

Fluoride

1.5

mg/L

Iron

200

µg/L

Lead

10

µg/L

Manganese

50

µg/L

Mercury

1.0

µg/L

Nickel

20

µg/L

Nitrate

50

mg/L

Nitrite

0.5

mg/L

Odour

< 1 at 25˚ C

Dilution number

Pesticides

Aldrin

0.03

µg/L

Dieldrin

0.03

µg/L

Heptachlor

0.03

µg/L

Heptachlor epoxide

0.03

µg/L

Other pesticides

0.1

µg/L

Pesticides: Total

0.5

µg/L

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

0.1

µg/L

Selenium

10

µg/L

Sodium

200

mg/L

Taste

< 1 at 25˚C

Dilution number

Tetrachloroethene and Trichloroethene

10

µg/L

Tetrachloromethane

3

µg/L

Trihalomethanes: Total

100

µg/L

Turbidity

4

NTU

Vinyl chloride

0.5

µg/L