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Drinking water pack
Parameter
LOQ
Parameter
LOQ
Parameter
LOQ
Clostridium perfringens - total organic carbon (TOC) enterococci - chromium 0.5 mg/l nitrates 2 mg/l
1 µg/l nitrites 0.005 mg/l
Escherichia coli - taste coliform bacteria - cadmium microscopy - abioseston - conductivity microscopy – number of
organisms - total cyanides microscopy – living
organisms - manganese colony counting at 22 °C - copper 1 µg/l chlorides 1 mg/l
colony counting at 36 °C - nickel 2 µg/l chlorates 10 µg/l
1 µg/l fluorides 0.2 mg/l
0.5 µg/l
-
aluminium 10 µg/l
0.1 mS/m magnesium 3 µg/l
0.005 mg/l
0.5 µg/l
COD Mn 0.5 mg/l
chloroethene 0.1 µg/l
1,2-dichloroethane 0.75 µg/l lead tetrachloroethene 0.2 µg/l
ammonium ions 0.05 mg/l odour - trihalomethanes 0.5 µg/l
1 µg/l water reaction (pH) 1 bromodichloromethane 0.1 µg/l
arsenic 1 µg/l sum of 4 PAHs 0.08 µg/l tribromomethane 0.2 µg/l
colour 2 mg Pt/l benzo(b)fluoranthene 0.02 µg/l dibromochloromethane 0.1 µg/l
benzene 0.2 µg/l benzo(k)fluoranthene 0.02 µg/l trichloroethene 0.1 µg/l
ethylbenzene 0.1 µg/l benzo(g,h,i)perylene 0.02 µg/l trichloromethane 0.1 µg/l
toluene 1 µg/l indeno(123 cd)pyrene 0.02 µg/l calcium xylenes 0.3 µg/l mercury 0.01 µg/l calcium and magnesium 0.005 µg/l selenium 1 µg/l turbidity berylium 0.2 µg/l sulphate 5 mg/l iron boron 10 µg/l sodium 30 µg/l bromates 5 µg/l silver 1 µg/l
antimony
benzo(a)pyrene
Minimum sample volume:
Method:
5 µg/l
0.0002 mmol/l
1 ZFn (NTU)
2 µg/l
sterile plastic, 500 ml; glass, 1000 ml; plastic, 60 ml (HNO 3 ); 2x glass vial, 40 ml
ICP, AFS, SPC, IC, FTIR, GC-MS
Total metals in drinking water
Parameter
LOQ (µg/l)
Parameter
Ag 1 Be
Al 10 As 1 B 10
Minimum sample volume:
Method:
LOQ (µg/l)
Parameter
0.2 Cu
Ca 5 Cd 0.5 Cr 1
LOQ (µg/l)
Parameter
LOQ (µg/l)
Parameter
LOQ (µg/l)
1 Mn 0.5 Sb 1
Fe 2 Na 30 Se 1
Hg 0.01 Ni 2 Mg 3 Pb 1
plastic, 60 ml + glass, 50 ml for Hg
ICP-OES, ICP-MS, AFS for Hg
Anions in drinking water
Parameter
bromide
LOQ (mg/l)
Parameter
LOQ (mg/l)
Parameter
LOQ (mg/l)
0.05 sulfate 0.5 nitrites 0.04
chloride 0.5 nitrate nitrogen 0.01 nitrates 0.04
fluoride 0.02 nitrite nitrogen 0.01
Minimum sample volume:
Method:
glass, 250 ml
ion chromatography
Bromate and chlorate in drinking water
Parameter
LOQ (µg/l)
bromate 5
chlorate 10
Minimum sample volume:
Method:
Parameter
chlorite
LOQ (µg/l)
10
plastic, 250 ml
ion chromatography
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