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WHO guidelines for water quality

The standard RSD water treatment degrades those water ingredients affecting safe UV disinfection. Some organic chemical compounds which impact taste and odour are extracted as well. Concentration of other harmless or even desirable ingredients like minerals occuring in natural water will not be changed with the treatment process. The same is with many of the parameters listed below, because in 80 to 90 % of all cases they do not affect water quality. If some toxic compounds comprising arsenic, lead or uranium appear, we have special solutions which can be simply added to your RSD-equipment (click here).
Please check, if there is some probabilty of toxic impact of your raw water e.G. by industry, mining or agriculture. If in doubt, contact us.

 

Chemical WHO guidelines for water quality
(data from WHO 2006)
 
symbol /formula
 
occuring in aqueous environment
 
WHO guide
 
anorganic:
 

 

 
Aluminium
 
Al
 

 
0,2 mg/l
 
Antimony
 
Sb
 
< 0,004 mg/l
 
0,005 mg/l
 
Arsenic
 
As
 

 
0,01 mg/l
 
Barium
 

 

 
0,3 mg/l
 
Boron
 
B
 
< 1 mg/l
 
0,3 mg/l
 
Cadmium
 
Cd
 
< 0,001 mg/l 0,003 mg/l
 
Chloride
 
Cl-
 

 
250 mg/l
 
Chrome, Chromate
 
Cr3+, Cr6+
 
< 0,002 mg/l
 
0,05 mg/l
 
Copper
 
Cu
 

 
2 mg/l
 
Cyanide
 
CN-
 

 
0,07 mg/l
 
Fluoride
 
F-
 
< 1,5 mg/l
 
1,5 mg/l
 
Mercury
 
Hg
 
< 0,0005 mg/l 0,001 mg/l
 
Molybdenum
 
Mo
 
< 0,01 mg/l
 
0,07 mg/l
 
Nickel
 
Ni
 
< 0,02 mg/l
 
0,02 mg/l
 
Nitrate and Nitrite
 
NO3-, NO2-
 

 
50 mg/l N
 
Selenium
 
Se
 
< 0,001 mg/l
 
0,01 mg/l
 
Sodium
 
Na
 
< 20 mg/l
 
200 mg/l
 
Sulphate
 
SO42-
 
ca. 10 - 20 mg/l
 
500 mg/l
 
Uranium
 
U
 

 
1,4 mg/l
 
Zinc
 
Zn
 

 
3 mg/l
 
organic:
 

 

 

 
Tetrachloromethane CCl4
 
0,002 mg/l
 
Dichloromethane
 
CH2Cl2
 
0,02 mg/l
 
1,2-Dichloroethane ClCH2CH2Cl
 
0,03 mg/l
 
1,1,1-Trichloroethane CH3CCl3
 
2 mg/l
 
1,1-Dichloroethene C2H2Cl2
 
0,03 mg/l
 
1,2-Dichloroethene C2H2Cl2
 
0,05 mg/l
 
Trichloroethene C2HCl3
 
0,07 mg/l
 
Tetrachloroethene C2Cl4
 
0,04 mg/l
 
Benzene C6H6
 
0,01 mg/l
 
Toluene C7H8
 
0,7 mg/l
 
Xylene C8H10
 
0,5 mg/l
 
Ethylbenzene C8H10
 
0,3 mg/l
 
Styrol C8H8
 
0,02 mg/l
 
polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)
 

 

 
0,0007 mg/l
 
Monochlorobenzene
 
C6H5Cl
 

 
0,3 mg/l
 
1,2-Dichlorobenzene
 
C6H4Cl2
 

 
1 mg/l
 
1,4-Dichlorobenzene C6H4Cl2
 
0,3 mg/l
 
Trichlorobenzene
 
C6H3Cl3
 
0,02 mg/l
 
Di(2-ethylhexyl)adipate (DEHA)
 
C22H42O4
 

 
0,08 mg/l
 
Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP)
 
C24H38O4
 

 
0,008 mg/l
 
Acrylamide
 
C3H5NO
 

 
0,0005 mg/l
 
Epichlorhydride (ECH)
 
C3H5ClO
 

 
0,0004 mg/l
 
Hexachlorobutadiene (HCBD)
 
C4Cl6
 

 
0,0006 mg/l
 
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA)
 
C10H12N2O8
 

 
0,2 mg/l
 
Nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA)
 
N(CH2COOH)3
 

 
0,2 mg/l
 
Tributil oxide (TBTO)
 
C24H54OSn2
 

 
0,002 mg/l
 
Pesticides & herbicides
 

 

 

 
Alachlor
 
C14H20ClNO2
 

 
0,02 mg/l
 
Aldicarb
 
C7H14N2O4S
 

 
0,01 mg/l
 
Aldrin & Dieldrin
 
C12H8Cl6 /
C12H8Cl6O
 

 
0,00003 mg/l
 
Atrazine
 
C8H14ClN5
 

 
0,002 mg/l
 
Bentazone
 
C10H12N2O3S
 

 
0,03 mg/l
 
Carbofuran
 
C12H15NO3
 

 
0,005 mg/l
 
Chlordane
 
C10H6Cl8
 

 
0,0002 mg/l
 
Chlortoluron
 
C10H13ClN2O
 

 
0,03 mg/l
 
DDT
 
C14H9Cl5
 

 
0,002  mg/l
 
1,2-Dibrom-3-Chlorpropane
 
C3H5Br2C
 

 
0,001 mg/l
 
2,4-Dichlorphenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D)
 
C8H6Cl2O3
 

 
0,03 mg/l
 
1,3-Dichlorpropan
 
C3H6Cl2
 

 
0,02 mg/l
 
Heptachlor and Heptachlor epoxid
 
C10H5Cl7
 

 
0,00003 mg/l
 
Hexachlorbenzol(HCB)
 
C10H5Cl7O
 

 
0,001 mg/l
 
Isoproturon
 
C12H18N2O
 

 
0,009 mg/l
 
Lindan
 
C6H6Cl6
 

 
0,002 mg/l
 
MCPA
 
C9H9ClO3
 

 
0,002 mg/l
 
Methoxychlor
 
(C6H4OCH3)2CHCCl3
 

 
0,02 mg/l
 
Metolachlor
 
C15H22ClNO2
 

 
0,01 mg/l
 
Molinard
 
C9H17NOS
 

 
0,006 mg/l
 
Pendimethalin
 
C13H19O4N3
 

 
0,02 mg/l
 
Pentachlorophenole (PCP)
 
C6HCl5O
 

 
0,009 mg/l
 
Permethrin
 
C21H20Cl2O3
 

 
0,02 mg/l
 
Propanil
 
C9H9Cl2NO
 

 
0,02 mg/l
 
Pyridat
 
C19H23ClN2O2S
 

 
0,1 mg/l
 
Simazine
 
C7H12ClN5
 

 
0,002 mg/l
 
Trifluralin
 
C13H16F3N3O4
 

 
0,02 mg/l
 
2,4-DB
 
C10H10Cl2O3
 

 
0,09 mg/l
 
Dichlorprop
 
C9H8Cl203
 

 
0,1 mg/l
 
Fenoprop
 
C9H7Cl3O3
 

 
0,009 mg/l
 
Mecoprop
 
C10H11ClO3
 

 
0,01 mg/l
 
2,4,5-T
 
C8H5Cl3O3
 

 
0,009 mg/l
 
Disinfection products & byproducts
 

 

 

 
Chloramine
 
NH2Cl, NHCl2, NCl3
 

 
3 mg/l
Chlorine
 
Cl2
 

 
5 mg/l
Bromate
 
BrO3-
 

 
0,025 mg/l
 
Chlorite
 
ClO2-
 

 
0,2 mg/l
 
2,4,6-Dichlorophenole C6H3Cl3O
 

 
0,2 mg/l
 
Formaldehyde
 
HCHO
 

 
0,9 mg/l
 
Bromoform
 
CHBr3
 

 
0,1 mg/l
 
Dibromchloromethane
 
CHBr2Cl
 

 
0,1 mg/l
 
Bromdichloromethan
 
CHBrCl2
 

 
0,06 mg/l
 
Chloroform
 
CHCl3
 

 
0,2 mg/l
 
Dichloroacetic acid
 
C2H2Cl2O2
 

 
0,05 mg/l
 
Trichloroacetic acid
 
C2HCl3O2
 

 
0,1 mg/l
 
Trichloroacetaldehyde
 
CCl3CH(OH)2
 

 
0,01 mg/l
 
Dichloroacetonitrile
 
C2HCl2N
 

 
0,09 mg/l
Dibromacetonitrile
 
C2HBr2N
 

 
0,1 mg/l
Trichloroacetonitrile
 
C2Cl3N
 

 
0,001 mg/l
Cyanchloride
 
ClCN
 

 
0,07 mg/l

 

 

 

 
the whole WHO document can be obtained here