ENVIRONMENTAL FINAL GOVERNING STANDARDS ITALY

ITALY - 3 Drinking Water
Table 3.3. Inorganic Chemical MCLs
Contaminant MCL
Aluminum 0.2 mg/L
Ammonium 0.50 mg/L
Arsenic 0.010 mg/L
Antimony 0.005 mg/L
Asbestos (1) 7 million fibers/L (longer than 10
um)
Barium 2.0 mg/L
Beryllium (1) 0.004 mg/L
Boron 1.0 mg/L
Bromate 0.010 mg/L
Cadmium 0.005 mg/L
Chlorides (2) 250 mg/L
Chlorite 0.7 mg/L
Chromium 0.050 mg/L
Copper (3) 1.0 mg/L
Conductivity (2) 2,500 µScm-1 at 20°C
Cyanide 0.050 mg/L
Dry residues (8) 1,500 mg/L (at 180 C)
Fluoride 1.50 mg/L
Hydrogen ion
concentration (2)
6.5 – 9.5 pH Unit
Iron 0.200 mg/L
Lead (3) (4) 0.025 (before 25 Dec
2013)
0.010 (after 25 Dec
2013)
mg/L
Manganese 0.050 mg/L
Mercury 0.001 mg/L
Nickel (3) 0.020 mg/L
Nitrate 44.3 (as NO3)
10 (as N)
Nitrite 0.5 (as NO2)
0.15 (as N)
mg/L
mg/L
September 2012 Italy FGS 3-18
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