ENVIRONMENTAL FINAL GOVERNING STANDARDS ITALY

ITALY - 3 Drinking Water
Parameter
Frequency
(See Table 3.5-a)
Lead Audit monitoring
Manganese Audit monitoring
Mercury Audit monitoring
Nickel Audit monitoring
Note
the drinking water source utilized
Nitrate Audit monitoring Increased quarterly monitoring shall be
undertaken for nitrate if a sample is >50%
of the MCL.
Nitrite Audit Monitoring Check monitoring is only required for
systems using chloramines for
disinfection
Increased quarterly monitoring shall be
undertaken for nitrite if a sample is >50%
of the MCL.
Total Nitrate/Nitrite Annual sample Total Nitrate/Nitrite can be calculated by
adding the sum of Nitrate and Nitrite
sampled separately
Oxidizability Audit monitoring
Residual
Disinfectants
Selenium Audit monitoring
Sodium Audit monitoring
Sulfates Audit monitoring
Thallium 1 sample every 3
years
Total hardness Audit monitoring
Turbidity Check Monitoring
Vanadium Audit monitoring
The frequency must be increased to
quarterly if water is produced from
Surface Water
Check Monitoring Necessary only when disinfectant is used
The frequency must be increased to an
annual sample if water is produced from
Surface Water
September 2012 Italy FGS 3-21
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