Table 3 Water quality guidelines for human drinking

Salinity (TDS)

1000

31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 20

36, 37, 15, 27, 28, 22, 19, 25, 30, 14, 38, 24, 41, 18, 29, 9, 44, 17, 16, 6, 39, 40. 7, 8, 26, 10, 23, 1, 42, 3, 12, 4, 11, 13

Magnesium

50

20, 34, 31, 32, 6, 15, 33, 35, 7, 27, 22, 8, 41, 14, 36, 28, 19, 25

37, 40, 18, 17, 10, 29, 24, 9, 39, 38, 26, 16, 30, 44, 23, 3, 12, 1, 11, 42, 4, 13

Calcium

75

32, 34, 31, 20, 35

33, 15, 37, 36, 27, 22, 25, 28, 19, 30, 29, 6, 44, 24, 9, 39, 8, 3, 10, 40, 41, 38, 26, 18, 7, 12, 1, 4, 14, 16, 11, 17, 42, 13, 23

Sodium

200

31, 32, 34, 35, 33, 36, 37

20, 15, 27, 28, 22, 14, 44, 30, 38, 17, 19, 24, 41, 18, 16, 25, 29, 40, 9, 39, 7, 6, 8, 26, 10, 23, 1, 42, 12, 3, 4, 11, 13

Aluminum

0.2

3, 41, 28, 38, 22, 27, 40, 35, 39, 20, 26, 36, 14, 11, 30, 19, 16, 44, 15, 25, 31, 32, 37, 17, 24, 29, 9, 7, 6, 8, 10, 1, 42, 12, 4, 13

23, 18, 34, 33

Cadmium

0.003

10, 18, 3, 41, 28, 27, 40, 35, 20, 36, 14, 30, 16, 44, 15, 25, 23, 34, 33, 31, 24, 9, 7, 42, 13

12, 19, 1, 26, 6, 37, 11, 8, 29, 32, 22, 39, 17, 38, 4

Cobalt

–

–

–

Chromium

0.05

All samples

–

Copper

0.05

All samples

–

Iron

0.3

42, 13, 31, 38, 20, 28, 29, 6, 40, 35, 7, 11, 32, 30, 19, 1, 37, 10, 12, 12, 26, 8, 22, 17, 4, 3, 41, 27, 24, 9

39, 23, 18, 25, 16, 36, 44, 34, 15, 33, 14

Manganese

0.05

20, 7, 1, 41, 22, 17, 32, 38, 31, 8, 19, 40, 39, 10, 35, 37, 18, 4, 30, 16, 11, 36, 25, 34, 23, 9, 28, 6, 29, 42, 24, 26

27, 44, 33, 3, 13, 12, 15, 14

Molybdenum

–

–

–

Nickel

0.02

3, 13, 39, 44, 31, 41, 16, 18, 19, 40, 25, 20, 7, 1, 35, 37, 9, 33, 12, 28, 6, 24

23, 36, 42, 17, 8, 10, 22, 11, 14, 15, 38, 27, 32, 30, 34, 29, 26, 4

Lead

0.01

23, 17, 22, 32, 26, 4, 39, 41, 16, 19, 40, 20, 1, 33, 12

38, 14, 35, 37, 28, 25, 15, 30, 6, 3, 13, 36, 29, 9, 42, 27, 11, 7, 10, 18, 44, 24, 34, 31, 8

Zinc

3.0

All samples

–