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Drinking water quality standards describes the quality parameters set for drinking water. Water may contain many harmful constituents, yet there are no universally recognized and accepted international standards for drinking water. Even where standards do exist, the permitted concentration of individual constituents may vary by as much as ten ...
ISO 10703:2007 Water quality - Determination of the activity concentration of radionuclides - Method by high resolution gamma-ray spectrometry; ISO 10705 Water quality – Detection and enumeration of bacteriophages ISO 10705-1:1995 Part 1: Enumeration of F-specific RNA bacteriophages; ISO 10705-2:2000 Part 2: Enumeration of somatic coliphages
The "backbone" of a polyphosphoric acid molecule is a chain of alternating P and O atoms. Each extra orthophosphoric unit that is condensed adds 1 extra H atom, 1 extra P atom, and 3 extra O atoms. The general formula of a polyphosphoric acid is H n+2 P n O 3n+1 or HO[−P(O)(OH)−O−] n H.
IWA 6:2008 Guidelines for the management of drinking water utilities under crisis conditions [Withdrawn without replacement] ISO GUIDE 6:1977 Mention of reference materials in International Standards [Withdrawn without replacement] ISO 7:Pipe threads where pressure-tight joints are made on the threads
Sources where drinking water is commonly obtained include springs, hyporheic zones and aquifers (groundwater), from rainwater harvesting, surface water (from rivers, streams, glaciers), or desalinated seawater. For these water sources to be consumed safely, they must receive adequate water treatment and meet drinking water quality standards. [5]
[1] [2] It is most frequently used by reference to a set of standards against which compliance, generally achieved through treatment of the water, can be assessed. The most common standards used to monitor and assess water quality convey the health of ecosystems , safety of human contact, extent of water pollution and condition of drinking water .
Enforcement of drinking water standards in small water systems is less consistent than enforcement in large systems. As of 2016 more than 3/4ths of small community water systems that were classified as having serious health violations by EPA still had the same violations three years later.
On 3 November 1998, the European Union adopted Directive 98/83/EC to set standards for drinking water. This included a plan to lower the lead contamination in the water distribution systems of member states. The Directive sets the maximum lead concentration in drinking water at 0.025 mg/L by 2003, and 0.01 by 2013. [20]