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This method can be used to determine Hg in waters used for fish far ming, at levels half of maximum acceptable concentration (0.2 J.gi y. 

Increases in nitrate + nitrite have been well documented in the Great Lakes (19). Relative increases over the past twenty years have been between 30 and 200% with the highest increases in the most populated and agriculturally productive basins of Lakes Ontario and Erie (29). Currently no adverse impacts due to this increase have been observed and concentrations are well below the 10 mg.L maximum acceptable drinking water concentration for the protection of human health. Changing N P ratios, however, can impact phytoplankton community structure (30). 

According to guidelines published by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment in January 2001, the Maximum Acceptable Concentration (MAC) for Pb " in drinking water is 0.010 mg/L. The water in a community is contaminated with Pb " from an industrial source, at a concentration of 0.0800 mg/L. 

Levels for most metals and organics are well below the maximum acceptable concentrations (MAC) specified in Guidelines for the Canadian Drinking Water Quality (1978). However, the highest level of lead found in some localities is higher (79.7 /xg/L) than the MAC (50 Mg/L). 

In 1990 there were 3 reports of the low level occurrence of benzene in beverages. Bottled mineral water was contaminated with benzene originated from an underground source of carbon dioxide which was inadequately carbon treated [23]. Two manufacturers found benzene in fmit flavoured mineral waters at levels greater than 5.0 pg/kg [24], The US EPA maximum contaminant level (MAE) for benzene is 0.005 mg/L [25] which is also the Canadian guideline as maximum acceptable concentration (MAC) in drinking water [26]. The manufacturers attributed the benzene to the presence of ascorbic acid and sodium benzoate in combination in their drink formations [27], omitting either of these additives eliminated the benzene. 

The establishment of a maximum acceptable concentration of any chemical in potable water should not be done in isolation, but should consider all sources of exposure. Intake of pesticides can result from worker exposure, ingestion, and water exposure. Work-related exposure is time and space limited and is restricted to limited populations which are evaluated in separate studies and are not as all encompassing as food and water exposure. 

The sum for all organochlorinated pesticides identified in water (a, p, y-HCH, heptachlor, aldrin, DDE, dieldrin and DDT) usually exceeds the maximum acceptable concentration (MAC). 

Maximum acceptable concentrations of perfluorooctane (PEGS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in drinking water by Health Protection Agency (HPA), 2007, Available at http //www.hpa.org.Uk/webc/HPAwebFile/HPAweb C/l 194947397222 (last accessed on April 2013). 

An excess amount of fluoride anions in drinking water has been known to cause adverse effects on human health. To prevent these harmful consequences, especially problems resulting from fluorosis, the World Health Organization (WHO) fixed the maximum acceptable concentration of fluoride anions in drinking water to 1.5 mg/L (Essadki et al., 2009). 

Concentrations of lead in water at NPL sites can be at much higher levels. For example, in 1986, an NPL hazardous waste site was identified in Genesee County, Michigan, that contained a landfill and nine surface impoundments. The facility had accepted sludge and residual waste from a chemical warehouse as well as other hazardous wastes. Water samples taken from the impoundments had a maximum lead concentration of 25 mg/L (EPA 1986d). 

Because an ADI is intended to account for total daily intake of the toxicant from all sources, inhalation and food intake as well as water should be accounted for when attempting to arrive at the maximum drinking water level or the adjusted ADI for drinking water at the maximum drinking water level considering only health factors. Thus, in the optimum case when such information is available, the daily uptake from air and the daily intake from food (if 100 uptake is assumed) should be subtracted from the ADI. Finally, for the determination of the acceptable drinking water concentration value, the assumption in the United States is that adults consume 2 L of water per person per day thus, the final value should be divided by a factor of 2. 

A clear pumping policy has to be formulated for every region in accordance with its hydrological structure. It seems useful to sum up the accepted policy in terms of red lines of maximum tolerable lowering of the water table and maximum tolerable concentrations of water quality key parameters. These parameters have to be monitored routinely. Electric conductivity and water table may be monitored continuously by instruments placed in observation wells or pumping wells. In the latter case, the respective... 

The eflBiuent from the final resin bed contained 0.45 fiCi/l. Cs and 0.19 /xCi/1. Sr. These values are well below the presently accepted maximum permissible concentrations of 1 /xCi/l. for insoluble Cs and Sr in water in a controlled zone. Behavior of plutonium in these separation schemes was not established. 

The enforcement of this legislation has led to an increasing need from analysts to develop reliable, effective methods for qualitative and quantitative pesticide residue analysis in environmental and food matrices. EEC Directive 80/778, which is concerned with the quality of water designated for human consumption, has established the maximum admissible concentration of each individual pesticide at 0.1 /rg/l and the total amount of pesticides at 0.5 /rg/1. Other countries (e.g., U.S.A. and Australia) have established concentration limits based on the values recommended by WHO. Such values are based on the acceptable daily intake (ADI), which is calculated as the 20% ADI for a person of 70 kg drinking 2 1 of water per day. "... 

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