Primary Drinking Water Monitoring Requirements

Table 1.1 Primary Drinking Water Monitoring Requirements for Inorganics...

Drinking water is analysed to enforce compliance with legislation dictating the quality of water fit for human consumption. In the United States, this t)fpe of analysis is performed to ensure that supplied water complies with the requirements of the Primary Drinking Water Standard, a national standard enforced by the EPA. Simply put, all supplied waters for human consumption must contain less than the maximum contaminant level (MCE) for each monitored analyte. Tables 9.2 and 9.3 give the MCLs for metallic species in the Primary Drinking Water Standard... 

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