Water quality standards status

REGULATORY STATUS Criterion to protect freshwater aquatic life 238,000. ig/L for chloroalkyl ethers in general Criterion to protect saltwater aquatic life insufficient data Criterion to protect human health criterion is preferably 0 lifetime cancer risk level of 1 in 100,000 is posed by a concentration of 0.3 pg/L the following are standards and guidelines in drinking water set by some states 0.31 pg/L (Minnesota), 4.2 pg/L (Kansas), 8.3 pg/L (Maine), 10 pg/L (Arizona) ambient water quality criterion for 10 risk level 0.030 pg/L, assuming a person consumes 2L water and 6.5g fish/shellfish per day... 

Article 8, paragraph 3 of the WFD requires that technical specifications and standardised methods for analysis and monitoring of water status be laid down in accordance with the procedure given in Article 21. Moreover, Annex V. 1.3.6 of the WFD states that the standards for monitoring of quality elements for physico-chemical parameters shall be any relevant CEN/ISO standards or such other national or international standards, which will ensure the provision of data of an equivalent scientific quality and comparability. 

REGULATORY STATUS Criterion to protect freshwater aquatic life insufficient data Criterion to protect saltwater aquatic life insufficient data Criterion to protect human health 5 mg/L set by EPA based on organoleptic properties standards set include for drinking water Germany 2,000 pg/L, USSR 1,000 pg/L, in estuaries Mexico 10,000 pg/L, for coastal waters Mexico 10 pg/L, for surface water USSR 1,000 pg/L, in water for fishery purposes USSR 10 pg/L, in water for esthetic quality WHO 5,000 pg/L Kansas has set a drinking water limit of 5 mg/L... 

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