Effluent Water Quality Standards for Human Health Protection

Type of Toxin Permissible Limit cadmium and its compounds 0.1mg/L cyanide compounds 1mg/L organic phosphorus compounds (parathion, methyl parathion, methyl demeton and EPN oniy) 1mg/L lead and its compounds 0.1mg/L sexivalent chrome compounds 0.5mg/L arsenic and its compounds 0.1mg/L total mercury 0.005mg/L alkyl mercury compounds Not detectable PCBs 0.003mg/L trichloroethylene 0.3mg/L tetrachloroethylene 0.1mg/L dichloromethane 0.2mg/L carbon tetrachloride 0.02mg/L 1,2-dichloro ethane 0.04mg/L 1,1-dichloro ethlene 0.2mg/L cis-1,2-dichloro ethylene 0.4mg/L 1.1.1-trichloro ethane 3mg/L 1.1.2-trichloro ethane 0.06mg/L 1,3-dichloropropene 0.02mg/L thiram 0.06mg/L simazine 0.03mg/L thiobencarb 0.2mg/L benzene 0.1mg/L selenium and its compounds 0.1mg/L boron and its compounds Non- Coastal Regions 10mg/L Coastal Regions 230mg/L flouride and its compounds Non- Coastal Regions 8mg/L Coastal Regions 15mg/L ammonia, ammonium compounds, nitrate and nitrite compounds (*)100mg/L

(*) Total of ammonia-N multiplied by 0.4, nitrite-N, and nitrate-N.