Bottled Drinking Water Quality Standard in Thailand
| Properties |
Parameter |
Units |
Maximum Allowable Concentration |
| Physical |
1. Colour |
Hazen |
20 |
| 2. Odour |
- |
None |
| 3. Turbidity |
Silica scale unit (SSU) |
5 |
| 4. pH |
– |
6.5 - 8.5 |
| Chemical |
5. Total Solids |
mg/L |
500 |
| 6. Total Hardness as CaCO3 |
mg/L |
100 |
| 7. Arsenic (As) |
mg/L |
0.05 |
| 8. Barium (Ba) |
mg/L |
1.0 |
| 9. Cadmium (Cd) |
mg/L |
0.005 |
| 10. Chloride as Chlorine |
mg/L |
250 |
| 11. Chromium (Cr) |
mg/L |
0.05 |
| 12. Copper (cu) |
mg/L |
1.0 |
| 13. Iron (Fe) |
mg/L |
0.3 |
| 14. Lead (Pb) |
mg/L |
0.05 |
| 15. Manganese (Mn) |
mg/L |
0.05 |
| 16. Mercury (Hg) |
mg/L |
0.002 |
| 17. Nitrate as Nitrogen (NO3 - N) |
mg/L |
4.0 |
| 18. Phenol |
mg/L |
0.001 |
| 19. Selenium (Se) |
mg/L |
0.01 |
| 20. Silver (Ag) |
mg/L |
0.05 |
| 21. Sulphate (SO4) |
mg/L |
250 |
| 22. Zinc (Zn) |
mg/L |
5.0 |
| 23. Fluoride as Fluorine (F) |
mg/L |
1.5 |
| 24. Aluminium (Al) |
mg/L |
0.2 |
| 25. Alkylbenzene Sulfonate |
mg/L |
0.2 |
| 26. Cyanida (CN) |
mg/L |
0.1 |
| Bacterial |
27. Coliform |
MPN/100cm³ |
2.2 |
| 28. E.coli |
MPN/100cm³ |
None |
| 29. Disease causing bacteria |
MPN/100cm³ |
None |
| Penalty: |
A licensee who does not comply with this notiifcation shall be subjected to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or punished by fine not exceeding 20,000 baht or both. |
Source : Notification
of the Ministry of Public Health, No. 61 B.E. 2524 (1981), issued under the Food
Act B.E. 2522 (1979), published in the Royal Gazette, Vol. 98, Part 157 (Special
Issue), dated September 24, B.E. 2524 (1981).
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