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RAW‐WATER QUALITY CRITERIA FOR PUBLIC SUPPLIES
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1969.tb03721.x
Subject(s) - chemistry , environmental chemistry , turbidity , water quality , arsenic , cyanide , chloride , inorganic chemistry , oceanography , organic chemistry , geology , ecology , biology
This paper provides an excerpt from “Water Quality Criteria,” a report to the US Secretary of the Interior, issued by the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration, Washington, D.C. (Apr. 1, 1968). A discussion of raw‐water quality criteria for public water supplies follows. Specific criteria discussed are: color; odor; temperature; turbidity; coliform and fecal coliform organisms; alkalinity; ammonia; arsenic, barium, cadmium, Chromium (Hexavalent), copper, chloride, cyanide, iron, lead, manganese, phenols, selenium, silver, sulfate, zinc and radioactive substances; boron; dissolved oxygen; fluoride; hardness; nitrate plus nitrite; pH; phosphorus; total dissolved solids; uranyl ion; carbon chloroform extract; methylene blue active substances; oil and grease; and, pesticides and herbicides.