AI-assisted research summary: This section lists maximum contaminant levels and related water-quality limits for specified compounds and water properties.
§740. Appendices; maximum contaminant levels A. Appendix A. The following provisions are the maximum contaminant levels for the following compounds: Compound Maximum Contaminant = ppb Level (mg/L) (1) VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS Trichloroethylene 0.005 5 Carbon tetrachloride 0.005 5 Vinyl Chloride 0.002 2 1,2-Dichloroethane 0.005 5 Benzene 0.005 5 1,1,-Dichloroethylene 0.007 7 1,1,1,-Trichloroethane 0.200 200 p-Dichlorobenzene 0.075 75 Trihalomethanes 0.010 10 (2) INORGANIC COMPOUNDS Arsenic 0.05 50 Barium 1.0 1000 Cadmium 0.01 10 Chloride 250.0 250,000 Chromium 0.05 50 Copper 1.0 1,000 Fluoride 4.0 4,000 Iron 0.3 300 Lead 0.005 5 Manganese 0.05 50 Mercury 0.002 2 Nitrate 10.0 10,000 Selenium 0.01 10 Silver 0.05 50 Sulfate 250.0 250,000 TDS 500.0 Zinc 5.0 5,000 (3) ORGANIC COMPOUNDS Endrin 0.0002 0.2 Lindane 0.004 4.0 Methoxychlor 0.10 100.0 Toxaphene 0.005 5.0 2,4-D 0.10 100.0 2,4,5-TP (Silvex) 0.01 10.0 (4) WATER PROPERTIES Color < 15 units Turbidity < 5 units pH 6.5 - 8.5 Odor 3 T.O.N. (5) RADIONUCLIDES *Gross Alpha 15 pCi/L **Gross Beta 50 pCi/L *If Gross Alpha is greater than 5, analyze for Radium 226 and Radium 228. Their total should not exceed 5 pCi/L. **If Gross Beta is greater than 8 pCi/L, analyze for Strontium 90. If Gross Beta is greater than 50 pCi/L, analyze for Tritium and other man-made nuclides. B. Appendix B. The following is a listing of inorganic and organic substances: (1) Inorganics Aluminum Ammonia Antimony Beryllium Boron Cyanide Foaming Agents Molybdenum Nickel Radium 226 Radium 228 Radon Sodium Strontium Thallium Uranium Vanadium (2) Organics Acrylamide Alachlor Atrazine Aldrin Aldicarb Aldicarb Sulfone Aldicarb Sulfoxide Acenaphthene Acenaphthylene Adipates Authracene Bentazon Bromobenzene Bromochloromethane Bromomethane Butylbenzene, n Butylbenzene, sec Butylbenzene, tert Benzidine Benzo (a) anthracene Benzo (a) pyrene Benzo (b) fluoranthene Benzo (ghi) perylene Benzo (k) fluoranthene Bis (2-chloroethoxy) methane Bis (2-chloroethyl) ether Bis (2-chloroisopropyl) ether Bis (2-ethylhexyl) pthalate Bromophenyl Phenyl Ether, 4 Butylbensyl pthalate Bromacil Butachlor Carbofuran Cyanazine Chlordane Chlorothalonil Chlorobenzene Chloroethane Chloromethane Chlorotoluene, o- Chlorotoluene, p- Carbaryl Chloro-m-Cresol, p- Chloronapthalene, 2- Chlorophenol, 2- Chlorophenyl Phenyl Ether, 4- Chrysene Dacthal Dalapon DB,2,4- Delta BHC Diazonon Dibromo-3-Chloropropane, 1,2- Dimethoate Dieldrin Ditrotoluene, 2,4- Dicamba Dinoseb Dibromomethane Dichlorobenzene, m- Dichlorobenzene, o- Dichlorodifluoromethane Dichloroethane,1,1- Dichloroethylene,1,2-cis- Dichloroethylene,1,2,-trans Dichloromethane Dichloropropane,1,2- Dichloropropane,1,3- Dichloropropane,2,2- Dichloropropene,1,1- Dichloropropene,1,3- Di-n-butyl pthalate Di-n-octyl pthalate Dichlorobenzidine,3,3- Dibenzo (a,h) anthracene Dichlorophenol,2,4- Diethyl Pthalate Dimethy Pthalate Dimethlyphenol,2,4- Dinitro-o-Cresol,4,6- Dinitrophenol,2,4- Diphenylhydrazine,1,2- Dinitrotoluene,2,6- Diuron Diquat Endothall Epichlorohydrin Ethylbenzene Ethyl Dibromide Fluorotrichloromethane Fluoranthene Fluorene Glyphosate Heptachlor Heptechlor Epoxide Hexachlorobenzene Hexachlorobutadiene Hexachlorocyclopentadiene Hexachloroethane Indeno (1,2,3-c,d) Pyrene Isophorone Isopropylbenzene Isopropyltoluene,p- Methomyl Methyl tert-Butyl-Ether Methyl-4,6-Dinitrophenol,2- Metolachlor Metribuzin Molinate Napthalene Nitrobenzene Nitrophenol,2- Nitrophenol,4- Nitrosodimethylamine,n- Nitrosodiphenylamine,n- Nitrosodi-n-propylamine,n- PCB Pentachlorophenol Phenathrene Picloram Prometryn Propylbenzene,n- Pyrene Simazine T,2,4,5 TCDD,2,3,7,8- Tetrachloroethane,1,1,1,2- Tetrachloroethane,1,1,2,2 Tetrachloroethylene Thiobencarb Toluene Trichlorobenzene, 1,2,3- Trichloro-1,2,2,-Trifluroethane Trichlorobenzene,1,2,4 Trichloroethane,1,1,2- Trichlorophenol,2,4,5- Trichlorophenol,2,4,6 Trichloropropane,1,2,3- Trifluralin Trimethylbenze,1,2,4- Trimethylbenze,1,3,5 Vydate Xylene,m- Xylene,o- Xylene,p- C. Appendix C. The following is a listing of disinfection byproducts: (1) Haloacids: Bromoacetic acid Dibromoacetic acid Chloroacetic acid Dichloroacetic acid Trichloroacetic acid (2) Aldehydes Acetaldehyde Formaldehyde (3) Pentane Extractables Bromochloroacetonitrile Dibromoacetonitrile Dichloroacetonitrile Trichloroacetonitrile Chloropicrin Dichloropropanone,1,1- Trichloropropanone,1,1,1- (4) Cyanogen Chloride Acts 1991, No. 623, §1.