NAC445A.552. Standards for bottled water: Chemical and organic substances.  


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  • When bottled water, other than mineral water, is delivered to a customer or placed in a vending machine, each liter of water must:

         1. Not contain more than 500 milligrams of dissolved solids;

         2. Not contain more than 7 million fibers longer than 10 micrometers of asbestos;

         3. Have a pH within the range of 6.5 to 8.5; and

         4. Not contain any of the following chemical substances in excess of the milligrams per liter listed:

    INORGANIC CHEMICALS

    Aluminum...........................................................................................................

    0.20

    Antimony............................................................................................................

    0.006

    Arsenic................................................................................................................

    0.05

    Barium................................................................................................................

    1.00

    Beryllium............................................................................................................

    0.004

    Cadmium............................................................................................................

    0.005

    Chloride..............................................................................................................

    250.00

    Chromium...........................................................................................................

    0.05

    Copper................................................................................................................

    1.00

    Cyanide..............................................................................................................

    0.20

    Iron.....................................................................................................................

    0.30

    Lead....................................................................................................................

    0.05

    Magnesium.........................................................................................................

    150.00

    Manganese..........................................................................................................

    0.05

    Mercury..............................................................................................................

    0.002

    Methylene blue active substances.......................................................................

    0.50

    Nickel.................................................................................................................

    0.10

    Nitrate as (N)......................................................................................................

    10.00

    Nitrite as (N).......................................................................................................

    1.00

    Total nitrate and nitrite as (N)............................................................................

    10.00

    Selenium.............................................................................................................

    0.01

    Silver...................................................................................................................

    0.05

    Sulfate................................................................................................................

    250.00

    Zinc.....................................................................................................................

    5.00

    CHLORINATED ORGANIC CHEMICALS

    Endrin.................................................................................................................

    0.002

    Total Trihalomethanes........................................................................................

    0.10

    VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

    Benzene..............................................................................................................

    0.005

    Carbon tetrachloride...........................................................................................

    0.005

    1,2-Dichloroethane.............................................................................................

    0.005

    1,1-Dichloroethylene..........................................................................................

    0.007

    Trichloroethylene................................................................................................

    0.005

    1,1,1-Trichloroethane..........................................................................................

    0.20

    Dichloromethane................................................................................................

    0.005

    Vinyl chloride.....................................................................................................

    0.002

    p-Dichlorobenzene..............................................................................................

    0.075

    o-Dichlorobenzene..............................................................................................

    0.60

    1,2-Dichloropropane...........................................................................................

    0.005

    cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene.....................................................................................

    0.07

    trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene.................................................................................

    0.10

    Ethylbenzene......................................................................................................

    0.70

    Monochlorobenzene...........................................................................................

    0.10

    Styrene................................................................................................................

    0.10

    Toluene...............................................................................................................

    1.00

    1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene.......................................................................................

    0.07

    1,1,2-Trichloroethane..........................................................................................

    0.005

    Tetrachloroethylene............................................................................................

    0.005

    Xylenes...............................................................................................................

    10.00

    SYNTHETIC ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

    Alachlor..............................................................................................................

    0.002

    Aldicarb..............................................................................................................

    0.003

    Aldicarb sulfoxide..............................................................................................

    0.004

    Aldicarb sulfone.................................................................................................

    0.002

    Atrazine..............................................................................................................

    0.003

    Benzo(a)pyrene...................................................................................................

    0.0002

    Carbofuran..........................................................................................................

    0.04

    Chlordane...........................................................................................................

    0.002

    Dalapon..............................................................................................................

    0.20

    Decachlorabiphenyl............................................................................................

    0.0005

    Di(2-ethylhexyl)adipate......................................................................................

    0.40

    Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate...................................................................................

    0.006

    Dibromochloropropane.......................................................................................

    0.0002

    Dinoseb...............................................................................................................

    0.007

    Dioxin.................................................................................................................

    0.00000003

    Diquat.................................................................................................................

    0.02

    2,4-D...................................................................................................................

    0.07

    Endothall............................................................................................................

    0.10

    Ethylene dibromide............................................................................................

    0.00005

    Glyphosphate......................................................................................................

    0.70

    Heptachlor..........................................................................................................

    0.0004

    Heptachlor epoxide............................................................................................

    0.0002

    Hexachlorobenzene............................................................................................

    0.001

    Hexachlorocyclopentadiene...............................................................................

    0.05

    Lindane...............................................................................................................

    0.0002

    Methoxychlor.....................................................................................................

    0.04

    Oxamyl...............................................................................................................

    0.20

    Picloram..............................................................................................................

    0.50

    Polychlorinated biphenyls..................................................................................

    0.0005

    Pentachlorophenol..............................................................................................

    0.001

    Simazine.............................................................................................................

    0.004

    Toxaphene..........................................................................................................

    0.003

    2,4,5-TP..............................................................................................................

    0.05

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 10-14-82; A 9-15-94)