GUEST OF WATER
Requirements for the quality of drinking water in Ukraine (GOST, SANPIN, WHO)
Water in Ukraine really meets DSTU. But they try not to mention that this document dates back to 1982. As well as about the existence of SanPiN (sanitary rules and regulations) of 1997, which were never used by the country's sanitary and epidemiological services. Why?
Currently, as in Soviet times, water is controlled by 28 components. While in the USA it is tested for more than a hundred parameters. However, the number of chemical compounds that are produced every year by the chemical industry and, accordingly, enter the rivers, is hundreds of times greater.
In the table below, you can view drinking water quality standards in different countries and world organizations by main parameters
Drinking water quality indicators | Unit | Norms | ||||
Ukraine GOST | Ukraine SANPIN | WHO | USEPA (USA) | EEC | ||
Organoleptic indicators | ||||||
Color | degrees | 20 | 20 (35) | 15 | 15 | 20 |
Turbidity | mg/l | May 1 | 0.5 (1.5) | 5 (1) | 0.5-1 | 4 |
Generalized indicators | ||||||
Hydrogen index | Unit pH | 6.0-9.0 | 6.5-8.5 | 6.5-8.5 | 6.5-8.5 | 6.5-8.5 |
General mineralization | mg/l | 1000 | 100-1000 | 1000 | 500 | 1500 |
Rigidity is general | mmol/l | 7.0 | 1.5-7 (10) | - | - | 1,2 |
Oxidability | mgO 2 /l | - | 4 | - | - | 5 |
Inorganic substances | ||||||
Aluminum | mg/l | 0.5 | 0.2-0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Barium | mg/l | 0.1 | - | 0.7 | 2 | 0.1 |
Beryllium | mg/l | 0.0002 | - | - | 0.004 | - |
Boron | mg/l | 0.5 | - | 0.3 | - | 1 |
Iron | mg/l | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
Cadmium | mg/l | 0.001 | - | 0.003 | 0.005 | 0.005 |
Manganese | mg/l | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 (0.1) | 0.05 | 0.05 |
Copper | mg/l | 1 | 1 | 2 (1) | 1-1,3 | 2 |
Molybdenum | mg/l | 0.25 | - | 0.07 | - | - |
Arsenic | mg/l | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.01 |
Nickel | mg/l | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.02 | - | 0.02 |
Nitrates | mg/l | 45 | 45 | 50 | 44 | 50 |
Mercury | mg/l | 0.0005 | - | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.001 |
Lead | mg/l | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.015 | 0.01 |
Selenium | mg/l | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.01 |
Sulfates | mg/l | 500 | 250 (500) | 250 | 250 | 250 |
Phosphates | mg/l | 3.5 | - | - | - | - |
Fluorides | mg/l | 1.5 | - | 1.5 | 2-4 | 1.5 |
Chlorides | mg/l | 350 | - | 250 | 250 | 250 |
Chrome | mg/l | 0.05 | - | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
Cyanides | mg/l | 0.035 | - | 0.07 | 0.2 | 0.05 |
Zinc | mg/l | 5 | - | 3 | 5 | 5 |
Organic substances | ||||||
Lindane | mg/l | 0.002 | - | 0.002 | 0.0002 | 0.002 |
DDT | mg/l | 0.002 | - | 0.002 | - | 0.002 |
2.4-D | mg/l | 0.03 | - | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.03 |
Substances present in water as a result of chlorination | ||||||
Residual chlorine, bound | mg/l | 0.3-0.5 | 0.3-0.5 | - | - | - |
Chloroform | mg/l | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.02 | - | 0.02 |
