DoE Standards for Drinking Water at Bangladesh

Sl no.	Parameter	Unit	Standard
	Aluminum	mg/l	0.05 to 0.2
	Ammonia	mg/l	0.5
	Arsenic	mg/l	0.05
	Balium	mg/l	0.01
	Benzene	mg/l	0.01
	BOD5 200C	mg/l	0.2
	Boron	mg/l	1.0
	Cadmium	mg/l	0.005
	Calcium	mg/l	75
	Chloride	mg/l	100 - 600
	Chlorine(residual)	mg/l	0.2
	Chloroform	mg/l	0.09
	Chromium (vi)	mg/l	0.05
	Chromium (total)	mg/l	0.05
	COD	mg/l	4
	Coliform (fecal)	n/100 ml	0
	Coliform (total)	n/100 ml	0
	Color	Hazen unit	15
	Copper	mg/l	1.0
	Corrosivity		noncorrosive
	Cyanide	mg/l	0.1
	Detergents	mg/l	0.2
	Dissolve Oxygen (DO)	mg/l	6.0
	Fluoride	mg/l	1.0
	Foaming Agents	mg/l	0.5
	Hardness (CaCO3)	mg/l	200 - 500
	Iron	mg/l	0.3 – 1.0
	Kjeldhl Nitrogen (total)	mg/l	1.0
	Lead	mg/l	0.05
	Magnesium	mg/l	30 - 35
	Manganese	mg/l	0.1
	Mercury	mg/l	0.001
	Nickel	mg/l	0.1
	Nitrate	mg/l	10
	Nitrite	mg/l	< 1.0
	Odor	-	odorless
	pH	-	6.5 - 8.5
	Phenolic Compounds	mg/l	0.002
	Phosphate	mg/l	6
	Phosphorus	mg/l	0
	Potassium	mg/l	12
	Radioactive materials (gross alpha activity)	Bq/l	0.01
	Selenium	mg/l	0.01
	Silver	mg/l	0.02
	Sodium	mg/l	200
	Sulfide	mg/l	0
	Sulfate	mg/l	400
	Total Dissolved Solids	mg/l	1000
	Temperature	0C	20 - 30
	Tin	mg/l	2
	Turbidity	JTU	10
	Zinc	mg/l	5