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Water Quality Table

Parameter Units Kelowna's 
Concentration
*MAC
       
Arsenic mg/L not detected 0.025
Cadmium mg/L not detected 0.005
Chlorine-Free mg/L 0.65 4.0
Chlorine-Total mg/L 0.75 4.0
Cyanide mg/L not detected 0.2
eColi MPN/100mL 0 0
Hardness mg/L 110 500
Iron mg/L 0.02 0.3
Lead mg/L not detected 0.01
Mercury mg/L not detected 0.001
Nitrate-N mg/L 0.07 10.0
Nitrite-N mg/L not detected 1.0
pH range pH units 7.8-8.2 6.5-8.5
Sodium mg/L 9.9 200
THM's-Total ppb 30-60 100
Total Dissolved Solids mg/L 195 250
Turbidity ntu 0.40 1.00
Uranium mg/L not detected 0.1

*MAC- (Maximum Acceptable Concentrations) have been established by the Federal Government for certain substances that are known or suspected to cause adverse health effects.  Each MAC has been derived to safeguard health, assuming lifelong consumption of drinking water containing that substance at that concentration.


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