Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality - Supporting Documents
The following documents represent the technical or scientific supporting documentation used by the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on Drinking Water in developing and approving guidelines for contaminants found in drinking water. The documents are criteria summaries prepared by the staff of the Water Quality and Health Bureau of the Safe Environments Programme of Health Canada, or their consultants, following the critical evaluation of available information on exposure, health effects, analytical methodology and treatment technology for each contaminant. These reviews are not exhaustive, but present a brief summary of background data and information considered to be critical for the derivation of the guidelines.
Health Canada has published Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality since 1968. The guidelines are prepared by the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on Drinking Water; the Committee is made up of representatives from each province and territory, as well as from Health Canada.
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Table of Contents
Microbiological Parameters:
Bacteriological quality
Chemical/Physical Parameters:
- Aldicarb
- Aldrin + dieldrin
- Aluminum
- Ammonia
- Antimony
- Arsenic
- Asbestos
- Atrazine
- Azinphos-methyl
- Barium
- Bendiocarb
- Benzene
- Benzo[a]pyrene
- Boron
- Bromate
- Bromodichloromethane (see Trihalomethanes)
- Bromoform (see Trihalomethanes)
- Bromoxynil
- Cadmium
- Calcium
- Carbaryl
- Carbofuran
- Carbon tetrachloride
- Chloramines
- Chlorate (see Chlorates, chlorites and chlorine dioxide)
- Chlorates (in preparation)
- Chloride
- Chlorine dioxide (see Chlorates, chlorites and chlorine dioxide)
- Chlorite (see Chlorates, chlorites and chlorine dioxide)
- Chlorodibromomethane (see Trihalomethanes)
- Chloroform (see Trihalomethanes)
- Chlorophenols
- Chlorpyrifos
- Chromium
- Colour
- Copper
- Cyanazine
- Cyanide
- Cyanobacterial toxins
- Diazinon
- Dicamba
- Dichloramine (see Chloramines)
- Dichlorobenzene, 1,2- (see Dichlorobenzenes)
- Dichlorobenzene, 1,4- (see Dichlorobenzenes)
- Dichlorobenzenes
- Dichloroethane, 1,2
- Dichloroethylene,1,1
- Dichloromethane
- Dichlorophenol,2,4- (see Chlorophenols)
- Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, 2,4
- Dichlorprop (in preparation)
- Diclofop-methyl
- Dimethoate
- Dinoseb
- Diquat
- Diuron
- Ethylbenzene (see Toluene, ethylbenzene and the xylenes)
- Fluoride
- Formaldehyde
- Gasoline and its organic constituents
- Glyphosate
- Haloacetic acid (in preparation)
- Hardness
- Iron
- Lead
- Magnesium
- Malathion
- Manganese
- Mercury
- Methoxychlor
- Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether (MTBE)
- Methylchlorophenoxyacetic acid (MCPA) (in preparation)
- Metolachlor
- Metribuzine
- Microcystin-LR (see Cyanobacterial toxins)
- Monochloramine (see Chloramines)
- Monochlorobenzene
- Nitrate/nitrite
- Nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA)
- Odour
- Paraquat
- Parathion
- Pentachlorophenol (see Chlorophenols)
- pH
- Phorate
- Picloram
- Selenium
- Silver
- Simazine
- Sodium
- Sulphate
- Sulphide
- Taste
- Temperature
- Terbufos
- Tetrachloroethylene
- Tetrachlorophenol,2,3,4,6- (see Chlorophenols)
- Toluene (see Toluene, ethylbenzene and the xylenes)
- Toluene, ethylbenzene and the xylenes
- Total dissolved solids
- Trichloramine (see Chloramines)
- Trichloroethylene
- Trichlorophenol,2,4,6- (see Chlorophenols)
- Trifluralin
- Trihalomethanes
- Turbidity
- Uranium
- Vinyl chloride
- Xylenes (see Toluene, ethylbenzene and the xylenes)
- Zinc
Radiological Parameters:
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