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 New York Codes Rules Regulations (Last Updated: March 27,2024)
 TITLE 6. Department of Environmental Conservation
 Appendices
 Appendix 27.

  Appendix 27.  

EPA INTERIM PRIMARY DRINKING WATER STANDARDS
ParameterMaximum level (mg/l)
Arsenic
 
 0.05
Barium
 
 1.0
Cadmium
 
 0.01
Chromium
 
 0.05
Fluoride
 
 1.4 - 2.4
Lead
 
 0.05
Mercury
 
 0.002
Nitrate (as N)
 
10.
Selenium
 
 0.01
Silver
 
 0.05
Endrin
 
 0.0002
Lindane
 
 0.004
Methoxychlor
 
 0.1
Toxaphene
 
 0.005
2,4 D
 
 0.1
2,4,5-TP Silver
 
 0.01
Radium
 
 5 pCi/1
Gross Alpha
 
15 pCi/1
Gross Beta
 
 4 millirem/yr
Turbidity
 
 1/TU
Coliform Bacteria
 
 1/100 ml
Comment: Turbidity is applicable only to surface water supplies.