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  "heading": "Appendices; maximum contaminant levels",
  "text": "A. Appendix A. The following provisions are the maximum contaminant levels for the following compounds:\n\nCompound\n\nMaximum Contaminant =\n\nppb\n\nLevel (mg/L)\n\n(1) VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS\n\nTrichloroethylene\n\n0.005\n\n5\n\nCarbon tetrachloride\n\n0.005\n\n5\n\nVinyl Chloride\n\n0.002\n\n2\n\n1,2-Dichloroethane\n\n0.005\n\n5\n\nBenzene\n\n0.005\n\n5\n\n1,1,-Dichloroethylene\n\n0.007\n\n7\n\n1,1,1,-Trichloroethane\n\n0.200\n\n200\n\np-Dichlorobenzene\n\n0.075\n\n75\n\nTrihalomethanes\n\n0.010\n\n10\n\n(2) INORGANIC COMPOUNDS\n\nArsenic\n\n0.05\n\n50\n\nBarium\n\n1.0\n\n1000\n\nCadmium\n\n0.01\n\n10\n\nChloride\n\n250.0\n\n250,000\n\nChromium\n\n0.05\n\n50\n\nCopper\n\n1.0\n\n1,000\n\nFluoride\n\n4.0\n\n4,000\n\nIron\n\n0.3\n\n300\n\nLead\n\n0.005\n\n5\n\nManganese\n\n0.05\n\n50\n\nMercury\n\n0.002\n\n2\n\nNitrate\n\n10.0\n\n10,000\n\nSelenium\n\n0.01\n\n10\n\nSilver\n\n0.05\n\n50\n\nSulfate\n\n250.0\n\n250,000\n\nTDS\n\n500.0\n\nZinc\n\n5.0\n\n5,000\n\n(3) ORGANIC COMPOUNDS\n\nEndrin\n\n0.0002\n\n0.2\n\nLindane\n\n0.004\n\n4.0\n\nMethoxychlor\n\n0.10\n\n100.0\n\nToxaphene\n\n0.005\n\n5.0\n\n2,4-D\n\n0.10\n\n100.0\n\n2,4,5-TP (Silvex)\n\n0.01\n\n10.0\n\n(4) WATER PROPERTIES\n\nColor\n\n< 15 units\n\nTurbidity\n\n< 5 units\n\npH\n\n6.5 - 8.5\n\nOdor\n\n3 T.O.N.\n\n(5) RADIONUCLIDES\n\n*Gross Alpha\n\n15 pCi/L\n\n**Gross Beta\n\n50 pCi/L\n\n*If Gross Alpha is greater than 5, analyze for Radium 226 and Radium 228. Their total should not exceed 5 pCi/L.\n\n**If Gross Beta is greater than 8 pCi/L, analyze for Strontium 90. If Gross Beta is greater than 50 pCi/L, analyze for Tritium and other man-made nuclides.\n\nB. Appendix B. The following is a listing of inorganic and organic substances:\n\n(1) Inorganics\n\nAluminum\n\nAmmonia\n\nAntimony\n\nBeryllium\n\nBoron\n\nCyanide\n\nFoaming Agents\n\nMolybdenum\n\nNickel\n\nRadium 226\n\nRadium 228\n\nRadon\n\nSodium\n\nStrontium\n\nThallium\n\nUranium\n\nVanadium\n\n(2) Organics\n\nAcrylamide\n\nAlachlor\n\nAtrazine\n\nAldrin\n\nAldicarb\n\nAldicarb Sulfone\n\nAldicarb Sulfoxide\n\nAcenaphthene\n\nAcenaphthylene\n\nAdipates\n\nAuthracene\n\nBentazon\n\nBromobenzene\n\nBromochloromethane\n\nBromomethane\n\nButylbenzene, n\n\nButylbenzene, sec\n\nButylbenzene, tert\n\nBenzidine\n\nBenzo (a) anthracene\n\nBenzo (a) pyrene\n\nBenzo (b) fluoranthene\n\nBenzo (ghi) perylene\n\nBenzo (k) fluoranthene\n\nBis (2-chloroethoxy) methane\n\nBis (2-chloroethyl) ether\n\nBis (2-chloroisopropyl) ether\n\nBis (2-ethylhexyl) pthalate\n\nBromophenyl Phenyl Ether, 4\n\nButylbensyl pthalate\n\nBromacil\n\nButachlor\n\nCarbofuran\n\nCyanazine\n\nChlordane\n\nChlorothalonil\n\nChlorobenzene\n\nChloroethane\n\nChloromethane\n\nChlorotoluene, o-\n\nChlorotoluene, p-\n\nCarbaryl\n\nChloro-m-Cresol, p-\n\nChloronapthalene, 2-\n\nChlorophenol, 2-\n\nChlorophenyl Phenyl Ether, 4-\n\nChrysene\n\nDacthal\n\nDalapon\n\nDB,2,4-\n\nDelta BHC\n\nDiazonon\n\nDibromo-3-Chloropropane, 1,2-\n\nDimethoate\n\nDieldrin\n\nDitrotoluene, 2,4-\n\nDicamba\n\nDinoseb\n\nDibromomethane\n\nDichlorobenzene, m-\n\nDichlorobenzene, o-\n\nDichlorodifluoromethane\n\nDichloroethane,1,1-\n\nDichloroethylene,1,2-cis-\n\nDichloroethylene,1,2,-trans\n\nDichloromethane\n\nDichloropropane,1,2-\n\nDichloropropane,1,3-\n\nDichloropropane,2,2-\n\nDichloropropene,1,1-\n\nDichloropropene,1,3-\n\nDi-n-butyl pthalate\n\nDi-n-octyl pthalate\n\nDichlorobenzidine,3,3-\n\nDibenzo (a,h) anthracene\n\nDichlorophenol,2,4-\n\nDiethyl Pthalate\n\nDimethy Pthalate\n\nDimethlyphenol,2,4-\n\nDinitro-o-Cresol,4,6-\n\nDinitrophenol,2,4-\n\nDiphenylhydrazine,1,2-\n\nDinitrotoluene,2,6-\n\nDiuron\n\nDiquat\n\nEndothall\n\nEpichlorohydrin\n\nEthylbenzene\n\nEthyl Dibromide\n\nFluorotrichloromethane\n\nFluoranthene\n\nFluorene\n\nGlyphosate\n\nHeptachlor\n\nHeptechlor Epoxide\n\nHexachlorobenzene\n\nHexachlorobutadiene\n\nHexachlorocyclopentadiene\n\nHexachloroethane\n\nIndeno (1,2,3-c,d) Pyrene\n\nIsophorone\n\nIsopropylbenzene\n\nIsopropyltoluene,p-\n\nMethomyl\n\nMethyl tert-Butyl-Ether\n\nMethyl-4,6-Dinitrophenol,2-\n\nMetolachlor\n\nMetribuzin\n\nMolinate\n\nNapthalene\n\nNitrobenzene\n\nNitrophenol,2-\n\nNitrophenol,4-\n\nNitrosodimethylamine,n-\n\nNitrosodiphenylamine,n-\n\nNitrosodi-n-propylamine,n-\n\nPCB\n\nPentachlorophenol\n\nPhenathrene\n\nPicloram\n\nPrometryn\n\nPropylbenzene,n-\n\nPyrene\n\nSimazine\n\nT,2,4,5\n\nTCDD,2,3,7,8-\n\nTetrachloroethane,1,1,1,2-\n\nTetrachloroethane,1,1,2,2\n\nTetrachloroethylene\n\nThiobencarb\n\nToluene\n\nTrichlorobenzene, 1,2,3-\n\nTrichloro-1,2,2,-Trifluroethane\n\nTrichlorobenzene,1,2,4\n\nTrichloroethane,1,1,2-\n\nTrichlorophenol,2,4,5-\n\nTrichlorophenol,2,4,6\n\nTrichloropropane,1,2,3-\n\nTrifluralin\n\nTrimethylbenze,1,2,4-\n\nTrimethylbenze,1,3,5\n\nVydate\n\nXylene,m-\n\nXylene,o-\n\nXylene,p-\n\nC. Appendix C. The following is a listing of disinfection byproducts:\n\n(1) Haloacids:\n\nBromoacetic acid\n\nDibromoacetic acid\n\nChloroacetic acid\n\nDichloroacetic acid\n\nTrichloroacetic acid\n\n(2) Aldehydes\n\nAcetaldehyde\n\nFormaldehyde\n\n(3) Pentane Extractables\n\nBromochloroacetonitrile\n\nDibromoacetonitrile\n\nDichloroacetonitrile\n\nTrichloroacetonitrile\n\nChloropicrin\n\nDichloropropanone,1,1-\n\nTrichloropropanone,1,1,1-\n\n(4) Cyanogen Chloride",
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