This paper examines the compatibility of two constraints on the quality of water recovered from bank filtration schemes; that (1) removal of cyanobacterial toxins is adequate and (2) salinity is acceptable for drinking water supplies.
In Supporting Information, Figure S7, the strips showed that the enzymes on the strip operate best between pH 5 and 7. To investigate further the range between pH 6.5 and 8.5 whose range is acceptable for drinking water, we used pH-adjusted bottled water to more closely probe the response of the strip (Supporting Information, Figure S8).
Nitrate concentrations in the range 20 50 mg/L indicate the influence of human activities (Spalding and Exner 1993), whereas nitrate concentrations >50 mg/L are higher than the maximum acceptable concentration for drinking water (WHO 1993).
Accordingly, the top priority should be given to the highest desirable (or acceptable) limits prescribed for drinking purpose, while the maximum permissible (allowable) limits may be extended, if there is no any alternative water availability (Subba Rao 2017).
The limit of Cl− (mg/l) concentration is 250 1000 (BIS standard), 200 is maximum acceptable limit and 600 is maximum allowable limit for drinking water specification (WHO 1984).
Based on the comparison between TDS values of all tested sites in Shatt Al-Arab River and the acceptable value of TDS specified by WHO (2011) guidelines for drinking water, all TDS values exceeded the standard limit.
According to comparison between the acceptable value of TDS specified by WHO (2011) guidelines for drinking water and TDS stations value during DS and WS, all TDS values exceeded the standard limit.
In all the samples, the concentrations of anions and cations, such as K+, Na+, Ca2+, SO42− and Mg2+ are below the maximum acceptable level (200, 1,538, 349, 1,492 and 133 mg l−1, respectively) for drinking waters (WHO 2004).
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Extensive research has indicated that agricultural practices may cause nitrate contamination to be high so as to exceed the maximum acceptable level for drinking water (Böhlke 2002).
Based on hydrochemical studies, the concentrations of cations and anions are far above the maximum acceptable levels for drinking water according to IQS 2009 and WHO 2011.
