Water Quality Standards
Groundwater Quality Standards
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Groundwater Quality Standards
ParameterUnitStandard ValueAnalytical Methods
1. Volatile Organic Compound
1) Benzeneµg/l
Not exceed 5Purge and Trap Gas Chromatography or Purge and Trap Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry or other methods approved by PCD
2) Carbon Tetrachloride"Not exceed 5"
3) 1,2-Dichloroethane"Not exceed 5"
4) 1,1-Dichloroethylene "Not exceed 7"
5) cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene"Not exceed 70"
6) trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene"Not exceed 100"
7) Dichloromethane"Not exceed 5"
8) Ethylbenzene"Not exceed 700"
9) Styrene"Not exceed 100"
10) Tetrachoroethylene "Not exceed 5"
11) Toluene"Not exceed 1,000"
12) Trichloroethylene"Not exceed 5"
13) 1,1,1-Trichloroethane "Not exceed 200"
14) 1,1,2-Trichloroethane "Not exceed 5"
15) Total Xylenes "Not exceed 10,000"
2. Heavy metals
1) Cadmium mg/lNot exceed 0.003 Direct Aspiration/Atomic Absorption Spectrometry or Inductively Coupled Plasma/Plasma Emission Spectroscopy or other methods approved by PCD
2) Hexavalent Chromium
" Not exceed 0.05"
3) Copper"Not exceed 1.0"
4) Lead" Not exceed 0.01"
5) Manganese"Not exceed 0.5 "
6) Nickel"Not exceed 0.02 "
7) Zinc" Not exceed 5.0"
8) Arsenic"Not exceed 0.01Hydride Generation/Atomic Absorption Spectrometry or Inductively Coupled Plasma/Plasma Emission Spectroscopy or other methods approved by PCD
9) Selenium" Not exceed 0.01 "
10) Mercury"Not exceed 0.001Cold-Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectrometry/Plasma Emission Spectroscopy or other methods approved by PCD
3. Pesticides
1) Chlordane
µg/lNot exceed 0.2
Liquid - Liquid Extraction Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry or Liquid - Liquid Extraction Gas Chromatography (Method I) or other methods approved by PCD
2) Dieldrin"Not exceed 0.03 "
3) Heptachlor"Not exceed 0.4"
4) Heptachlor Epoxide"Not exceed 0.2 "
5) DDT"Not exceed 2"
6) 2,4-D"Not exceed 30Liquid-Liquid Extraction Gas Chromatography or other methods approved by PCD
7) Atrazine"Not exceed 3"
8) Lindane" Not exceed 0.2Liquid-Liquid Extraction Gas Chromatography (Method I) or other methods approved by PCD
9) Pentachlorophenol"Not exceed 1Liquid - Liquid Extraction Chromatography or Liquid - Liquid Extraction Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry or other methods approved by PCD
4. Others
1) Benzo (a) pyrene
µg/lNot exceed 0.2
Liquid - Liquid Extraction Chromatography or Liquid-Liquid Extraction Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry or other methods approved by PCD
2) Cyanide"Not exceed 200 Pyridine Barbituric Acid or Colorimetry or Ion Chromatography or other methods approved by PCD
3) PCBs"Not exceed 0.5Liquid - Liquid Extraction Gas Chromatography (Method II) or other methods approved by PCD
4) Vinyl Chloride"Not exceed 2 Purge and Trap Gas Chromatography or Purge and Trap Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry or other methods approved by PCD


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1 Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater which American Public Health Association, American Water Works Association and the U.S.A. Water Environment Federation or Manual for Water and Wastewater Analysis of Thailand Environmental Engineering Association accept.
2Methods for Sampling and Preservation follow as PCD Announcement in the Royal Government Gazette
Source: Notification of the National Environmental Board No. 20, B.E. 2543 (2000), issued under the Enhancement & Conservation of National Environment Quality Act B.E. 2535 (1992), published in the Royal Government Gazette, Vol. 117 Special part 95 D, dated September 15 , B.E. 2543 (2000)