Contaminant

Soil Quality Criteria
mg/kg dry weight

Cut-off Criteria
mg/kg dry weight

Acetone

8

Arsenic

20

20

Benzene

1.5

Petrol

25

Lead

40

400

BTEX, total

10

Cadmium

0.5

5

Chloroform

50

Chlorophenols, total

3

Pentachlorophenol

0.15

Chromium, total

500

1000

Chromium (VI)

20

Copper

500

500

Cyanide, total

500

Cyanide, acid volatile

10

DDT

1

Detergents, anionic

1500

1,2-dibromomethane

0.02

1,2-dichloroethane

1.4

1,1-dichloroethene

5

1,2-dichloroethene

85

Dichloromethane

8

Fluoride, inorganic

20

Gas oil, total, hydrocarbons

100

Mercury

1

3

Molebdenum

5

MTBE

500

Naphthalene

1

Nickel

30

30

Mononitrolphenols

125

Dinitrophenols

10

Trinitrophenols

30

PAH, total

1.5

15

Benz(a)pyrene

0.1

1

Dibenz(a,h)antracene

0.1

1

Petroleum

25

Phenols, total

70

Phthalates, total

250

DEHP

25

Styrene

40

Terpentine, mineral

25

Tetrachloroethylene

5

Tetrachloromethane

5

1,1,1-trichloroethane

200

Trichloroethylene

5

Vinyl chloride

0.4

Zinc

500

1000

Parameter

Groundwater Quality Criteria µg/l

Drinking Water Criteria
Recommended Value µg/l

Drinking Water Criteria
Max. Allowable Value µg/l

Acetone

10

Arsenic

8

< DL

50

Benzene

1

Lead

1

< DL

50

Bor

300

1

Butylacetates

10

Cadmium

0.5

< DL

5

Chlorinated solvents (+vinyl chloride)

1

Chloroform

as low as possible

Chromium, total

25

< DL

50

Chromium VI

1

Copper

100

3

Cyanide, total

50

< DL

50

DEHP

1

Detergents, anionic

100

1,2-dibromethane

0.01

Diethylether

10

Isopropylalcohol

10

PAH

0.2

Methylisobutylketone

10

Methyl-tert-butylether (MTBE)

30

Mineral olie, total

9

Molybdenum

20

Naphthalene

1

Nickel

10

50

Nitrophenols

0.5

Pentachlorphenol

< DL

Pesticides, total

0.5

Pesticides, individual

0.1

Pesticides, persistent, chlorinated

0.03

Phenols

0.5

Phthalates (-DEHP)

10

Styrene

1

Toluene

5

Vinyl chloride

0.2

Xylenes

5

Zinc

100

5

Colour

5

15

Turbidity

0.3

0.5

Odour

2 at12⁰C

Taste

3 at.25⁰C

Temperature

12

PH

7.0-8.0

8.5

Conductivity

> 30

Permanganate number

6

12

Total dissolved solids

1.500

Calcium

Magnesium

30

50

Hardness, total

Sodium

20

175

Potassium

10

Ammonium

0.05

0.5

Iron

0.05

0.2

Manganese

0.02

0.05

Bicarbonate

> 100

Chloride

50

300

Sulfate

50

250

Nitrate

25

50

Nitrite

< DL

0.1

Total phosphorous content

< DL

0.15

Flouride

1.5

Oxygen

Agg. carbon dioxide

< DL

Hydrogen sulfide

< DL

Methane

< DL

Chlorine, free and total

Aluminium

0.05

0.2

Antimony

0.05

0.2

Barium

100

Mercury

< DL

1

Selenium

< DL

10

Silver

< DL

10

Suspended solids

< DL

Kjeldahl-nitrogen

1

Anion active compounds

< DL

0.1

Parameter

Air Quality
Criteria
Mg/m³

Acetone

0.4

Aromatic hydrocarbons

0.03

Benzene

0.000125

Butylacetates

0.1

Chloroform

0.02

Cyanide, acid volatile

0.06

Diethylether

1

Isopropanol

1

Hydrocarbons, total

0.1

Methylisobutylketone

0.2

MTBE

0.03

Naphthalene

0.04

Phenol

0.02

Methylphenols (cresoler)

0.0001

Dimethylphenols (xylenoler)

0.001

Chlorophenols, sum

0.00002

Pentachlorophenol (PCP)

0.000001

Nitrophenols

0.005

Styrene

0.1

Tetrachloromethane

0.005

Tetrachloroethylene

0.00025

Toluene

0.4

Trichloroethylene

0.001

Vinyl chloride

0.00005

Xylenes

0.1