Section 327IAC8-2-34. Maximum contaminant level goals; inorganic contaminants  


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  •    MCLGs for the following contaminants are as indicated:

    Contaminant

    MCLG in Milligrams per Liter

    Fluoride

    4.0

    Asbestos

    7 million fibers per liter (longer than 10 micrometers)

    Barium

    2

    Cadmium

    0.005

    Chromium

    0.1

    Copper

    1.3

    Lead

    0

    Mercury

    0.002

    Nitrate

    10 (as nitrogen)

    Nitrite

    1 (as nitrogen)

    Total nitrate + nitrite

    10 (as nitrogen)

    Selenium

    0.05

    Antimony

    0.006

    Arsenic

    01

    Beryllium

    0.004

    Cyanide (as free cyanide)

    0.2

    Nickel

    0.1

    Thallium

    0.0005

    1This value for arsenic is effective January 1, 2006. Until then, there is no MCLG.

    (Water Pollution Control Division; 327 IAC 8-2-34; filed Aug 24, 1994, 8:15 a.m.: 18 IR 67; filed Jun 13, 2005, 2:30 p.m.: 28 IR 3218)