40 CFR § 141.51
Maximum contaminant level goals for inorganic contaminants
June 9, 2020
(a) [Reserved]
(b) MCLGs for the following contaminants are as indicated:
Open Table
Contaminant | MCLG (mg/l) |
---|---|
Antimony | 0.006 |
Arsenic | zero1 |
Asbestos | 7 Million fibers/liter (longer than 10 µm). |
Barium | 2 |
Beryllium | .004 |
Cadmium | 0.005 |
Chromium | 0.1 |
Copper | 1.3 |
Cyanide (as free Cyanide) | .2 |
Fluoride | 4.0 |
Lead | zero |
Mercury | 0.002 |
Nitrate | 10 (as Nitrogen). |
Nitrite | 1 (as Nitrogen). |
Total Nitrate + Nitrite | 10 (as Nitrogen). |
Selenium | 0.05 |
Thallium | .0005 |
1This value for arsenic is effective January 23, 2006. Until then, there is no MCLG.
[50 FR 47155, Nov. 14, 1985, as amended at 52 FR 20674, June 2, 1987; 56 FR 3593, Jan. 30, 1991; 56 FR 26548, June 7, 1991; 56 FR 30280, July 1, 1991; 57 FR 31846, July 17, 1992; 60 FR 33932, June 29, 1995; 66 FR 7063, Jan. 22, 2001]