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Red Deer Water Quality Parameters

Water Quality Parameter Units City of Red Deer Drinking Water Limit Colour TCU <5 <=15 Hardness mg/L 150 - 250 <=500 Hardness Grains/gal (US) 9 -14 < 29 pH 7.87 - 8.05 6.5-8.5 Total Dissolved Solids mg/L 190 – 224 <=500 Turbidity NTU 0.1 – 0.3 <=1.0 Arsenic mg/L 0.0003 – 0.0004 <=0.025 Calcium mg/L 45.3 - 48.7 no limit Combined Chlorine Residual mg/L 1.2 – 2.2 >=0.2 Copper mg/L <0.001 <=1.0 Fluoride mg/L 0.66 - 0.81 <=1.5 Iron mg/L <0.01 – 0.02 <=0.3 Lead mg/L <0.0001 <=0.01 Magnesium mg/L 14.6 - 17.2 no limit Potassium mg/L 0.9 - 1.4 no limit Sodium mg/L 4.6 - 8.1 <=200 Zinc mg/L 0.002 – 0.004 <=5.0 E.Coli Not detected 0 Total Coliform Not detected 0 Giardia Not detected <=1 Cryptosporidium Not detected <=1

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September 02, 2010 - Red Deer, Alberta, Canada