Safety of Drinking Water from Primary Water Sources and Implications for the General Public in Uganda

Table 6

Recommended limits for selected inorganic pollutants in drinking water.

Monitoring body	Fe	Pb	Zn	Cd	Cu	Cr
	Limits in drinking water ppm
UNBS (2014)	0.3	0.01	5	0.003	1.0	0.05
US-EPA (2009)	0.3	0.015	5	0.005	1.0	0.1
EU (1998)	0.2	0.01	3	0.005	2.0	0.05
WHO (2008)	0.3	0.01	3	0.003	2.0	0.05