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Table #2
Conventional Parameters in Water

(Samples taken between February 7 and 9, and October 5, 2000)
Sample ID  3-1   3-1   4-2  BC Water
Quality
Guidelines
for Drinking
Water
Aquifer  #1   #1   #1 
Sample
Date		 Feb 9,
2000		 Oct 5,
2000		 Feb 7,
2000
Well
Preparation		 Developed Developed Developed
Sampled By TECL TECL TECL
Sample
Preparation		 Total Total Total
Aluminun (Al) 0.047 0.023 - 0.2
Antimony (Sb) less than
detection
limit		 less than
detection
limit		 0.006*
Arsenic (As) 0.051 0.048 0.025
Barium (Ba) 0.22 0.21 1
Beryllium (Be) less than
detection
limit		 less than
detection
limit		 -
Boron (B) 0.38 0.37 5
Cadmium (Cd) less than
detection
limit		 less than
detection
limit		 835 0.005
Calcium (Ca) 108 104 214 -
Chromium (Cr) 0.002 0.002 - 0.005
Cobalt (Co) 0.003 0.003 -
Copper (Cu) 0.003 0.003 1
Iron (Fe) 33.6 29.7 21.6 0.3
Lead (Pb) less than
detection
limit		 less than
detection
limit		 - 0.01
Magnesium (Mg) 31.0 28.3 72.6 100-700
Manganese (Mn) 13.9 12.9 - 0.05
Mercury (Hg) less than
detection
limit		 less than
detection
limit		 1
Molybdenum (MO) 0.002 0.001 0.25
Nickel (Ni) 0.004 0.004 -
Phosphorus (PO)4 1.62 1.46
Potassium (K) 22.6 20.8 4.30
Selenium (Se) less than
detection
limit		 less than
detection
limit		 - 0.01
Silicon (Si) 49.4 45.0 - -
Silver (Ag) less than
detection
limit		 less than
detection
limit
Sodium (Na) 19.9 l7.4 128 200
Strontium (Sr) 1.38 l.33 - -
Tellurium (Te) less than
detection
limit		 less than
detection
limit
Thallium (Tl) less than
detection
limit		 less than
detection
limit
Thorium (Th) less than
detection
limit		 less than
detection
limit
Tin (Sn) less than
detection
limit		 less than
detection
limit
Titanium (Ti) less than
detection
limit		 less than
detection
limit		 0.1
Uranium (U) less than
detection
limit		 less than
detection
limit		 -
Vanadium (V) less than
detection
limit		 less than
detection
limit
Zinc (Zn) less than
detection
limit		 less than
detection
limit		 5
Zirconium (Zr) less than
detection
limit		 less than
detection
limit		 -

Notes:
  • Some of the British Columbia Water Quality Guidelines for Drinking Water are considered to be aesthetic limits rather than "threats to human health".
  • Numbers in 'red' in the table exceed the British columbia Water Quality Guidelines for Drinking Water.
  • Numbers in 'blue' exceed alert levels of 20 mg/l for those on a sodium restricted diet.
  • *Proposed maximum
  • Tests for extractable hydro carbons and othre compounds such as 'Volatile Organic Compounds' appear similar in stucture.

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