O.S 8/2006 Sultanate of Oman OMANI STANDARD No. 8/2006 UNBOTTLED DRINKING WATER MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR SPECIFICATIONS AND MEASUREMENTSOS 8/2006 Sultanate of Oman FOREWORD - The Directorate General for Specifications and Measurements (DGSM) is the National Standards body in Oman . It was established by the Royal Decree no. 39/1976 , and one of its duties and functions which were defined by the Royal Decree no.1/1978 is the preparation of Omani Standards. (DGSM) has updated the Omani standard no. 8/1984 for Unbottled Drinking Water, and issues this standard based on the International Guidelines for Drinking - Water Quality vol.1. Recommendations - World Health Organization 2004. - Date of prepared draft standard : 10/8/2006 ~ Date of prepared final draft Standard: 1/11/2006 - Date of Approved Standard : 11/11/2006 - Date of Ministerial Decision : 2/2007-15/1/2007 = Date ofimplemention: A month after date of Ministerial Decision issue. - Only item 3 andits sub items3 shall be mandatory - This Standard shall cancel and replace the Omani Standard No. 8/1984/1998 "Drinking Water".OS 8/2006 Sultanate of Oman 24 2.2 24 25 2.6 27 UNBOTTLED DRINKING WATER SCOPE This Omani standard is concerned with unbottled drinking water obtained from different sources DEFINITIONS Drinking water Water fit for human consumption obtained from any source which is supplied to the consumer through the public distribution system, or the limited water supply system and complying with all the specific properties mentioned in this standard. Treated drinking water Water exposed to one or all of the following processes: decantation, filtration, disinfection, and amendment of ratio fo dissolved solids (desalination) to be fit forhumanconsumption Public water distribution system A system for supplying the consumer with water fit for human consumption, and includes collection, treatment, storage and distribution of drinking water from the source to the consumer. No untreated water may be pumped into the distribution system. Limited watersystem system for supplying the consumer with water fit for human consumption and comprises less than 15 connections. No untreated water may be pumped into the distribution system Well A vertical hole cut into the ground to access underground water. Spring A place where a natural outflow of water to the surface of the ground takes place. Surface water Rains water collected in valleys or behind dams or in tanks and used for drinking .OS 8/2006 Sultanate of Oman 3- CHARACTERISTICS* The following shall be met in drinking water : 3.1 Characteristics aesthetic quality 3.1.1. The Drinking water shall not contain any substances that affect its colour. odour or taste . It shall be completely free from foreign substances or impurities which can be seen with the naked eye whether such earth, sand, hair or other impurities. 3.1.2 The substances and characteristics aesthetic quality shall be according to Table no.1. 3.13 Chemical constituents of health significance shall be according to tables no. 2,3,4, 3.14 Total residual chlorine 3.1.4.1 Total residual chlorine concentration in drinking water shall be sufficient to kill all microbes therein , provided that the chlorine concentration shall range between 0.2mg/Land0.5mg/L. 3.14.2 Concentration of chlorine shall be increased in case of epidemics up to not exceed 5.0mg/L. 3.1.5 When water is treated with ozone, ultraviolet rays or any other means, this treatment shall be sufficient to kill all microbes and the treated water shall conform with the microbiological characteristics of treated water mentioned in item3.3. 3.2 Biological characteristics Drinking water shall be completely free from algae, moulds, parasites, insects, and their eggs, larvae, vesicles, parts and free from protozoa. 33 Microbiological characteristics 33.1 Unbottled drinking water shall be completely free from pathogenic and faecal microbes and viruses which may be hazardous to publichealth. 33.2. Treated water entering the distribution system: Itshall be free from coli-form bacteria and faecal coliform bacteria in any 100 ml examined sample. 3.3.3. Treated water inthe distributionsystem: 3.3.3.1 Itshall be free from faecal coli-form bacteria in any 100ml examined. 3.33.2. Itshall be free from coli-form in any 100 ml of examined sample, in 95% of the samples examined throughout the year, in the case of large supplies when sufficient samples are examined. * Mandatory itemOS 8/2006 -OS.19 -OS.20 -OS.21 -OS. 22 -OS.190 -OS.199 -OS. 200 - OS, 250 -OS.357 -OS. 453 OS. 478 -OS. 479 -OS. 691 Sultanate of Oman Methods of test for drinking and mineral water - Part 5: Determination of total hardness calcium and magnesium. Drinking water - Determination of manganese and Zinc contents. Drinking water - Determination of chloride and sulphate contents . Drinking water - Determination of phenolic compounds (as phenol) content. Methods of test for drinking and mineral water part2 :Determination of physical properties. ‘Methods of test for drinking and mineral water - Part3 : Determination of total dissolved solids, pH value and residual chlorine. Methods of test for drinking and mineral water - Part Methods for the determination of cadmium, lead, arsenic, selenium and cyanide. ‘Methods of test for drinking and mineral water - part 7: Determination of mercury, chromium, silver and barium. ‘Methods of test for drinking and mineral water - Part 10 : Determination of mineral oils . Methods of test for drinking and mineral water - Part 13 : Determination of radioactive and concentration of some radio element . Methods of test for drinking and mineral water : Routine microbiological tests Methods of test for drinking and mineral water - Part 14: Determination of some of pollution indicating materials. Methods of test for drinking and mineral water - Part 15 : None routine microbiological tests.OS 8/2006 Sultanate of Oman 3.3.4 Untreated underground water 33.4.1 Itshall be free from faecal coli-form bacteria in any 100ml examined 334.2 Coliform shall not exceed 10 colonies / 100ml of examined sample provided thatit does not occur repeatedly 335 Water distributed by tanker vehicles (unpiped water supplies) 3.3.5.1 It shall be free from faecal coli-form bacteria in any 100 ml examined 3.3.5.2 Coliform shall not exceed 3 colonies / 100mL of examined sample but not in two consecutive 33.6 If itis necessary, to supplement the microbiological analysis for water used in Food Factories, the samples shall. be also examined for the following : - Detection of salmonella - Detection of staphylococci - Detection of bacteriophages - Detection of enteroviruses - Detection of vibrocholera 3.4 Radioactive characteristics If the total radioactivity of the sample is exceeded 10 Bg/litre, it could be carried out examination for specific each radionuclide and it's activity according totable4, 4. SAMPLING: Sampling shall be carried out according to Omani Standard no. 189 "Methods of test for drinking water - Part 1: Sampling 5. METHODS OF TEST Drinking water shall be tested according to the following Omani Standards : -OS.17 Methods of test for drinking and mineral water - part 6 : Determination ofnitrate, flourideand borate. -OS.18 Drinking water - Determination of Copper and iron contents.—— OS 8/2006 Sultanate of Oman Table (1) Substances or Quality Maximum Ui characteristics level level ms a) Organoleptic parameter Colour Non <15 Truecolourunit Turbidity 1 <5 Nephelometric turbidity unit Taste & odour Not acceptable offensive ac ‘Temperature Not offensiveac| acceptable b) Inorganic constituents Ammonia* — 15 Chloride < 250 600 Sodium. < 200 400 Sulphate < 250 400 me/1 Total hardness < 200 500 mg/1 Total dissolved solids 120-600 1000 mg/l Nitrate (as No3 ) 50 Nitrite (as No2) ai short-term exposure 0.2 long-term exposure Hydrogen sulphide $005 | O21 mg/l pH 65-8 9 Magnesium | 30 if sulphites mg/l >250 | 150 if sulphites | <250 mg/I * if present All disenation water used in dink, it shall be according to quality level -maximum level = the level is used in case of no alternative source -5-Os 8/2006 Table No. (2) ‘The maximum level fro health related Sultanate of Oman Table No. (3) Maximum limits inorganic constituents For chemicals that are of health significance Constituent Maximum limit (mg/litre)| | Chemical Maximum limit (mg/litre) Aluminium Sdorandl war seas eater | | Acrylamide 0.0005 Alachlor 0.02 Antimony 002 7 Aldicarb 0.01 Arsenic oan Aldrin and dieldrin 0.00003 Barium 07 Atrazine 0.002 Be 0. Boron 05 jenzene 1 —— | Benzofa]pyrene 0.0007 Brom( as bromate) 0.01 handtin Oe Cadmium 0.003 Bromoform 01 Chromium 0.05 Carbofuran 0.007 Carbon tetrachloride 0.004 Copper 2 Chloral hydrate - yt) oor Cyanide 0.07 Chioaw. oF Fluoride 15 || Chlordane 0.0002 Chori 5 Iron 1 ‘ormne For effective disinfection, fae Sette rod ocean Lead 0.01 poet Manganese 04 Chlorite | 07 Chloroform 02 Mercy: oon Chlorotoluron 0.03 Molybdenum 0.07 Chlorpyrifos 0.03 ‘Cyanazine 0.0006 | Nickel 0.02 a07 Cyanogenchloride | For cyanide as total Selenium 0.01 _| cyanogenic compounds , 24D inc a Adihopenoyeceicac) | 0.03 Applies to free acid * Fewer than 10000 people a6.OS 8/2006 Sultanate of Oman Table no (3) Table no (3) Maximum limits Maximum limits for chemicals that are of health for chemicals that are of health significance in drinking-water significance in drinking-water Chemical Maeences | | Chemical eae 24-DB 0.09 Metolachlor 0.01 DDT and metabolites 0.001 | | Microcystin LR 0.001 Di(2-ethythexyl)phthalate 0.008 For total microcystin-LR Dibromoacetonitrile 0.07 episall ion Dibromochloromethane 01 mee Tae 12.Dibromo-3-chloropropane 9001 | | ronochioranine 5 1,2-Dibromoethane 0.0004 Gace = Monochloroacetate 002 Dichloroacetonitrile 0.02 NiteBotricetic acid (NTA) 02 Dichlorobenzene, 1,2- 1 Pendimethalin 0.02 Dichlorobenzene, 14- 03 Pentachlorophenol 0.009 Dichloroethane, 1,2- 0.08 Pyriproxyfen 03 Dichloroethene, 1,1- 0.08 Simazine 0.002 Dichloroethene, 1,2- 005 a 02 Dichloromethane a bast or 12 Dichloropropane (12-DCP) I ~ aS DENeao pene 0.02 Tesbuthylazing| Sow Dichlorprop a Tetrachloroethene 0.04 Dimethoate 0.006 pelnene nd Bdetic acid (EDTA) 06 Trichloroacetate 02 Apples othe fre acd | Trichloroethene 0.07 Endrin 0.0006 | Trichlorophenol, 2,4,6- 02 Epichlorohydrin 0.0004 | |Trituralin 0.02 Ethylbenzene 03 Trihalomethanes Thesunaf the tithe Fenopy a cocina ‘ormaldehys ; . Hexachlorobutadiene 0.0006 |} — — Tsoproturon 0.009 : Lindane 0.002 an ee ek MCPA 0.002 Mecoprop 0.01 Vinyl chloride 0.0008 Methoxychlor 0.02 Xylenes 05 -7-OS 8/2006 Sultanate of Oman Table no (4) Levels of radionuclides in drinking water Radionuclides iieni pars) Radionuclides aval g/m) Radionuclides ect tes 3H 10000 93Mo, 100 140La 100 7Be 10000 99Mo 100 139Ce 1000 aC 100 96Te 100 141Ce 100 22Na 100 g7te | _1000 143Ce 100 32P 100 97mTe | 100 144Ce 10 33P 1000 gote | 100 43Pr 100 35S 100 97Ru 1000 147Nd 100 36C1 100 103Ru 100 147Pm 1000 45Ca 100 106Ru 10 149Pm 100, 47Ca 100 - 105Rh 1000 151Sm 1000 46S 100 103Pd 1000 153Sm. 100 475c 100 105Ag 100 152Eu 100 48Sc 100 T10mAg 100 154Eu_ 100 48V 100 111Ag 100 155Eu 1000 BICr 10-000 109Cd 100 153Gd 1000 52Mn 100 115Cd 100 160Tb 100 53Mn 10.000 Ti5mCa 100 169 71000 54Mn 100 111In 1000 171Tm 1000 | 55Fe 1000 114mIn 100 175Yb | 1000 59Fe 100 113Sn 100 182Ta__| 100 56Co 100 1255 100 181W 1000 57Co 1000 122Sb 100 185W 1000 58Co 100 124Sb 100 186Re 100 60Co 100 12586 “100 1850s 100 59Ni 1000 123mTe 100 1910s 100 Ni “1000 127Te 1000 1980s 100 68Zn 100 mite 100 190K 100 71Ge 10 000 129Te 1000 192Ir 100 BAS 1000 129mTe 100 ‘191Pt 1000 T4AS 100 13iTe 1000 193mPt 1000 76AS 100 131mTe 100 198Au 100 77As 1000 132Te 100 199Au 1000OS 8/2006 Sultanate of Oman Table no (4) Levels of radionuclides in drinking water Radionuclides epsiqpal ince Radionuclides tel alte) Radionuclides ince) 75Se 100 1251 10 197g 7000 82Br 100 1261 10 208g 100 86Rb 100 1291 1000 200T1 1000 85Sr 100 1311 10 20171 1000 895r 100 129Cs 1000 20271 1000 90Sr 10 131Cs 1000 20471 100 ‘90Y 100 132Cs 100 208Pb_ 1000 oly 100 134Cs 10 206Bi 100 98Ze 100 135Cs 100 20781 100 Ze 100 136Cs 100 210Bib 100 93mNB 1000 1B7Cs 10 2OPBB 04 ANB 100 131Ba 1000 20Pob O41 95Nb 100 140Ba 100 223Rab 1 2ARab 1 235Ub 1 436m 10 225Ra 1 236Ub 1 243Cm 1 (226Rab_ 1 2370 100 244Cm 1 228Rab O1 BBUbe 10 | 24cm 1 277k 10 237Np 1 246Cm 1 228TRb 1 239Np 100 247Cm 1 229Thb 01 236Pu 1 248Cm 01 230TRb 1 2B7Pa 1000 249BK 100 (231Thb 1000 238Pu 1 246CE 100 282Thb 1 239Pa 1 msce | 10 234TRD 100 240P a 1 249CE | 0Pa 100 21Pa 10 250CE 2iPab oa 242Pa 1 Bice 233Pa 100 (244Pu 1 252Cf 2300 1 241Am 1 Bach 100 210 1000 22m 1000 BACH 1 2320 1 242mAm Zz 253Es 10 233U 1 243Am 1 254Es 10 234Ub 10 (254mEs 100