Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality: Guideline Technical Document – Cyanobacterial Toxins

This guideline technical document reviews and assesses the identified health risks associated with cyanobacterial toxins in drinking water. It assesses new studies and approaches and takes into consideration limitations in analytical methods and treatment technologies. Based on this review, the guideline for total microcystins in drinking water is established at a maximum acceptable concentration of 0.0015 mg/L (1.5 µg/L).

Publisher

Health Canada

Resources

2

Catalogue metadata updated

2022-09-27