Parameter

Unit

JSD1

WHO Standards

JSI2

pH

SU

6.5 - 8.5

6.5 - 8.5

6.0 - 9.0

EC

µs/cm

700.00

<1400

<3000

TDS

mg/l

1000 - 1300

600.00

<2000

TSS

mg/l

25.00

25 - 40

<100

mg/l

0.20

1.50

<20.6

mg/l

50 - 70

50.00

<70.8

mg/l

2.00

3.00

-

mg/l

100 - 500

125 - 350

<520

mg/l

200 - 500

250.00

<960

Cl

mg/l

200 - 500

250.00

<355

Ca2+

mg/l

75 - 200

75.00

<400

Mg2+

mg/l

50 - 150

<125

<150

Na+

mg/l

200 - 300

200.00

<207

K+

mg/l

12.00

12.00

<80

1. JSD: Jordanian Standards (Drinking) according to (MWI, 2012).

2. JSI: Jordanian Standards (Irrigating) according to (MWI, 2014).