The concentration of iron, lead, nitrate and fluoride in a water sample from an underground lake was found to be 0.18 ppm, 35 ppb, 80 ppm and 1000 ppb, respectively. This water is unsuitable for drink

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The concentration of iron, lead, nitrate and fluoride in a water sample from an underground lake was found to be 0.18 ppm, 35 ppb, 80 ppm and 1000 ppb, respectively. This water is unsuitable for drinking due to high concentration of

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Parameters	Maximum prescribed conc. in drinking water
Iron	0.2 ppm
Fluoride	1.5 ppm
Lead	50 ppb
Nitrate	50 ppm

Hence the concentration of nitrate in a given water sample exceeds from the upper limit as given above.

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