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'MAV' is Maximum Allowable Value, as defined in the Drinking-Water Standards for New Zealand 2005.

List 1: Most Common Determinands

Determinand	Laboratories	MAV	Short Name
E. coli	50	zero/100ml	Ecoli
Faecal Coliforms	28	zero/100ml	FC
pH	32		pH
Total Coliforms	45		TotCol
Turbidity	30		Turb

List 2: All 170 Determinands (Alphabetical)

Determinand	Laboratories	MAV	Short Name
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	3	2.0 mg/L	111CE
1,1-Dichloroethane	2		11CE
1,1-Dichloroethene	3	30 mg/m3	11CEE
1,2,3-Trichlorobenzene	3	0.03 mg/L	123CBZ
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	3	0.03 mg/L	124CPZ
1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane	3	0.001 mg/L	12B3CP
1,2-Dibromoethane	1	0.0004 mg/L	12BE
1,2-Dichlorobenzene	3	1.5 mg/L	12CBZ
1,2-Dichloroethane	3	30 mg/m3	12CE
1,2-Dichloroethene	3	0.06 mg/L	12CEE
1,2-Dichloropropane	3	0.05 mg/L	12CP
1,3 Dichloropropene	1	0.02 mg/L	13CEE
1,3-Dichlorobenzene	2		13CBZ
1,3-Dichloropropane	2		13CP
1,4-Dichlorobenzene	3	400 mg/m3	14CBZ
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol	3	0.2 mg/L	246CPH
2,4-DB	3	100 mg/m3	24DB
2,4-Dichlorophenol	3		24CPH
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid	3	40 mg/m3	24D
245Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid	3	10 mg/m3	245T
2-Chlorophenol	3		2CPH
Acrylamide	1	0.0005 mg/L	Acryld
Alachlor	2	20 mg/m3	ALACHL
Aldrin + Dieldrin	3	0.00004 mg/L	ALDIEL
alpha-Chlordane	2	0.2 mg/m3	aCLORD
Aluminium	6		Al
Ammonia (as N)	2		NH3N
Anatoxin-a	1	0.006 mg/L	ANASTX
Antimony	5	0.02 mg/L	Sb
Arsenic	8	0.01 mg/L	As
Atrazine	2	2 mg/m3	ATRAZ
Azinphos methyl	2	0.004 mg/L	AZINPH
Barium	5	0.7 mg/L	Ba
Bentazone	1	0.4 mg/L	Bentaz
Benzene	3	10 mg/m3	BENZ
Benzo[a]pyrene	3	0.7 mg/m3	BZAPY
Beryllium	5	0.004 mg/L	Be
Boron	7	1.4 mg/L	B
Bromacil	2	0.4 mg/L	BROMAC
Bromate	2	0.01 mg/L	BrO3
Bromochloroacetonitrile	2		BCACNI
Bromodichloromethane	3	60 mg/m3	CHBCl2
Bromoform	3	100 mg/m3	CHBr3
Cadmium	7	0.004 mg/L	Cd
Calcium	3		Ca
Calcium Hardness	1		CAHARD
Carbofuran	1	8 mg/m3	CARBOF
Carbon Tetrachloride	3	0.005 mg/L	CCl4
Chlorate	1	0.8 mg/L	ClO3
Chlordane	1	0.0002 mg/L	Chlord
Chloride	4		Cl
Chlorine (Elemental)	2		Cl(E)
Chlorite	2	0.8 mg/L	CLO2-
Chloroacetone	2		CACE
Chloroform	3	200 mg/m3	CHCl3
Chloropicrin	2		CPicri
Chlorpyrifos	2	0.04 mg/L	CPYF
Chlortoluron	1	0.04 mg/L	CHLOTO
Chromium	10	0.05 mg/L	Cr
cis - Permethrin	2	20 mg/m3	cPERM
Colour	6		COLOUR
Conductivity at 25 deg C	1		Cond25
Copper	13	2 mg/L	Cu
Cryptosporidium species	3		Crypt
Cyanazine	2	0.7 mg/m3	CYANZN
Cyanobacteria	2		CYANO
Cylindrospermopsin	1	0.001 mg/L	CYLSPM
Di(2-ethylhexyl) Adipate	3	100 mg/m3	D2EHAD
Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate	3	9 mg/m3	D2EHPT
Diazinon	2	10 mg/m3	DIAZ
Dibromoacetonitrile	3	0.08 mg/L	DBACNI
Dibromochloromethane	3	0.15 mg/L	CHB2CL
Dichloramine	2		NHCl2
Dichloroacetic acid	3	0.05 mg/L	DCA
Dichloroacetonitrile	3	0.02 mg/L	DCACNI
Dichloromethane	3	20 mg/m3	CH2Cl2
Dichlorprop	2	100 mg/m3	DCPROP
Diuron	1	0.02 mg/L	DIURON
E. coli	50	zero/100ml	Ecoli
EDTA	1	0.7 mg/L	EDTA
Enterococci	1		Entcoc
Epichlorohydrin	2	0.0005 mg/L	Epichl
Ethylbenzene	3	0.3 mg/L	EBZ
FAC	19	5 mg/L (min 0.2)	FAC
Faecal Coliforms	28	zero/100ml	FC
Fenoprop	2	0.01 mg/L	Fenopr
Fluoride	18	1.5 mg/L	F
Formaldehyde	2	1 mg/L	HCHO
Free Cyanide	1		CNFREE
Giardia species	3		Giard
Heptachlor+Heptachlor epoxide	3	0.04 mg/m3	HEPHEX
Hexachlorobenzene	2	0.0001 mg/L	C6Cl6
Hexachlorobutadiene	2	0.7 ug/L	HEXCBD
Hexazinone	2	0.4 mg/L	HEXAZN
Homoanatoxin-a	1	0.002 mg/L	HOMANA
Iron	4		Fe
Isoproturon	1	0.01 mg/L	ISOPRO
Langelier Index at 20 deg C	1		LANG20
Lead	8	0.01 mg/L	Pb
Lindane	3	2 mg/m3	LINDAN
Lithium	5	1 mg/L	Li
Magnesium	3		Mg
Manganese	13	0.4 mg/L	Mn
MAV sum ratio for HAAs	2	Sum ratio of 1	MAVHAA
MAV sum ratio for THMs	3	Sum ratio of 1	MAVTHM
MCPA	3	2 mg/m3	MCPA
MCPB	3	0.03 mg/l	MCPB
Mecoprop	3	10 mg/m3	MECO
Mercury	7	2 mg/m3	Hg
Metalaxyl	1	0.1 mg/L	METAXL
Methoxychlor	3	20 mg/m3	MOXYCL
Metolachlor	2	0.01 mg/L	Metola
Metribuzin	2	0.07 mg/L	METBZN
Microcystins	1	1 mg/m3	MICCYS
Molinate	2	0.007 mg/L	Molina
Molybdenum	5	0.07 mg/L	Mo
Monochloramine	2	3 mg/L	NH2Cl
Monochloroacetic Acid	3	0.02 mg/L	CACA
Monochlorobenzene	3	0.3 mg/L	CBZ
Nickel	8	0.02 mg/L	Ni
Nitrate (as NO3)	12	50 mg/L	NO3
Nitrate Nitrogen	5	11.3 g/m3N(50 NO3)	NO3N
Nitrilotriacetic Acid	1	0.2 mg/L	NITACA
Nitrite (as NO2)	8	0.2 mg/L	NO2
Nitrite Nitrogen	4	0.06 mg/LN(.2 NO2)	NO2N
Nitrogen	1		N
Nodularin	1	1 mg/m3	NODLAR
o,p-DDT	3	0.001 mg/L	opDDT
Oryzalin	2	0.4 mg/L	ORYZLN
Oxadiazon	1	0.2 mg/L	OXADZN
p,p-DDT	3	0.001 mg/L	ppDDT
Pendimethalin	2	0.02 mg/L	Pendim
Pentachlorophenol	3	0.009 mg/L	PCP
pH	32		pH
Picloram	3	0.2 mg/L	PICLOR
Pirimiphos methyl	2	100 mg/m3	PIRIMM
Plumbosolvent water	1	Multi-component	Plumbo
Procymidone	2	700 mg/m3	PROCYM
Propanil	1	20 mg/m3	PROPIL
Propazine	2	0.07 mg/L	PROPZN
Selenium	5	0.01 mg/L	Se
Silver	5	0.1 mg/L	Ag
Simazine	2	2 mg/m3	SIMAZN
Sodium	10		Na
Styrene	3	0.03 mg/L	Styren
Sulphate	3		SO4
Temperature	7		TEMP
Terbuthylazine	2	0.008 mg/L	TERBAZ
Tetrachloroethene	3	50 mg/m3	T4CE
Tin	4		Sn
Toluene	3	0.8 mg/L	TOLUEN
Total Chlorine	3		TCl
Total Coliforms	45		TotCol
Total Cyanide (as CN)	3	0.08 mg/L	TCN
Total Dissolved Solids (grav)	2		TDS
Total Hardness (as CaCO3)	2		THARD
trans-Permethrin	1	20 mg/m3	tPERM
Tributyltin Oxide	2	2 mg/m3	TRBUOX
Trichlopyr	2	0.1 mg/L	TRICHL
Trichloramine	1		NCl3
Trichloroacetaldehyde	3	0.01 mg/L	T3CALD
Trichloroacetic acid	3	0.2 mg/L	TCA
Trichloroacetonitrile	3		TCACNI
Trichloroethene	3	80 mg/m3	T3CEE
Trifluralin	2	0.03 mg/L	TRIFLU
Turbidity	30		Turb
Uranium	4	0.02 mg/L	U
Vinyl Chloride	3	0.0003 mg/L	VINYLC
Xylenes	3	0.6 mg/L	Xylene
Zinc	4		Zn