Table 8.
Calculated hazard quotients (HQ) for major contaminants compared against the WHO reference doses for adults and children.
| Metal | Median | Mean adult HQ |
P95 | Max | Median | Mean child HQ |
P95 | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| As, mg/L | 0.41926 | 0.45065 | 0.97769 | 1.07082 | 0.97827 | 1.05152 | 2.28128 | 2.49859 |
| Cd, mg/L | 0.00469 | 0.00536 | 0.01421 | 0.01650 | 0.01095 | 0.01250 | 0.03315 | 0.03851 |
| Cu, mg/L | 0.00662 | 0.00968 | 0.02556 | 0.03768 | 0.01545 | 0.02260 | 0.05963 | 0.08792 |
| Fe, mg/L | 0.04311 | 0.15269 | 0.59552 | 0.86533 | 0.10059 | 0.35627 | 1.38954 | 2.01910 |
| Mn, mg/L | 0.01983 | 0.03566 | 0.09642 | 0.18374 | 0.04626 | 0.08320 | 0.22499 | 0.42873 |
| Mo, mg/L | 0.00612 | 0.00551 | 0.00976 | 0.01114 | 0.01429 | 0.01286 | 0.02276 | 0.02598 |
| Ni, mg/L | 0.00838 | 0.01619 | 0.06080 | 0.07352 | 0.01955 | 0.03777 | 0.14187 | 0.17155 |
| Pb, mg/L | 0.00892 | 0.02126 | 0.07573 | 0.10160 | 0.02080 | 0.04962 | 0.17670 | 0.23707 |
| Zn, mg/L | 0.00219 | 0.00263 | 0.00607 | 0.00675 | 0.00512 | 0.00613 | 0.01416 | 0.01574 |