GB 8538-2016

This standard specifies the methods for measuring the color, odor and taste, visible impurities, turbidity, pH, total dissolved solids, total hardness, total alkalinity, total acidity, multi-element determination, potassium and sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, manganese, copper, zinc, total chromium, lead, cadmium, total mercury, silver, strontium, lithium, barium, vanadium, antimony, cobalt, nickel, aluminum, selenium, arsenic, borate, metasilicic acid, fluoride, chloride, iodide, carbon dioxide, nitrate, nitrite, carbonate and bicarbonate, sulfate, oxygen consumption, cyanide, volatile phenols, anionic synthetic detergents, mineral oil, bromate, sulfide, phosphate, total beta radioactivity, tritium, and 226Ra radioactivity in drinking natural mineral water, as well as the determination methods for Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus faecalis, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in drinking natural mineral water.
This standard is applicable to the determination of indicators in drinking natural mineral water.