Apart from using drinking water, water quality can be assessed for its suitability for use as irrigation water or sustenance of aquatic life using Guidelines of FAO, 1994 and CCME, 2007 respectively.
Ayers R.S., Westcot D.W., 1994. Food, Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations (FAO), Water Quality for Agriculture, Irrigation
and Drainage, Rome, Paper No. 29. Rev. 1, M-56. ISBN 92-5-
102263-1.
CCME (Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment), 2007.
For the protection of aquatic life 2007. In: Canadian environmental
quality guidelines, 1999, Canadian Council of Ministers of the