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EH/3 - Water quality

Sector: Sustainability

Categories: Water. Examination. Chemical substances | Water. Drinking | Electromagnetic compatibility. General | Water. Examination. Biological properties | Pipelines | Water. Industrial use | Water. Examination. Physical properties | Sacks. Bags | Hoses and hose assemblies | Electrical apparatus. Explosive atmospheres | Glass | Water quality. Other | Resistors. Fixed | Water quality | Radiation protection | Water. Sewage | Fibre optic interconnecting devices | Measurement. Thermodynamics and temperature | Fire-resistance. Building materials and elements | Microbiology. Water | Semiconductor devices | Materials and articles in contact with foodstuffs | Measurement. Volume, mass, density, viscosity | Cooling systems. Lubricating systems | Geology. Meteorology. Hydrology | Measurement. Radiation | Cement. Gypsum. Lime. Mortar | Fluid storage devices | Packaging and distribution | Water supply | Adhesives | Fibre optic communications | Semiconductor devices. General | Integrated circuits. Microelectronics | Laboratory | Fire Protection | Hoses | Fuels. Liquid | Fuels | Petroleum products and natural gas handling equipment | Water quality. General | Water. Examination. General | Analytical chemistry | Hydraulic construction | Water. Natural resources | Petroleum products. General | Environment. Health protection. Safety | Fishing and fish breeding

Overview: Under the direction of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee, is responsible for standardization in the field of water quality, including UK input into ISO/TC147 and CEN/TC230. Standards of acceptability for water quality and acceptable levels of pollutants in water are excluded.

Committee standards activity

In Progress (23)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD CEN/TS 7013 Water quality — Guidance and requirements for designing an interlaboratory trial for validation of analytical method

Categories: Unclassified documents

Drafting begins : 2024-11-25 		Drafting
NWIP EN ISO 23196 Water quality - Calculation of biological equivalence (BEQ) concentrations

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Environment | Water quality | Water. Examination. Biological properties

Proposal begins : 2022-08-01 		Proposal
NWIP EN 16039: 2011 Revision

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2024-07-09 		Proposal
NWIP 00230402 "Water quality - Minimum requirements for the selection, installation, qualification, and operation of continuous measuring devices"

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Environment | Water quality

Proposal begins : 2022-09-28 		Proposal
EN 16150 REV "Multi-Habitat sampling" Water quality —Guidance on pro-rata multi-habitat sampling of benthic macro-invertebrates from wadeable rivers and streams

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Environment | Water quality | Water quality. General | Water. Natural resources

Proposal begins : 2022-11-02 		Proposal
EN 16039 REV Lake hydromorphology - Water quality - Guidance standard on assessing the hydromorphological features of lakes

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Environment | Water quality | Water. Examination. Biological properties

Proposal begins : 2022-10-24 		Proposal
Decision CEN/TC 230 C763/2023 Water quality ­ Guidance standard on determining the degree of modification of river hydromorphology

Categories: Standardization. General rules | Environment | Environmental protection | Water quality | Water. Natural resources | Water. Examination. General

Proposal begins : 2023-08-04 		Proposal
Decision CEN/TC 230 C755/2023 Water quality ­ Guidance for the routine sampling and preparation of benthic diatoms from rivers and lakes

Categories: Standardization. General rules | Environment | Water quality | Water. Natural resources | Water. Examination. General | Water. Examination. Biological properties

Proposal begins : 2023-08-02 		Proposal
CEN/TC 230 N 1348, EN ISO 5667-5 Water quality —Sampling —Part 5: Guidance on sampling of drinking water from treatment works and piped distribution systems

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Environment | Water quality | Water quality. General | Water. Examination. General

Proposal begins : 2022-06-08 		Proposal
CEN/TC 230 N 1256 - EN 17075 Water quality — General requirements and performance test procedures for water monitoring equipment — Measuring devices

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Environment | Water quality | Water quality. General | Water. Examination. Chemical substances | Water. Examination. Physical properties

Proposal begins : 2021-01-06 		Proposal
Published (16)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD CEN/TR 17245:2018 Water quality. Technical report for the routine sampling of benthic diatoms from rivers and lakes adapted for metabarcoding analyses

Categories: Water. Examination. Biological properties

Published standard begins : 2018-09-19 		Published standard
PD CEN/TR 17244:2018 Water quality. Technical report for the management of diatom barcodes

Categories: Water. Examination. Biological properties

Published standard begins : 2018-09-18 		Published standard
PD 855468:2015 Guide to the flushing and disinfection of services supplying water for domestic use within buildings and their curtilages

Categories: Water supply

Published standard begins : 2015-09-30 		Published standard
BS ISO 6107:2021 Water quality. Vocabulary

Categories: Environment. Health protection. Safety | Water quality. General

Published standard begins : 2021-06-15 		Published standard
BS EN ISO 5667-6:2016+A11:2020 Water quality. Sampling. Guidance on sampling of rivers and streams

Categories: Water. Natural resources | Water. Examination. General

Published standard begins : 2020-06-01 		Published standard
BS EN ISO 22908:2020 Water quality. Radium 226 and Radium 228. Test method using liquid scintillation counting

Categories: Water. Examination. Physical properties | Radiation protection | Measurement. Radiation

Published standard begins : 2020-02-14 		Published standard
BS EN ISO 15923-1:2024 Water quality. Determination of selected parameters by discrete analysis systems. Ammonium, nitrate, nitrite, chloride, orthophosphate, sulfate and silicate with photometric detection

Categories: Water. Examination. Chemical substances

Published standard begins : 2024-08-21 		Published standard
BS EN ISO 10705-3:2024 Water quality. Detection and enumeration of bacteriophages. Validation of methods for concentration of bacteriophages from water

Categories: Microbiology. Water | Water. Examination. Biological properties

Published standard begins : 2024-08-22 		Published standard
BS EN 17211:2019 Water quality. Guidance on mapping of seagrasses and macroalgae in the eulittoral zone

Categories: Geology. Meteorology. Hydrology | Water. Examination. Biological properties

Published standard begins : 2019-09-19 		Published standard
BS EN 17075:2018+A1:2023 Water quality. General requirements and performance test procedures for water monitoring equipment. Measuring devices

Categories: Water. Examination. General

Published standard begins : 2023-04-28 		Published standard
Withdrawn (22)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
BS ISO 9698:2010 Water quality. Determination of tritium activity concentration. Liquid scintillation counting method

Categories: Water. Examination. Physical properties | Radiation protection

Withdrawn begins : 2015-07-31 		Withdrawn
BS ISO 9697:2008 Water quality. Measurement of gross beta activity in non-saline water. Thick source method

Categories: Water. Examination. Physical properties | Radiation protection

Withdrawn begins : 2015-04-09 		Withdrawn
BS ISO 9696:2007 Water quality. Measurement of gross alpha activity in non-saline water. Thick source method

Categories: Water. Examination. Physical properties | Measurement. Radiation

Withdrawn begins : 2017-12-05 		Withdrawn
BS ISO 6107-8:1993 Water quality. Vocabulary. Part 8

Categories: Environment. Health protection. Safety | Water quality. General

Withdrawn begins : 2021-06-15 		Withdrawn
BS ISO 6107-7:2006, BS 6068-1.7:2006 Water quality. Vocabulary. Part 7

Categories: Environment. Health protection. Safety | Water quality. General

Withdrawn begins : 2021-06-15 		Withdrawn
BS ISO 6107-6:2004, BS 6068-1.6:2004 Water quality. Vocabulary. Part 6

Categories: Environment. Health protection. Safety | Water quality. General

Withdrawn begins : 2021-06-15 		Withdrawn
BS ISO 6107-5:2004, BS 6068-1.5:2004 Water quality. Vocabulary. Part 5

Categories: Environment. Health protection. Safety | Water quality. General

Withdrawn begins : 2021-06-15 		Withdrawn
BS ISO 6107-3:1993, BS 6068-1.3:1993 Water quality. Vocabulary. Part 3

Categories: Water quality. General | Environment. Health protection. Safety

Withdrawn begins : 2021-06-15 		Withdrawn
BS ISO 6107-2:2006+A1:2012, BS 6068-1.2:2006 Water quality. Vocabulary. Part 2

Categories: Environment. Health protection. Safety | Water quality. General

Withdrawn begins : 2021-06-15 		Withdrawn
BS ISO 6107-2:2006, BS 6068-1.2:2006 Water quality. Vocabulary. Part 2

Categories: Environment. Health protection. Safety | Water quality. General

Withdrawn begins : 2012-08-09 		Withdrawn