British Standards Institution

Sector: Sustainability

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 (31)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
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
New Work Item Proposal -	for an EN to determine PFAS in wastewater Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules Proposal begins : 2025-06-18	Proposal
New Work Item Proposal -	Amendment of EN 17892:2024 (no change of scope) Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules Proposal begins : 2025-01-20	Proposal
New Work Item Proposal -	EN 16039 - Revision Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules Proposal begins : 2025-04-30	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

Published (17)

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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 CEN ISO/TS 7013:2025	Water quality. Guidance and requirements for designing an interlaboratory trial for validation of analytical methods Categories: Water. Examination. General Published standard begins : 2025-06-18	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

Withdrawn (22)

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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

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Committee members

Nominating organizations

British Measurement and Testing Association
British Soft Drinks Association Ltd
C E F A S - Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management
Co-opted- Instrumentation
Committee Manager
D E F R A - Drinking Water Inspectorate
Scottish Water
Society of Chemical Industry
The Building Services Research and Information Association
Water Management Society
Water UK

Liaisons with other committees

Chair - EH/3/2
Chair - EH/3/4
Chair - EH/3/8
Individual Capacity - Risk Assessment Expert
Liaison - CB/2
UK Expert - CEN/TC 230/WG 4

BSI roles

Committee Chair

Standards Development

EH/3 - Water quality

Committee standards activity