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EH/3/2 - Physical chemical and biochemical methods

Sector: Sustainability

Categories: Water. Examination. Chemical substances | Water. Drinking | Water. Examination. Biological properties | Water. Industrial use | Domestic and commercial equipment. Miscellaneous | Water. Examination. Physical properties | Measurement. Vibration and shock | Pigments and extenders | IT terminal and other peripheral equipment | Soils. Hydrological properties | Steels. Pipes and tubes | External sewage systems | Water quality | Non-metalliferous minerals | Radiation protection | Equipment. Winter sports | Measurement. Light | Chemical analysis | Drawing equipment | Water. Sewage | Industrial gases | Hand-operated tools | Fire-resistance. Building materials and elements | Microbiology. Water | Belt drives. Components | Domestic and commercial equipment. Entertainment. Sports | Audio systems | Measurement. Radiation | Particle size analysis. Sieving | Metalliferous minerals. Other | Measuring instruments | Essential oils | Chemical industry. Production | Testing. Non-destructive | Water. Examination. General | Water quality. General | Writing and transliteration | Chemical reagents | Metalliferous metals | Document imaging applications | Air quality. General | Generalities. Terminology. Standardization. Documentation.

Overview: Under the direction of the EH/3, is responsible for standardization of physical, chemical and biochemical methods of water analysis, and the provision of UK input to ISO/TC147/SC2 and CEN/TC230/WG1. : Also Responsible For BS 2690 And BS 1427.

Committee standards activity

In Progress (36)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
ISO/TC 147/SC 2 N 1996 , ISO/NP 17294-1 - Water quality - Application of inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) - Part 1: General guidelines

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

Proposal begins : 2020-06-24 		Proposal
ISO/PWI 13808-1 Water quality — Non-target screening of organic compounds in water — Method using chromatography and mass spectrometry — Part 1: General guidelines

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

Proposal begins : 2023-05-05 		Proposal
ISO/NP 25942 Water quality- determination of soluble silica in water

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2025-05-27 		Proposal
ISO/NP 25906 Water quality — Determination of total organic carbon (TOC) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) by wet chemical heated persulfate oxidation, followed by colorimetric measurement

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2025-05-06 		Proposal
ISO/NP 25133 Water quality — Determination of Chlorophenols in water using sorptive extraction with thermal desorption by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2024-02-27 		Proposal
ISO/NP 24606-1 Water quality -- Analysis of microplastics in drinking water and groundwater -- Part 1: Method using vibrational spectroscopy

Categories: Environment | Water quality | Water. Natural resources | Water. Drinking | Water. Industrial use | Water. Examination. General | Water. Examination. Chemical substances | Water. Examination. Biological properties | Manufacturing | Chemical technology | Chemical analysis

Proposal begins : 2019-08-27 		Proposal
ISO/NP 21027 Water Quality -- Determination of total organic carbon for suspended solid containing water samples based on combined ultrasonic and alkaline extraction pretretment

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

Proposal begins : 2023-02-28 		Proposal
ISO/NP 16094-4 Water quality — Analysis of microplastics in water — Part 4: Sample preparation for analysis of microplastics in water

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2025-09-04 		Proposal
ISO/NP 16094-3 - Water quality -- Analysis of plastics in water - Part 3 - Thermo-analytical methods for waters with low content of natural suspended solids

Categories: Standardization. General rules | Environment | Water quality | Water. Examination. Chemical substances

Proposal begins : 2022-01-10 		Proposal
ISO/NP 15705 Water quality -- Determination of the chemical oxygen demand index (ST-COD) -- Small-scale sealedtube method

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

Proposal begins : 2020-12-07 		Proposal
Published (127)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD ISO/TS 28581:2012 Water quality. Determination of selected non-polar substances. Method using gas chromatography with mass spectrometric detection (GC-MS)

Categories: Water. Examination. Chemical substances

Published standard begins : 2012-06-06 		Published standard
PD ISO/TS 21231:2019 Water quality. Characterization of analytical methods. Guidelines for the selection of a representative matrix

Categories: Water. Examination. Chemical substances

Published standard begins : 2019-02-06 		Published standard
PD ISO/TS 19620:2018 Water quality. Determination of arsenic(III) and arsenic(V) species. Method using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with detection by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) or hydride generation atomic fluorescence spectrometry (HG-AFS)

Categories: Water. Examination. Chemical substances

Published standard begins : 2018-01-15 		Published standard
PD ISO/TS 17951-2:2016 Water quality. Determination of fluoride using flow analysis (FIA and CFA). Method using continuous flow analysis (CFA) with automated in-line distillation

Categories: Water. Examination. Chemical substances

Published standard begins : 2016-09-22 		Published standard
PD ISO/TS 17951-1:2016 Water quality. Determination of fluoride using flow analysis (FIA and CFA). Method using flow injection analysis (FIA) and spectrometric detection after off-line distillation

Categories: Water. Examination. Chemical substances

Published standard begins : 2016-09-22 		Published standard
PD ISO/TS 17379-2:2013 Water quality. Determination of selenium. Method using hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry (HGAAS)

Categories: Water. Examination. Chemical substances

Published standard begins : 2013-07-08 		Published standard
PD ISO/TS 17379-1:2013 Water quality. Determination of selenium. Method using hydride generation atomic fluorescence spectrometry (HG-AFS)

Categories: Water. Examination. Chemical substances

Published standard begins : 2013-07-08 		Published standard
PD ISO/TS 16780:2015 Water quality. Determination of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCN). Method using gas chromatography (GC) and mass spectrometry (MS)

Categories: Water. Examination. Chemical substances

Published standard begins : 2015-08-26 		Published standard
PD ISO/TS 15923-2:2017 Water quality. Determination of selected parameters by discrete analysis systems. Chromium(VI), fluoride, total alkalinity, total hardness, calcium, magnesium, iron, iron(II), manganese and aluminium with photometric detection

Categories: Water. Examination. Chemical substances

Published standard begins : 2017-10-13 		Published standard
PD CEN/TS 16692:2015 Water quality. Determination of tributyltin (TBT) in whole water samples. Method using solid phase extraction (SPE) with SPE disks and gas chromatography with triple quadrupole mass spectrometry

Categories: Water. Examination. Chemical substances

Published standard begins : 2015-04-10 		Published standard
Withdrawn (35)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD ISO/TS 7013:2023 Water quality. Guidance and requirements for designing an interlaboratory trial for validation of analytical methods

Categories: Water. Examination. General

Withdrawn begins : 2025-06-18 		Withdrawn
PD CEN/TS 16800:2015 Guideline for the validation of physico-chemical analytical methods

Categories: Water. Examination. Chemical substances

Withdrawn begins : 2021-01-08 		Withdrawn
BS ISO 27108:2010 Water quality. Determination of selected plant treatment agents and biocide products. Method using solid-phase microextraction (SPME) followed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS)

Categories: Water. Examination. Chemical substances

Withdrawn begins : 2013-12-12 		Withdrawn
BS ISO 22032:2006, BS 6068-2.99:2006 Water quality. Determination of selected polybrominated diphenyl ethers in sediment and sewage sludge. Method using extraction and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

Categories: Water. Examination. Chemical substances

Withdrawn begins : 2009-06-17 		Withdrawn
BS ISO 21676:2018 Water quality. Determination of the dissolved fraction of selected active pharmaceutical ingredients, transformation products and other organic substances in water and treated waste water. Method using high performance liquid chromatography and mass spectrometric detection (HPLC-MS/MS or -HRMS) after direct injection

Categories: Water. Examination. Chemical substances

Withdrawn begins : 2021-08-11 		Withdrawn
BS ISO 20596-2:2021 Water quality. Determination of cyclic volatile methylsiloxanes in water. Method using liquid-liquid extraction with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS)

Categories: Water. Examination. Chemical substances

Withdrawn begins : 2023-08-09 		Withdrawn
BS ISO 20595:2018 Water quality. Determination of selected highly volatile organic compounds in water. Method using gas chromatography and mass spectrometry by static headspace technique (HS-GC-MS)

Categories: Water. Examination. Chemical substances

Withdrawn begins : 2022-10-31 		Withdrawn
BS ISO 20236:2018 Water quality. Determination of total organic carbon (TOC), dissolved organic carbon (DOC), total bound nitrogen (TN<sub>b</sub>) and dissolved bound nitrogen (DN<sub>b</sub>) after high temperature catalytic oxidative combustion

Categories: Water. Examination. Chemical substances

Withdrawn begins : 2022-03-31 		Withdrawn
BS ISO 18857-2:2009 Water quality. Determination of selected alkylphenols. Gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric determination of alkylphenols, their ethoxylates and bisphenol A in non-filtered samples following solid-phase extraction and derivatisation

Categories: Water. Examination. Chemical substances

Withdrawn begins : 2012-01-10 		Withdrawn
BS ISO 17852:2006, BS 6068-2.98:2006 Water quality. Determination of mercury. Method using a combined preservation and digestion step followed by atomic fluorescence spectrometry

Categories: Water. Examination. Chemical substances

Withdrawn begins : 2008-06-16 		Withdrawn