British Standards Institution

Sector: Sustainability

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.

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In Progress (37)

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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.
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 16094-3 -	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
ISO/NP 13808-2	Water quality — Non-target screening of organic compounds in water using chromatography and mass spectrometry — Part 2: Workflow for liquid chromatography with high resolution mass spectrometry Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules Proposal begins : 2025-08-05	Proposal

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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 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

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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 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

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EH/3/2 - Physical chemical and biochemical methods

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