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EH/3/5 - Biological Methods

Sector: Sustainability

Categories: Water. Examination. Chemical substances | Water. Examination. Biological properties | Physicochemical analysis | Water. Examination. Physical properties | Water quality. Other | Volumetric equipment and measurements | Water quality | Water. Sewage | Microbiology. Water | Geology. Meteorology. Hydrology | Water quality. General | Water. Examination. General | Water. Natural resources | Soils. Biological properties | Fishing and fish breeding

Overview: Under the direction of EH/3, is responsible for the UK input to ISO/TC 147/SC 5 and for standards in the field of biological aspects of water quality

Committee standards activity

In Progress (31)
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 20281 Water quality — Guidance on statistical interpretation of ecotoxicity data

Categories: Unclassified documents

Proposal begins : 		Proposal
ISO/TC 147/SC 5 N 1043, ISO/NP 4979 Water quality -- Aquatic toxicity test based on root re-growth in Lemna minor

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

Proposal begins : 2020-01-28 		Proposal
ISO/PWI TS 21738 Water quality -- Active biomonitoring method with in-situ caged benthic amphipods

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

Proposal begins : 2023-09-08 		Proposal
ISO/NP 25807 Water quality — Guidance on laboratory procedures mechanical homogenization and DNA extraction of aquatic macroinvertebrate samples

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2025-03-10 		Proposal
ISO/NP 25806 Guidance on field and laboratory procedures for aquatic macroinvertebrate sample preservation for DNA based analyses

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2025-03-10 		Proposal
ISO/NP 25127 Water Quality — Determination of photosystem II inhibition in unicellular green algae

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2026-06-17 		Proposal
CEN/TC 230 N 1344 Water quality – Guidance standard on freshwater mussel monitoring and assessment

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

Proposal begins : 2022-05-26 		Proposal
CEN/TC 230 N 1333 Fish safety - Method for the determination of the fish safety of pumps, Archimedean screws and confined water turbines used in pumping stations and hydroelectric plants

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Environment | Water quality | Water. Examination. Biological properties | Agriculture and Food | Agriculture | Fishing and fish breeding

Proposal begins : 2022-03-17 		Proposal
CEN/TC 230 N 1333 Fish safety - Method for the determination of the fish safety of pumps, Archimedean screws and confined water turbines used in pumping stations and hydroelectric plants

Categories: Standardization. General rules | Agriculture and Food | Agriculture | Fishing and fish breeding

Proposal begins : 2022-03-14 		Proposal
CEN/TC 230 N 1330, Water quality â Guidance standard on a strategic approach to river restoration

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

Proposal begins : 2022-02-25 		Proposal
Published (93)
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 21738:2026 Water quality. Active biomonitoring method with in situ caged benthic amphipods

Categories: Water. Examination. Chemical substances

Published standard begins : 2026-06-25 		Published standard
PD ISO/TS 18220:2016 Water quality. Larval development test with the harpacticoid copepod Nitocra spinipes

Categories: Water. Examination. Biological properties

Published standard begins : 2016-06-24 		Published standard
PD ISO/TR 11044:2008 Water quality. Scientific and technical aspects of batch algae growth inhibition tests

Categories: Water. Examination. Biological properties

Published standard begins : 2009-02-27 		Published standard
PD CEN/TR 16151:2011 Water quality. Guidance on the design of multimetric indices

Categories: Water. Examination. General

Published standard begins : 2011-04-26 		Published standard
PD CEN ISO/TR 15462:2009 Water quality. Selection of tests for biodegradability

Categories: Water. Examination. Biological properties

Published standard begins : 2010-02-03 		Published standard
DD ISO/TS 23893-2:2007 Water quality. Biochemical and physiological measurements on fish. Determination of ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD)

Categories: Water. Examination. Biological properties

Published standard begins : 2008-02-25 		Published standard
BS ISO 23893-3:2013 Water quality. Biochemical and physiological measurements on fish. Determination of vitellogenin

Categories: Water. Examination. Biological properties

Published standard begins : 2013-04-15 		Published standard
BS ISO 23893-1:2007 Water quality. Biochemical and physiological measurements on fish. Sampling of fish, handling and preservation of samples

Categories: Water. Examination. Biological properties

Published standard begins : 2007-12-12 		Published standard
BS ISO 21427-1:2006, BS 6068-5.44:2006 Water quality. Evaluation of the genotoxicity by measurement of the induction of micronuclei. Evaluation of genotoxicity using amphibian larvae

Categories: Water. Examination. Biological properties

Published standard begins : 2006-07-31 		Published standard
BS ISO 21338:2010 Water quality. Kinetic determination of the inhibitory effects of sediment, other solids and coloured samples on the light emission of Vibrio fischeri (kinetic luminescent bacteria test)

Categories: Water. Examination. Physical properties

Published standard begins : 2010-08-26 		Published standard
Withdrawn (32)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
BS ISO 23196:2022 Water quality. Calculation of biological equivalence (BEQ) concentrations

Categories: Water. Examination. Biological properties

Withdrawn begins : 2023-09-05 		Withdrawn
BS ISO 21427-2:2006, BS 6068-5.45:2006 Water quality. Evaluation of genotoxicity by measurement of the induction of micronuclei. Mixed population method using the cell line V79

Categories: Water. Examination. Biological properties

Withdrawn begins : 2009-07-17 		Withdrawn
BS ISO 20079:2005, BS 6068-5.39:2005 Water quality. Determination of the toxic effect of water constituentsan d waste water on duckweed ($7ILemna minor$7R). Duckweed growthinhibition test

Categories: Water. Examination. Biological properties

Withdrawn begins : 2007-03-16 		Withdrawn
BS ISO 19040-3:2018 Water quality. Determination of the estrogenic potential of water and waste water. In vitro human cell-based reporter gene assay

Categories: Water. Examination. Biological properties

Withdrawn begins : 2022-10-17 		Withdrawn
BS ISO 19040-2:2018 Water quality. Determination of the estrogenic potential of water and waste water. Yeast estrogen screen (A-YES, Arxula adeninivorans)

Categories: Water. Examination. Biological properties

Withdrawn begins : 2022-10-11 		Withdrawn
BS ISO 19040-1:2018 Water quality. Determination of the estrogenic potential of water and waste water. Yeast estrogen screen (<i>Saccharomyces</i> <i>cerevisiae</i>)

Categories: Water. Examination. Biological properties

Withdrawn begins : 2022-10-11 		Withdrawn
BS ISO 17244:2015 Water quality. Determination of the toxicity of water samples on the embryo-larval development of Japanese oyster (<i>Crassostrea</i> <i>gigas</i>) and mussel (<i>Mytilus</i> <i>edulis</i> or <i>Mytilus</i> <i>galloprovincialis</i>)

Categories: Water. Examination. Biological properties

Withdrawn begins : 2025-07-24 		Withdrawn
BS ISO 11350:2012 Water quality. Determination of the genotoxicity of water and waste water. Salmonella/microsome fluctuation test (Ames fluctuation test)

Categories: Water. Examination. Biological properties

Withdrawn begins : 2025-08-14 		Withdrawn
BS ISO 10872:2020 Water and soil quality. Determination of the toxic effect of sediment and soil samples on growth, fertility and reproduction of <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i> (Nematoda)

Categories: Water. Examination. Biological properties

Withdrawn begins : 2021-08-10 		Withdrawn
BS ISO 10872:2010 Water quality. Determination of the toxic effect of sediment and soil samples on growth, fertility and reproduction of Caenorhabditis elegans (Nematoda)

Categories: Water. Examination. Biological properties

Withdrawn begins : 2020-06-02 		Withdrawn