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Scope

Standardization in the field of water quality, including definition of terms, sampling of waters, measurement and reporting of chemical, radiological, microbiological, biological and ecological water characteristics.

Excluded :

  • limits of acceptability
  • The measurement of water characteristics includes physical, chemical, biochemical, biological, radiological and microbiological measurements. In chemistry, both so-called operationally-defined parameters (parameters defined by the method, such as chemical oxygen demand) and single or group measurements such as metals and individual organic compounds are included, as well as substances of emerging concern. In the biological field, toxicity and biodegradability measurements are included as well as biological and ecological assessment methods and culture-based and molecular-based microbiological methods.

    Focus is on quality aspects in the aquatic environment and public health, i.e. water quality monitoring and management of surface water (rivers, streams, lakes, reservoirs, marine water), groundwater, wastewater, precipitation as well as sediments and biota of aquatic systems. The quality of water intended for

  • human consumption and use,
  • industrial processing,
  • food preparation,
  • and recreation
  • is a major part of the committee’s work.

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    338

    Published ISO standards *

    of which 2 under the direct responsibility of ISO/TC 147

    45

    ISO standards under development *

    38
    Participating members
    55
    Observing members

    * number includes updates

    Reference Title Type
    ISO/TC 147/SC 1 Terminology Subcommittee
    ISO/TC 147/SC 2 Physical, chemical and biochemical methods Subcommittee
    ISO/TC 147/SC 3 Radioactivity measurements Subcommittee
    ISO/TC 147/SC 4 Microbiological methods Subcommittee
    ISO/TC 147/SC 5 Biological methods Subcommittee
    ISO/TC 147/SC 6 Sampling (general methods) Subcommittee
    ISO/TC 147/CAG   Chair's Advisory Group Working group
    Liaison Committees to ISO/TC 147

    The committees below can access the documents of ISO/TC 147:

    Reference Title ISO/IEC
    IEC/SC 59D Performance of household and similar electrical laundry appliances IEC
    ISO/TC 34/SC 17 Management systems for food safety ISO
    ISO/TC 47 Chemistry ISO
    ISO/TC 85/SC 2 Radiological protection ISO
    ISO/TC 113 Hydrometry ISO
    ISO/TC 113/SC 6 Sediment transport ISO
    ISO/TC 113/SC 8 Ground water ISO
    ISO/TC 126 Tobacco and tobacco products ISO
    ISO/TC 146 Air quality ISO
    ISO/TC 158 Analysis of gases ISO
    ISO/TC 190 Soil quality ISO
    ISO/TC 201/SC 10 X-ray Reflectometry (XRR) and X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) Analysis ISO
    ISO/TC 207 Environmental management ISO
    ISO/TC 207/SC 5 Life cycle assessment ISO
    ISO/TC 275 Sludge recovery, recycling, treatment and disposal ISO
    ISO/TC 282 Water reuse ISO
    ISO/PC 305 Sustainable non-sewered sanitation systems ISO
    ISO/TC 331 Biodiversity ISO

     

    Liaison Committees from ISO/TC 147

    ISO/TC 147 can access the documents of the committees below:

    Reference Title ISO/IEC
    IEC/SyC Smart Cities Electrotechnical aspects of Smart Cities IEC
    ISO/TC 5/SC 1 Steel tubes ISO
    ISO/TC 8/SC 2 Marine environment protection ISO
    ISO/TC 27/SC 5 Methods of analysis ISO
    ISO/TC 61/SC 5 Physical-chemical properties ISO
    ISO/TC 113 Hydrometry ISO
    ISO/TC 146 Air quality ISO
    ISO/TC 156 Corrosion of metals and alloys ISO
    ISO/TC 166 Ceramic ware, glassware and glass ceramic ware in contact with food ISO
    ISO/TC 190 Soil quality ISO
    ISO/TC 190/SC 7 Impact assessment ISO
    ISO/TC 207 Environmental management ISO
    ISO/TC 207/SC 5 Life cycle assessment ISO
    ISO/TC 282/SC 1 Treated wastewater reuse for irrigation ISO

     

    Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)
    Acronym Title Category
    EC - European Commission European Commission A
    FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations A
    IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency A
    IMO International Maritime Organization A
    UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe A
    UNEP United Nations Environment Programme A
    WASPaLM World Association of Societies of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine A
    WHO World Health Organization A
    WHO-ECEH WHO European Centre for Environment and Health A
    WMO World Meteorological Organization A
    APO Asian Productivity Organization B
    OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD B
    UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization B

    ISO/TC 147 - Secretariat

    DIN [Germany]

    DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V.
    Am DIN-Platz, Burggrafenstraße 6
    D-10787 Berlin
    Germany

    Tel: +49 30 2601-0
    Fax: +49 30 26 01 12 31