CEN TC 230 APS List Rev/ 2002-02-22
CEN TC 230 APS list rev.doc/ 2002-02-22
CEN TC 230 “Water Analysis: Remarks to the list of priority substances in the field of water policy (draft)
General remarks: The European standards listed in the table are all validated for water according to the needs of the directive 76/464/EEC and its Daughter Directives. In general, the methods may be applied to the analysis of sediments without change of the procedure. However, the pretreatment step needs to be elaborated or in some cases adjusted to the distinct need. None of the standards has been validated for investigations of biota including fish. More detailed information are given under the respective number.
Whenever national interlaboratory trial values are cited, it is not settled yet whether these will be accepted by the member bodies. A repetition of each of the tests will cause - as a rule - a delay by about one year.
CAS number / Name / CEN standards / additional ISO standards / additional national standard / Remarks1 / 15972-60-8 / Alachlor / EN6468 / The existing standard may be applied to alachlor as well. No interlaboratory trial necessary, checking by one laboratory should be sufficient. The respective information will be formulated as an annex to the existing standard and, once EN6468 is under 5 years review, alachlor will be included.
2 / 120-12-7 / Anthracene / (prENISO17993) / ISO/DIS17993 / DIN 38407-18
DIN 38414-23 (in print)
NEN 5771
NVN 5731 / Relevant in water, sludge and sediment.
The same comment applies to the other PAH. For the matrix water, a standard is in DIS state (ISO/DIS 17993; based on DIN 38407-18), method will undergo UAP in CEN (prEN ISO 17993, PV was not possible). Interlaboratory values are included.
For sediment Dutch standard NEN 5771 available (and NVN 5731 for soil).
A German national standard for sludge (DIN 38414-23, in print) has been finalized (including interlab trial data) which may be applied to sediment as well. Once being included in the work programme of CEN/TC 230 and accepted in general, an EN should be available within 4 years.
3 / 1912-24-9 / Atrazine / EN ISO 11369
EN ISO 10695 / Not relevant for sediment or biota analysis as atrazine is easily soluble in water and will not accumulate.
4 / 71-43-2 / Benzene / (prEN ISO 15680) / ISO 11423-1
ISO 11423-2
ISO/DIS15680 / a) An ISO method (11423-1 and 11423-2 GC after headspace respectively after extraction) is available for an application range of > 2 μg/l. Interlaboratory data are included.
b) A draft standard (GC after purge and trap method; ISO/DIS 15680) is under voting. Method will undergo UAP in CEN (prEN ISO 15680). Interlaboratory data shall be checked.
5 / n.a. / Brominated diphenylether / ISO/TC147/SC2 N491 / Not relevant in water, but important in sediment and fish. New work item procedure started in ISO with the aim of a later UAP.
6 / 7440-43-9 / Cadmium and its compounds / EN ISO 5961 / NEN 5762 / The EN is suitable for sediment as well (info on necessary digestion step included in the EN). For biota, the method needs validation.
For sediment Dutch standard NEN 5762 flame AAS; interlabdata are available
7 / 85535-84-8 / C10-13-chloroalkanes / Standardization work not yet started. More information necessary on possible target compounds.
A non-standardized method may be available in OSPARCOM.
8 / 470-90-6 / Chlorfenvinphos / EN 12918 / Not relevant in sediment or biota (high solubility in water).
9 / 2921-88-2 / Chlorpyrifos / EN 12918 / The substance is easily biodegradable, therefore not very relevant.
10 / 107-06-2 / 1,2-Dichloromethane / EN ISO 10301
(prEN ISO 15680) / ISO/DIS 15680 / NEN 6407 / see additional remarks in 4b
11 / 75-09-2 / Dichloroethane / EN ISO 10301
(prEN ISO 15680) / ISO/DIS 15680 / NEN 6407 / see additional remarks in 4b
12 / 117-81-7 / Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) / ISO/CD 18856 / Interlaboratory trial values not yet available (an int. trial is planned to take place in autumn 2001). ISO draft will soon be published as DIS. UAP is envisaged. Relevance in sludge sediment and biota need checking. Additional work necessary.
13 / 330-54-1 / Diuron / EN ISO11369 / Only relevant in water.
14 / 115-29-7 / Endosulfan / EN ISO 6468 / DIN 38414-20
NEN 5734 / Relevant in sediments.
German standard on sludge analysis available (with interlaboratory data) that can be adjusted to sediment.
For sediment Dutch standard NEN 5734 available.
959-98-8 / (alpha-endosulfan)
15 / 206-44-0 / Fluoroanthene / (prEN ISO 17993) / ISO/DIS 17993 / DIN 38407-18
DIN 38414-23 (in print)
NVN 5731 / see comment concerning substance 2
For soil and sediments Dutch national standard NVN 5731 is available.
16 / 118-74-1 / Hexachlorobenzene / EN ISO 6468 / NEN 5734 / Important in sediments.
For sediment Dutch standard NEN 5734 available.
17 / 87-68-3 / Hexachlorobutadiene / EN ISO 10301 / NEN 5734 / Important in sediments.
For sediment Dutch standard NEN 5734 available.
18 / 608-73-1 / Hexachlorocyclohexane / EN ISO 6468 / NEN 5734 / Important in sediments.
For sediment Dutch standard NEN 5734 available.
58-89-9 / (gamma-isomer, Lindane)
19 / 34123-59-6 / Isoproturon / EN ISO 11369 / Only relevant in water
20 / 7439-92-1 / Lead and its compounds / EN 11855
(prEN ISO 15586) / ISO/CD 17294-2
ISO/DIS 15586 / DIN 38406-6
NEN 5761 / EN 11885 (an inductively coupled atomic emission method ICP-OES) may be applied to sediment as well provided a suitable digestion step is carried out.
An ISO draft for a ICP-MS method will soon be published as a DIS (ISO/DIS 17294-2). UAP in CEN is envisaged. Interlaboratory values available. Taking into account possible interferences, the method also can be used for digests of sludges and sediments.
German national AAS standard available including interlaboratory values (can also be applied to sediments after digestion step).
AAS method (graphite furnace AAS) elaborated in ISO to undergo parallel procedure in CEN. Interlaboratory values not yet available (the interlab trial is planned for autumn 2001).
For sediment Dutch standard NEN 5761 flame AAS; interlabdata are available.
21 / 7439-97-6 / Mercury and its compounds / EN 1483
EN 12338 / NEN 5764
NEN 5779 / For sediment Dutch standards NEN 5764 AAS and NEN 5779 cold vapour (AAS or AFS) are available.
EN standards applicable to sludge and sediment and biota provided, the pretreatment steps are validated.
22 / 91-20-3 / Naphthalene / (prEN ISO 17993) / ISO/DIS 17993 / DIN 38407-18
DIN 38414-23 (in print)
NEN 5771
NEN 6407 / see PAH comment concerning substance 2
For sediments Dutch standard NEN 5771 available. Also ISO/DIS 15680 and the Dutch national equivalent NEN 6407 are available.
23 / 7440-02-0 / Nickel and its compounds / EN 11855
(prEN ISO 15586) / ISO/CD 17294-2
ISO/DIS 15586 / DIN 38406-6
NEN 5765 / see comment concerning substance 19
For sediment Dutch Standard NEN 5765 flame AAS; interlabdata are available.
24 / 25154-52-3 / Nonylphenols / ISO/CD 18857-1 / UAP on ISO standard. Interlab trial in preparation.
104-40-5 / (4-(para)-nonylphenol)
25 / 1806-26-4 / Octylphenols / ISO/CD 18857-1 / see comment concerning substance 23
140-66-9 / (para-tert-octylphenols)
26 / 608-93-5 / Pentachlorobenzene / EN ISO 6468 / NEN 5734 / Important in sediment analysis. Pretreatment step must be elaborated and validated.
For sediment Dutch national standard NEN 5734 available.
27 / 87-86-5 / Pentachlorophenol / EN 12673 / Pretreatment step for sediment and biota must be elaborated and validated.
28 / n.a. / Polyaromatic hydrocarbons / (prEN ISO 17993) / ISO/DIS 17993 / DIN 38407-18
DIN 38414-23 (in print) / see comment concerning substance 2
For water Dutch national standards NEN 6524, NEN 6525 and draft NEN 6527 are available. For soil and sediments NEN 5771 and NVN 5731 are available.
50-32-8 / (Benzo(a)pyrene, / NEN 6524
205-99-2 / Benzo(b)fluoroanthene, / NEN 6525
191-24-2 / Benzo(g,h,i)perylene, / NEN 6527 (draft)
207-08-9 / Benzo(k)fluoroanthene, / NEN 5771
193-39-5 / Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene)
29 / 122-34-9 / Simazine / EN ISO 11369 / ISO 10695 / Important only in water analysis. See comment to atrazine.
30 / 688-73-3 / Tributyltin compounds / (prEN ISO 17353) / ISO/CD17353 / DIN 38407-13 / ISO/DIS 17353 is in preparation. Method will undergo UAP in CEN.
National interlab trial values are included
36643-28-4 / (Tributyltin-cation)
31 / 12002-48-1 / Trichlorobenzenes / EN ISO 6468
(prEN ISO 15680) / ISO/DIS 15680 / NVN 5732 / Important for water and sediment. Pretreatment must be elaborated and validated.
Where EN ISO 6468 cannot be used, the purge and trap methods NVN 5732 for soil and ISO/DIS 15680 for water are available.
120-82-1 / (1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene)
32 / 67-66-3 / Trichloromethane (Chloroform) / EN ISO 10301
(prEN ISO 15680) / ISO/DIS 15680 / see additional remarks in 4b
33 / 1582-09-8 / Trifluralin / ISO 10695 / Important only in water.
List of cited standards, drafts and proposals
1.European Standards (CEN)
EN 1483 : 1997Water quality – Determination of mercury
method for ground, waste and surface water; working range: 0,1g/l - 10µg/l
EN ISO 5961 : 1995Water quality – Determination of cadmium by atomic absorption spectrometry
1. using air-acetylene flame; method for water and waste water for concentrations between 0,05mg/l and 1mg/l
2. using electrothermal atomization; method for water for concentrations between 0,1g/l and 1mg/l
EN ISO 6468 : 1996Water quality – Determination of certain organochlorine insecticides, polychlorine biphenyls and chlorobenzenes - Gas chromatographic method after liquid-liquid extraction
method for drinking, ground, surface and waste water; detection limit: 1ng/l to 10ng/l
EN ISO 10301 : 1997Water quality – Determination of highly volatile halogenated hydrocarbons – Gas-chromatographic methods
1. with l/l extraction; method for drinking, ground, bathing, surface and waste water; typical "quantify" limits between 0,01µg/l and 50µg/l, depending on the compound
2. with head-space method; method for drinking, ground and surface, typical "quantify" limits between 0,1µg/l and 200µg/l, depending on the compound
EN ISO 10695 : 2000Water quality – Determination of selected organic nitrogen and phosphorus compounds - Gas chromatographic methods
method for drinking, ground, surface and waste water; detection limit depends on the matrix and the compound to be determined; lowest limit of application (without optimization of analysis): 0,05µg/l
EN ISO 11369 : 1997Water quality – Determination of selected plant treatment agents - Method using high performance liquid chromatography with UV detection after solid-liquid extraction
method for drinking and ground water for concentrations >0,05- 0,1g/l
EN 11885 : 1997Water quality – Determination of 33 elements by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy
method for raw, drinking and waste water; detection limit between 0,0005mg/l to 2mg/l, depending on sample and matrix; for lead: 0,07/0,2mg/l; for nickel: n.a.
EN 12338 : 1998Water quality – Determination of mercury – Method after enrichment by amalgamation
method for ground, waste and surface water; working range: 0,01g/l - 1µg/l
EN 12673 : 1998Water quality – Gas chromatographic determination of some selected chlorophenols in water
method for drinking, ground, rain, waste, sea and surface water; working range: 0,1g/l - 1mg/l
EN 12918 : 1999Water quality – Determination of parathion, parathion-methyl and some other organophosphorus compounds in water by dichlormethane extraction and gas chromatographic analysis
method for drinking, surface and waste water; range typically up lµg/l, depending on compound and source of water, with reporting limit of about >0,05µg/l for drinking water
2.International Standards (ISO)
ISO 11423-1 : 1997Water quality – Determination of benzene and some derivates - Part 1: Head space gaschromatographic method
method for drinking, surface and waste water; determinations > 5µg/l (may be adjusted to lower values under distinct circumstances)
ISO 11423-2: 1997Water quality – Determination of benzene and some derivates - Part 2: Method using extraction and gas chromatography
limit of determination and comment see part 1; Choice of method depends on the matrix and the analytical problem to be solved
ISO/DIS 15586 : 2001Water quality – Determination of trace elements by atomic absorption spectrometry with graphite furnace
method for fresh waters (e.g. lake and river water, precipitation, ground water, drinking water, waste water) and sediments; detection limit between 0,1µg/l to 2µg/l, depending on the element; lead, nickel: 1µg/l
ISO/DIS 15680 : 2001 :Water quality – Gas-chromatographic determination of a number of monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, naphthalene and several chlorinated compounds using purge and trap and thermal desorption
method for drinking, ground, surface, sea and (diluted) waste water; detection limit: 10ng/l; working range: up to 100g/l
ISO/CD 17294-2Water quality – Application of inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) – Part 2: Determination of 61 elements
method for drinking, surface, waste water, groundwater and eluats: in drinking water application limit between 0,1µg/l to 1,0µg/l
ISO/DIS 17993 : 2000 Water quality – Determination of 15 polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in water by HPLC with fluorescence detection
method for drinking and ground water for mass concentrations > 0,005µg/l;
method for surface water for mass concentrations > 0,01µg/l
ISO/CD 17353Water quality – Determination of selected organotin compounds – Gas-chromatographic method
method for drinking, surface and waste water with a maximum of 2g/l of suspended material; working range between 10ng/l to 1000ng/l, depending on the individual substance
ISO/CD 18856Water quality – Determination of selected phthalates by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry
method for drinking, ground, surface and waste water; application range between 0,02g/l to 0,15g/l, depending on the individual substance
ISO/CD 18857-1Water quality – Determination of selected alkylphenols – Part 1: Method for non-filtered samples using liquid extraction and gas chromatography with mass selective detection
method for selected alkylphenols (octyl- and nonylphenols) in non-filtered samples from drinking, ground, and surface water in a concentration range from 0,005g/l to 0,2g/l
ISO/TC147/SC2 N491New work item proposal: Water quality – Determination of selected brominated diphenyl ethers - Part x
closing date for vote: 2001-11-15
3.Dutch National Standards (NNI)
NVN 5731Soil – Determination of the content of ten polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil by high pressure liquid chromatography
NVN 5732Soil – Gas Chromatographic determination of the content of volatile aromatic hydrocarbons and halogenated hydrocarbons by the purge and trap method and thermic desorption
NEN 5734Soil – Gas Chromatographic determination of the contents of organochloropesticides (OCB), chlorobenzenes and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB)
NEN 5761Soil - Determination of lead content by atomic absorption spectrometry (flame technique) after destruction with nitric acid and hydrochloric acid
NEN 5762Soil - Determination of cadmium content by atomic absorption spectrometry (flame technique) after destruction with nitric acid and hydrochloric acid
NEN 5764Soil - Determination of total mercury content by atomic absorption spectrometry after destruction with nitric acid in a PTFE vessel at 140 C under pressure
NEN 5765Soil - Determination of nickel content by atomic absorption spectrometry (flame technique) after destruction with nitric acid and hydrochloric acid
NEN 5771Soil – Sediment – Determination of the content of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by high pressure liquid chromatography
NEN 5779Soil- Determination of mercury content by the cold vapour technique (atomic absorption spectrometry of atomic fluorescence spectrometry) in soil after destruction with nitric acid and hydrochloric acid
NEN 6407Water – Gas Chromatographic determination of a number of monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, naphtalene and several chlorinated compounds using purge and trap and thermal desorption
NEN 6524Water – Determination of the content of six polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) by high pressure liquid chromatography
NEN 6525Water – Determination of the content of six polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) by thin-layer chromatography
NEN 6527 (draft)Water – Determination of the content of ten polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) by high pressure liquid chromatography
4.German National Standards (DIN)
DIN 38406-6 : 1998Bestimmung von Blei mittels Atomabsorptionsspektrometrie (AAS)
Determination of lead by atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS)
method for water for mass concentrations between 5µg/l and 50µg/l
DIN 38407-13 : 2000Verfahren zur Bestimmung ausgewählter Organozinnverbindungen mittels Gaschromatographie
Determination of selected organotin compounds by gas chromatography
method for drinking, surface and waste water; working range between 10ng/l to 1000ng/l, depending on the compound
DIN 38407-18 : 1999Bestimmung von 15 polycyclischen aromatischen Kohlenwasserstoffen (PAK) durch Hochleistungs-Flüssigkeitschromatographie (HPLC) mit Fluoreszenzdetektion
Determination of 15 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with fluorescence detection
method for drinking and ground water for mass concentrations > 0,005µg/l;
method for surface water for mass concentrations > 0,01µg/l;
method for waste water for mass concentrations between0,1µg/l and 1µg/l (depending on the extracted probe volume)
DIN 38414-20: 1996Bestimmung von 6 polychlorierten Biphenylen
Determination of 6 polychlorinated biphenyls
method for sludge and sediment; lower limit of application range: 1µg/kg dry weight
DIN 38414-23 : 2001Bestimmung von 15 polycyclischen aromatischen Kohlenwasserstoffen (PAK) durch Hochleistungs-Flüssigchromatographie (HPLC) und Fluoreszenzdetektion
Determination of 15 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and fluorescence detection
standard in print
method for sewage sludge and sediment: >0,05mg/kg dry weight
5.European Standards for sampling (CEN)
EN 25667-1:1993Water quality - Sampling - Part 1: Guidance on the design of sampling programmes (ISO 5667-1:1980)
EN 25667-2:1993Water quality - Sampling - Part 2: Guidance on sampling techniques (ISO 5667-2:1991)
EN ISO 5667-3:1995Water quality - Sampling - Part 3: Guidance on the preservation and handling of samples (ISO 5667-3:1994)
EN ISO 5667-16:1998Water quality - Sampling - Part 16: Guidance on biotesting of samples (ISO 5667-16:1998)
EN ISO 5667-19:20xxWater quality – Sampling - Part 19: Guidance for sediment sampling in the marine environment (ISO/DIS 5667-19:xx)
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