Name: BS 6068-5.29(2001) : 2001
Brand: BSI

WATER QUALITY - GUIDANCE FOR DETERMINATION OF BIODEGRADABILITY IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

Published date

11-23-2012

Publisher

British Standards Institution

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Principle
5 Test environment
6 Reagents
7 Apparatus
8 Test procedure
9 Calculation and expression of results
10 Validity of results
11 Results of ring tests
12 Test report
Bibliography

Specifies five methods DOC die-away test, the closed bottle test, the two-phase closed bottle test, the Carbon-di-oxide evolution test and carbon-di-oxide headspace test for determining the ultimate aerobic biodegradability of organic compounds in the marine environment by aerobic microorganisms in static aqueous test systems.

Committee	EH/3/2
DevelopmentNote	Also numbered as BS ISO 16221 (03/2001) Supersedes 99/564520 DC. (07/2005) Reviewed and Confirmed by BSI, July 2006. (07/2006)
DocumentType	Standard
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Current
Supersedes	99/564520 DC : DRAFT SEP 1999

Standards	Relationship
ISO 16221:2001	Identical

ISO 14593:1999	Water quality Evaluation of ultimate aerobic biodegradability of organic compounds in aqueous medium Method by analysis of inorganic carbon in sealed vessels (CO2 headspace test)
ISO 9439:1999	Water quality Evaluation of ultimate aerobic biodegradability of organic compounds in aqueous medium Carbon dioxide evolution test
ISO 14592-2:2002	Water quality — Evaluation of the aerobic biodegradability of organic compounds at low concentrations — Part 2: Continuous flow river model with attached biomass
ISO 10708:1997	Water quality — Evaluation in an aqueous medium of the ultimate aerobic biodegradability of organic compounds — Determination of biochemical oxygen demand in a two-phase closed bottle test
ISO 7827:2010	Water quality Evaluation of the "ready", "ultimate" aerobic biodegradability of organic compounds in an aqueous medium Method by analysis of dissolved organic carbon (DOC)
ISO 10707:1994	Water quality Evaluation in an aqueous medium of the "ultimate" aerobic biodegradability of organic compounds Method by analysis of biochemical oxygen demand (closed bottle test)
ISO 14592-1:2002	Water quality — Evaluation of the aerobic biodegradability of organic compounds at low concentrations — Part 1: Shake-flask batch test with surface water or surface water/sediment suspensions