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Scope

Standardization of methods to measure microbiological parameters in water samples.

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Sustainable Development Goals

This committee contributes with 11 standards to the following Sustainable Development Goals:

3
Good Health and Well-being
6
Clean Water and Sanitation
9
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
11
Sustainable Cities and Communities
12
Responsible Consumption and Production
14
Life Below Water
15
Life on Land
30

Published ISO standards *

7

ISO standards under development *

34
Participating members
17
Observing members

* number includes updates

Reference Title Type
ISO/TC 147/SC 4/WG 17   Legionella by PCR Working group
ISO/TC 147/SC 4/WG 18   E. coli Working group
ISO/TC 147/SC 4/WG 25   Waterborne and nosocomial bacteria Working group
ISO/TC 147/SC 4/WG 26   SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater Working group
ISO/TC 147/SC 4/WG 27   Culturable microorganisms Working group
ISO/TC 147/SC 4/WG 28   General requirements for PCR-based methods Working group
ISO/TC 147/SC 4/WG 29   Enterococci Working group
ISO/TC 147/SC 4/WG 30   E. coli by membrane filtration Working group
ISO/TC 147/SC 4/WG 31   Acinetobacter baumannii Working group
Joint working groups under the responsibility of another committee
Reference Title
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 5 Food microbiology - Culture media (JWG between ISO/TC 34/SC 9 and ISO/TC 147/SC 4)
Liaison Committees to ISO/TC 147/SC 4

The committees below can access the documents of ISO/TC 147/SC 4:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 34/SC 9 Microbiology ISO
ISO/TC 69/SC 6 Measurement methods and results ISO

 

Liaison Committees from ISO/TC 147/SC 4

ISO/TC 147/SC 4 can access the documents of the committees below:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 34/SC 9 Microbiology ISO
ISO/TC 147/SC 1 Terminology ISO
ISO/TC 147/SC 6 Sampling (general methods) ISO

 

Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)
Acronym Title Category
CAC Codex Alimentarius Commission A
EC - European Commission European Commission A
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations A
IWA International Water Association A
WASPaLM World Association of Societies of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine A
WHO-ECEH WHO European Centre for Environment and Health A
WMO World Meteorological Organization A

ISO/TC 147/SC 4 - 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
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