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Summary of the recommended analytical methods (mode and others) specified in directives
| Determinand | Mode | Directives | Others | Directives |
| Matrix water | ||||
| Arsenic | AAS | Bathing Water (76/160/EEC), Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC), Shellfish Waters (79/923/EEC) | AS | Sampling and analysis (79/869/EEC) |
| BOD 5 | BOD5 (ATU) | Freshwater Fish (78/659/EEC), Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC) | BOD 5 | Exchange of Information (77/95/EEC) |
| Boron | AAS/AS | Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC) | AAS/AS | Sampling and analysis (79/869/EEC) |
| Cadmium | AAS | Bathing Water (76/160/EEC), Cadmium (83/513/EEC), Sampling and analysis (79/869/EEC), Shellfish (79/923/EEC), Titanium Dioxide (82/883/EEC), Exchange of Information (77/95/EEC) | AS EA | Titanium Dioxide (82/883/EEC), Sampling and analysis (79/869/EEC) |
| Chlorides | AS/Titr | Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC), Exchange of Information (77/95/EEC) | AS/Titr | Sampling and analysis (79/869/EEC), Exchange of Information (77/95/EEC) |
| Chromium | AAS | Bathing Water (76/160/EEC), Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC), Shellfish Waters (79/923/EEC), Titanium Dioxide (82/883/EEC) | AS | Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC), Titanium Dioxide (82/883/EEC) |
| Colour | AS | Proposed Bathing Water (COM(94)36), Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC), Shellfish Waters (79/923/EEC) | Visual | Bathing Water (76/160/EEC), Proposed Bathing Water (COM(94)36) |
| Conductivity | Elec | Drinking Water (80/778/EEC), Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC), Exchange of Information (77/95/EEC) | EA | Titanium Dioxide (82/883/EEC) |
| Copper | AAS | Freshwater Fish (78/659/EEC), Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC), Shellfish Waters (79/923/EEC), Titanium Dioxide (82/883/EEC) | AS/SA/EA | Sampling analysis (79/869/EEC), Titanium Dioxide (82/883/EEC) |
| Dieldrin | GC | Aldrin (88/347/EEC), Bathing Water (76/160/EEC) | GL or LC | Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC) |
| DO | Colour/ EA | Bathing Water (76/160/EEC), Proposed Bathing Water (COM(94)36), EQ(p) Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC), Shellfish Waters (79/923/EEC), Titanium Dioxide (82/883/EEC), Exchange of Information (77/95/EEC) | ||
| Dissolved Hydrocarbons | Grav/IRS | Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC) | ||
| Flow | FM | Exchange of Information (77/95/EEC) | ||
| Fluorides | AS/ISE | |||
| HCCH | GC | Bathing Water (76/160/EEC), Hexachlorocyclohexane (84/491/EEC) | GC or LC | Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC) |
| Hydroxides | AS/AAS | Titanium Dioxide (82/883/EEC) | ||
| Iron | AS/AAS | Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC), Titanium Dioxide (82/883/EEC) | ||
| Lead | AAS | Bathing Water (76/160/EEC), Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC), Shellfish Waters (79/923/EEC), Titanium Dioxide (82/883/EEC) | EA | Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC), Titanium Dioxide (82/883/EEC) |
| Manganese | AAS | Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC), Titanium Dioxide (82/883/EEC) | AS | Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC) |
| Mercury | AAS | Bathing Water (76/160/EEC), Mercury (82/176/EEC), Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC), Shellfish (79/923/EEC), Titanium Dioxide (82/883/EEC), Exchange of Information (77/95/EEC) | AS NS | Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC), Mercury (84/156/EEC) |
| Mineral oils | Visual & smell | Bathing Water (76/160/EEC), Proposed Bathing Water (COM(94)36) | Weight | Bathing Water (76/160/EEC) |
| Nickel | AAS | Shellfish Waters (79/923/EEC), Titanium Dioxide (82/883/EEC) | NS | Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC) |
Table E.6 continued
| Determinand | Mode | Directives | Others | Directives |
| Nitrate | AS | Bathing Water (76/160/EEC), Drinking Water (80/778/EEC), Nitrates (91/676/EEC), Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC), Exchange of Information (77/95/EEC) | ISE | Drinking Water (80/778/EEC) |
| Nitrogen | AS/Titr | Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC) | Kj | Bathing Water (76/160/EEC), |
| Parathion | GC | Bathing Water (76/160/EEC) | GL or LC | Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC) |
| PCP | GC/HPLC | Carbon tetrachloride (86/280/EEC) | ||
| Pesticides | GC | Bathing Water (76/160/EEC), | GC or LC | Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC) |
| Petroleum Hydrocarbons | Vis and taste | Freshwater Fish (78/659/EEC), | Visual | Shellfish Waters (79/923/EEC) |
| pH | Elec | Bathing Water (76/160/EEC), Proposed Bathing Water (COM(94)36), Freshwater Fish (78/659/EEC), Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC), Shellfish (79/923/EEC), Titanium Dioxide (82/883/EEC) | NS | Drinking Water (80/778/EEC) |
| Phenols | AS | Bathing Water (76/160/EEC), Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC) | Taste | Freshwater Fish (78/659/EEC) |
| Smell | Bathing Water (76/160/EEC), Proposed Bathing Water (COM(94)36), | |||
| Residual Chlorine | AS | Drinking Water (80/778/EEC), Freshwater Fish (78/659/EEC) | Titr | Drinking Water (80/778/EEC) |
| Sulphates | AS/Grav/Titr | Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC) | ||
| Surfactants | AS | Bathing Water (76/160/EEC), Proposed Bathing Water (COM(94)36), Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC), Exchange of Information (77/95/EEC) | Visual | Bathing Water (76/160/EEC), Proposed Bathing Water (COM(94)36), |
| Suspended Solids | Cent/ weight | Freshwater Fish (78/659/EEC), Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC), Shellfish (79/923/EEC) | Grav | Titanium Dioxide (82/883/EEC) |
| Turbidity | FT/ Secchi/ SM | Drinking Water (80/778/EEC) | Turb | |
| Vanadium | AAS | Titanium Dioxide (82/883/EEC) | NS | Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC) |
| Zinc | AAS | Freshwater Fish (78/659/EEC), Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC), Shellfish (79/923/EEC), Titanium Dioxide (82/883/EEC) | AS | Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC) |
Notes:
Mode the most commonly recommended method
AAS Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry
AS Absorption Spectrophotometry
EA Electrochemical Analysis
Titr Titrometry
Elec Electrometry
GC Gas Chromatography
LC Liquid Chromatography
Colo Colourimetry
MPN Dilution Most Probable Number
Conf Concentration/Confirmation
Grav Gravimetry
IRS Infra-red spectrometry
FM Flowmeter
ISE Ion selective electrode
NS Not specified
FT Farmazine test
HPLC High Performance Liquid Chromatography
SM Silicon Method
Turb Turbidimetry
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