Multi-part Document
BS 6068 - Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods

This is a multi-part document divided into the following parts:

• Part 0 Water quality. Introduction
• Part 1-1.1 Water quality. Glossary. Terms relating to types of water, and treatment and storage of waste water
• Part 1-1.2 Water quality. Glossary. Additional terms relating to types of water, and treatment and storage of water and waste water, and terms used in sampling and analysis of water
• Part 1-1.3 Water quality. Glossary. An additional 91 terms
• Part 1-1.4 Water quality. Glossary. An additional 19 terms
• Part 1-1.5 Water quality. Glossary. An additional 49 terms
• Part 1-1.6 Water quality. Glossary. An additional 42 terms
• Part 1-1.7 Water quality. Glossary. An additional 47 terms
• Part 1.1 Water quality. Glossary. Terms relating to types of water, and treatment and storage of waste water
• Part 1.2 Water quality. Glossary. Additional terms relating to types of water, and treatment and storage of water and waste water, and terms used in sampling and analysis of water
• Part 1.4 Water quality. Glossary. An additional 18 terms
• Part 1.5 Water quality. Glossary. An additional 49 terms
• Part 1.6 Water quality. Glossary. An additional 41 terms
• Part 1.7 Water quality. Glossary. An additional 51 terms
• Part 1.9 Water quality. Glossary. Alphabetical list and subject index
• Part 2-2.4 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Determination of total mercury by flameless atomic absorption spectrometry: method after digestion with permanganate-peroxodisulphate
• Part 2-2.5 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Determination of total mercury by flameless atomic absorption spectrometry: method after pretreatment with ultraviolet radiation
• Part 2-2.6 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Determination of total mercury by flameless atomic absorption spectrometry: method after digestion with bromine
• Part 2-2.12 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Determination of phenol index: 4-aminoantipyrine (4-aminophenazone) spectrometric methods after distillation
• Part 2-2.13 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Determination of turbidity
• Part 2-2.14 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Determination of biochemical oxygen demand after 5 days (BOD₅): dilution and seeding method
• Part 2-2.15 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Determination of dissolved oxygen: electrochemical probe method
• Part 2-2.21 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Determination of cadmium: flame atomic absorption spectrometric methods
• Part 2-2.22 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Examination and determination of colour
• Part 2-2.23 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Method for the determination of anionic surfactants by the methylene blue spectrometric method
• Part 2-2.28 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Method for the determination of phosphorus: ammonium molybdate spectrometric method
• Part 2-2.32 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Method for the determination of permanganate index
• Part 2-2.35 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Method for the determination of electrical conductivity
• Part 2-2.38 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Methods for the determination of total chromium by atomic absorption spectrometry
• Part 2.2 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Determination of iron: 1,10-phenanthroline photometric method
• Part 2.7 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Determination of ammonium: distillation and titration method
• Part 2.8 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Determination of calcium content: EDTA titrimetric method
• Part 2.9 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Determination of the sum of calcium and magnesium: EDTA titrimetric method
• Part 2.10 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Determination of ammonium: potentiometric method
• Part 2.11 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Determination of ammonium: manual spectrometric method
• Part 2.12 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Determination of phenol index: 4-aminoantipyrine (4-aminophenazone) spectrometric methods after distillation
• Part 2.17 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Methods for determination of total cyanide
• Part 2.18 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Methods for the determination of easily liberatable cyanide
• Part 2.19 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Method for determination of cyanogen chloride
• Part 2.20 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Method for determination of cyanide by diffusion at pH 6
• Part 2.24 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Method for the determination of non-ionic surfactants using Dragendorff reagent
• Part 2.29 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Determination of cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, cadmium and lead: flame atomic absorption spectrometric methods
• Part 2.31 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Method for determination of manganese: formaldoxime spectrometric method
• Part 2.33 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Method for the determination of ammonium: automated spectrometric method
• Part 2.34 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Method for the determination of the chemical oxygen demand
• Part 2.36 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Spectrometric method for the determination of nitrate using sulphosalicylic acid
• Part 2.37 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Method for the determination of chloride via a silver nitrate titration with chromate indicator (Mohr's method)
• Part 2.39 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Method for the determination of sulphate using barium chloride and gravimetry
• Part 2.40 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Method for the determination of borate by spectrometry using azomethine-H
• Part 2.41 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Determination of fluoride: electrochemical probe method for potable and lightly polluted water
• Part 2.42 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Determination of sodium and potassium: determination of sodium by atomic absorption spectrometry
• Part 2.43 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Determination of sodium and potassium: determination of potassium by atomic absorption spectrometry
• Part 2.44 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Determination of sodium and potassium: determination of sodium and potassium by flame emission spectrometry
• Part 2.45 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Determination of selenium by atomic absorption spectrometry
• Part 2.47 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Determination of chromium (VI). Spectrometric method using 1,5-diphenylcarbazide
• Part 2.48 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Determination of inorganically bound total fluoride after digestion and distillation
• Part 2.49 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Determination of aluminium. Spectrometric method using pyrocatechol violet
• Part 2.50 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Determination of pH
• Part 2.69 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methods. Guidelines for selective immunoassays for the determination of plant treatment and pesticide agents
• Part 3.1 Water quality. Radiological methods. Measurement of gross alpha activity in non-saline water: thick source method
• Part 3.2 Water quality. Radiological methods. Measurement of gross beta activity in non-saline water
• Part 4-4.1 Water quality. Microbiological methods. Method for evaluation of membrane filters used for microbiological analyses
• Part 4-4.3 Water quality. Microbiological methods. Detection and enumeration (most probable number) of faecal streptococci by the multiple tube technique
• Part 4-4.5 Water quality. Microbiological methods. Method for the enumeration of viable micro-organisms: colony count by inoculation in or on a nutrient agar culture medium
• Part 4-4.6 Water quality. Microbiological methods. Detection and enumeration of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by enrichment in liquid medium
• Part 4-4.7 Water quality. Microbiological methods. Detection and enumeration of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by membrane filtration
• Part 4.2 Water quality. Microbiological methods. Guide to the enumeration of micro-organism by culture
• Part 4.4 Water quality. Microbiological methods. Detection and enumeration of faecal streptococci by the membrane filtration technique
• Part 4.12 Water quality. Microbiological methods. Detection and enumeration of Legionella
• Part 5.0 Water quality. Biological methods. Selection of tests for biodegradability
• Part 5-5.1 Water quality. Methods for biological testing. Determination of the inhibition of the mobility of Daphnia magna Straus (Cladocera, Crustacea)
• Part 5-5.2 Water quality. Biological methods. Determination of the acute lethal toxicity of substances to a freshwater fish [Brachydanio rerio Hamilton-Buchanan (Teleostei, Cyprinidae)]: static method
• Part 5-5.3 Water quality. Biological methods. Determination of the acute lethal toxicity of substances to a freshwater fish [Brachydanio rerio Hamilton-Buchanan (Teleostei, Cyprinidae)]: semi-static method
• Part 5-5.4 Water quality. Biological methods. Determination of the acute lethal toxicity of substances to a freshwater fish [Brachydanio rerio Hamilton-Buchanan (Teleostei, Cyprinidae)]: flow-through method
• Part 5-5.6 Water quality. Biological methods. Evaluation in an aqueous medium of the 'ultimate' aerobic biodegradability of organic compounds: method by analysis of dissolved organic carbon (DOC)
• Part 5.17 Water quality. Biological methods. Determination of the prolonged toxicity of substances to freshwater fish. Method for evaluating the effects of substances on the growth rate of rainbow trout [Oncorhynchus mykiss Walbaum (Teleostei, Salmonidae)]
• Part 5.24 Water quality. Biological methods. Determination of acute lethal toxicity to marine copepods (Copepoda, Crustacea)
• Part 5.25 Water quality. Biological methods. Determination of the inhibitory effect of water constituents on the growth of activated sludge microorganisms. Section 5.25 Determination of the inhibitory effect of water constituents on the growth of activated sludge organisms
• Part 5.28 Water quality. Determination of long term toxicity of substances to Daphnia magna Straus (Cladocera, Crustacea)
• Part 6-6.2 Water quality. Sampling. Guidance on sampling techniques
• Part 6-6.3 Water quality. Sampling. Guidance on the preservation and handling of samples
• Part 6.4 Water quality. Sampling. Guidance on sampling from lakes, natural and man-made
• Part 6.5 Water quality. Sampling. Guidance on sampling of drinking water and water used for food and beverage processing
• Part 6.6 Water quality. Sampling. Guidance on sampling of rivers and streams
• Part 6.7 Water quality. Sampling. Guidance on sampling of water and steam in boiler plants
• Part 6.8 Water quality. Sampling. Guidance on sampling of wet deposition
• Part 6.9 Water quality. Sampling. Guidance on sampling from marine waters
• Part 6.10 Water quality. Sampling. Guidance on sampling of waste waters
• Part 6.11 Water quality. Sampling. Guidance on sampling of groundwaters
• Part 6.12 Water quality. Sampling. Guidance on sampling of bottom sediments
• Part 6.14 Water quality. Sampling. Guidance on quality assurance of environmental water sampling and handling
• Part 6.15 Water quality. Sampling. Guidance on preservation and handling of sludge and sediment samples
• Part 45 Water quality. Physical, chemical and biochemical methodsDetermination of selenium by atomic absorption spectrometry