Life Below Water

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Life Below Water

Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

Traceability of fish and environmental management of marine resources are the focus of ISO/TC 234, ISO’s technical committee for fisheries and aquaculture, which provides a unique opportunity to participate in the development of fisheries and aquaculture in a way that respects sustainable development.

In addition, ISO/TC 8, Ships and marine technology, has developed over 250 sustainability-related standards for the design, construction, equipment, technology and marine environmental matters related to shipbuilding. In particular, ISO/TC 8’s subcommittee SC 2, Marine environment protection, has standards related to the environmental impact of ships and marine technology, such as the response to oil spills and the management of port waste reception facilities.

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ISO and water

ISO’s solutions for addressing vital global water challenges.

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ISO standards provide practical tools for protecting out most valuable resources.

93 standards contributing to SDG 14

Standard and/or project	Sector	TC
IWA 28:2018 Faecal sludge treatment units -- Energy independent, prefabricated, community-scale resource-recovery units -- Safety and performance		ISO/TMBG
ISO/AWI 4373 Hydrometry -- Water level measuring devices	Special technologies	ISO/TC 113/SC 5
ISO 5667-9:1992 Water quality -- Sampling -- Part 9: Guidance on sampling from marine waters	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 147/SC 6
ISO 5667-10:1992 Water quality -- Sampling -- Part 10: Guidance on sampling of waste waters	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 147/SC 6
ISO 5667-19:2004 Water quality -- Sampling -- Part 19: Guidance on sampling of marine sediments	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 147/SC 6
ISO 9001:2015 Quality management systems -- Requirements	Business management and innovation	ISO/TC 176/SC 2
ISO/TS 12720:2014 Sustainability in buildings and civil engineering works -- Guidelines on the application of the general principles in ISO 15392	Building and construction	ISO/TC 59/SC 17
ISO 12878:2012 Environmental monitoring of the impacts from marine finfish farms on soft bottom	Food and agriculture	ISO/TC 234
ISO 13009:2015 Tourism and related services -- Requirements and recommendations for beach operation	Services	ISO/TC 228
ISO 13065:2015 Sustainability criteria for bioenergy		ISO/TMBG
ISO/TS 13811:2015 Tourism and related services -- Guidelines on developing environmental specifications for accommodation establishments	Services	ISO/TC 228
ISO 14001:2015 Environmental management systems -- Requirements with guidance for use	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 207/SC 1
ISO 14024:2018 Environmental labels and declarations -- Type I environmental labelling -- Principles and procedures	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 207/SC 3
ISO 14033:2019 Environmental management -- Quantitative environmental information -- Guidelines and examples	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 207/SC 4
ISO 14046:2014 Environmental management -- Water footprint -- Principles, requirements and guidelines	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 207/SC 5
ISO/NP TS 14074 Environmental management -- Life cycle assessment -- Principles, requirements and guidelines for normalization, weighting and interpretation	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 207/SC 5
ISO/CD 14091 Adaptation to climate change -- Vulnerability, impacts and risk assessment	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 207/SC 7
ISO/FDIS 15392 Sustainability in buildings and civil engineering works -- General principles	Building and construction	ISO/TC 59/SC 17
ISO 16075-1:2015 Guidelines for treated wastewater use for irrigation projects -- Part 1: The basis of a reuse project for irrigation	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 282/SC 1
ISO 16075-2:2015 Guidelines for treated wastewater use for irrigation projects -- Part 2: Development of the project	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 282/SC 1
ISO 16075-3:2015 Guidelines for treated wastewater use for irrigation projects -- Part 3: Components of a reuse project for irrigation	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 282/SC 1
ISO 16075-4:2016 Guidelines for treated wastewater use for irrigation projects -- Part 4: Monitoring	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 282/SC 1
ISO 16541:2015 Methods for sea lice surveillance on marine finfish farms	Food and agriculture	ISO/TC 234
ISO 16665:2014 Water quality -- Guidelines for quantitative sampling and sample processing of marine soft-bottom macrofauna	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 147/SC 5
ISO 18191:2015 Water quality -- Determination of pHt in sea water -- Method using the indicator dye m-cresol purple	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 147/SC 2
ISO 18601:2013 Packaging and the environment -- General requirements for the use of ISO standards in the field of packaging and the environment	Freight, packaging and distribution	ISO/TC 122/SC 4
ISO 18602:2013 Packaging and the environment -- Optimization of the packaging system	Freight, packaging and distribution	ISO/TC 122/SC 4
ISO 18603:2013 Packaging and the environment -- Reuse	Freight, packaging and distribution	ISO/TC 122/SC 4
ISO 18604:2013 Packaging and the environment -- Material recycling	Freight, packaging and distribution	ISO/TC 122/SC 4
ISO 18605:2013 Packaging and the environment -- Energy recovery	Freight, packaging and distribution	ISO/TC 122/SC 4
ISO 18606:2013 Packaging and the environment -- Organic recycling	Freight, packaging and distribution	ISO/TC 122/SC 4
ISO 19152:2012 Geographic information -- Land Administration Domain Model (LADM)	Information technology, graphics and photography	ISO/TC 211
ISO/DIS 19698 Sludge recovery, recycling, treatment and disposal -- Beneficial use of biosolids -- Land applications	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 275
ISO 20419:2018 Treated wastewater reuse for irrigation -- Guidelines for the adaptation of irrigation systems and practices to treated wastewater	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 282/SC 1
ISO 20426:2018 Guidelines for health risk assessment and management for non-potable water reuse	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 282/SC 3
ISO 20468-1:2018 Guidelines for performance evaluation of treatment technologies for water reuse systems -- Part 1: General	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 282/SC 3
ISO 20468-2:2019 Guidelines for performance evaluation of treatment technologies for water reuse systems -- Part 2: Methodology to evaluate performance of treatment systems on the basis of greenhouse gas emissions	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 282/SC 3
ISO/DIS 20468-3 Guidelines for performance evaluation of treatment technologies for water reuse systems -- Part 3: Ozone treatment technology	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 282/SC 3
ISO/CD 20468-4 Guidelines for performance evaluation of treatment technologies for water reuse systems -- Part 4: UV Disinfection	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 282/SC 3
ISO/CD 20468-5 Guidelines for performance evaluation of treatment technologies for water reuse systems -- Part 5: Membrane filtration	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 282/SC 3
ISO/CD 20468-6 Guidelines for performance evaluation of treatment technologies for water reuse systems -- Part 6: Ion exchange and electrodialysis	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 282/SC 3
ISO/CD 20468-7 Guidelines for performance evaluation of treatment technologies for water reuse systems -- Part 7: Advanced Oxidation Processes	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 282/SC 3
ISO/AWI 20468-8 Guidelines for performance evaluation of treatment technologies for water reuse systems -- Part 8: Evaluation of wastewater reclamation technologies based on life cycle cost	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 282/SC 3
ISO 20469:2018 Guidelines for water quality grade classification for water reuse	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 282/SC 3
ISO/CD 20480-3 Fine bubble technology -- General principles for usage and measurement of fine bubbles -- Part 3: Terminology of fine bubble generating systems	Special technologies	ISO/TC 281
ISO 20519:2017 Ships and marine technology -- Specification for bunkering of liquefied natural gas fuelled vessels	Transport	ISO/TC 8
ISO 20670:2018 Water reuse -- Vocabulary	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 282
ISO 20760-1:2018 Water reuse in urban areas -- Guidelines for centralized water reuse system -- Part 1: Design principle of a centralized water reuse system	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 282/SC 2
ISO 20760-2:2017 Water reuse in urban areas -- Guidelines for centralized water reuse system -- Part 2: Management of a centralized water reuse system	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 282/SC 2
ISO 20761:2018 Water reuse in urban areas -- Guidelines for water reuse safety evaluation -- Assessment parameters and methods	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 282/SC 2
ISO 21416:2019 Recreational diving services -- Requirements and guidance on environmentally sustainable practices in recreational diving	Services	ISO/TC 228
ISO 21417:2019 Recreational diving services -- Requirements for training on environmental awareness for recreational divers	Services	ISO/TC 228
ISO/DIS 21678 Sustainability in buildings and civil engineering works -- Indicators and benchmarks -- Principles for the development and use of benchmarks	Building and construction	ISO/TC 59/SC 17
ISO 21929-1:2011 Sustainability in building construction -- Sustainability indicators -- Part 1: Framework for the development of indicators and a core set of indicators for buildings	Building and construction	ISO/TC 59/SC 17
ISO/TS 21929-2:2015 Sustainability in building construction -- Sustainability indicators -- Part 2: Framework for the development of indicators for civil engineering works	Building and construction	ISO/TC 59/SC 17
ISO 21930:2017 Sustainability in buildings and civil engineering works -- Core rules for environmental product declarations of construction products and services	Building and construction	ISO/TC 59/SC 17
ISO/WD 21931-1 Sustainability in buildings and civil engineering works -- Framework for methods of assessment of the environmental, social and economic performance of construction works as a basis for sustainability assessment -- Part 1: Buildings	Building and construction	ISO/TC 59/SC 17
ISO 21931-2:2019 Sustainability in buildings and civil engineering works -- Framework for methods of assessment of the environmental, social and economic performance of construction works as a basis for sustainability assessment -- Part 2: Civil engineering works	Building and construction	ISO/TC 59/SC 17
ISO/TR 21932:2013 Sustainability in buildings and civil engineering works -- A review of terminology	Building and construction	ISO/TC 59/SC 17
ISO 21939-1:2019 A method to calculate and express energy consumption of industrial wastewater treatment for the purpose of water reuse -- Part 1: Biological processes	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 282/SC 4
ISO/CD 22238 Water reuse -- A guideline to wastewater disinfection and equivalent treatments	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 282/SC 1
ISO/AWI 22371 Security and resilience -- Urban resilience -- Framework, model and guidelines for strategy and implementation	Security, safety and risk	ISO/TC 292
ISO/DIS 22447 Industrial wastewater classification	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 282/SC 4
ISO/DIS 22449-1 Use of reclaimed water in industrial cooling systems -- Part 1: Technical guidelines	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 282/SC 4
ISO/DIS 22449-2 Use of reclaimed water in industrial cooling systems -- Part 2: Guidelines for cost analysis	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 282/SC 4
ISO 22519:2019 Purified water and water for injection pretreatment and production systems	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 282
ISO/DIS 22524 Pilot plan for industrial wastewater treatment facilities in the objective of reuse	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 282/SC 4
ISO 22719:2008 Water quality -- Determination of total alkalinity in sea water using high precision potentiometric titration	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 147/SC 2
ISO/CD 22948 Carbon footprint for seafood -- Product category rules (CFP-PCR) for finfish	Food and agriculture	ISO/TC 234
ISO/CD 23043 Evaluation methods for industrial wastewater treatment reuse processes	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 282/SC 4
ISO/DIS 23044 Guidelines for softening and desalination of industrial wastewater for reuse	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 282/SC 4
ISO/DIS 23056 Water reuse in urban areas -- Guidelines for decentralized/onsite water reuse system -- Design principle of a decentralized/onsite system	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 282/SC 2
ISO/DIS 23070 Water reuse in urban areas -- Guidelines for reclaimed water treatment -- Design principle of a RO desalination system of municipal wastewater	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 282/SC 2
ISO/AWI 23832 Plastics -- Test method for degradation rate assessment of materials exposed to marine environmental matrices under laboratory conditions	Non-metallic materials	ISO/TC 61/SC 14
ISO/CD 23977-2 Plastics -- Determination of the aerobic biodegradation of plastic materials exposed to seawater -- Part 2: Method by measuring the oxygen demand in closed respirometer	Non-metallic materials	ISO/TC 61/SC 14
ISO/AWI 24063 Requirements for rebreather diver training -- Non-decompression diving	Services	ISO/TC 228
ISO/AWI 24261-1 Fine bubble technology -- Elimination method for sample characterization -- Part 1: evaluation procedure	Special technologies	ISO/TC 281
ISO/NP 24302 Water quality- Sea water- Sampling for the parameters of the oceanic carbon dioxide system	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 147/SC 6
ISO 24510:2007 Activities relating to drinking water and wastewater services -- Guidelines for the assessment and for the improvement of the service to users	Services	ISO/TC 224
ISO 24511:2007 Activities relating to drinking water and wastewater services -- Guidelines for the management of wastewater utilities and for the assessment of wastewater services	Services	ISO/TC 224
ISO 24512:2007 Activities relating to drinking water and wastewater services -- Guidelines for the management of drinking water utilities and for the assessment of drinking water services	Services	ISO/TC 224
ISO 26000:2010 Guidance on social responsibility		ISO/TMBG
ISO 30000:2009 Ships and marine technology -- Ship recycling management systems -- Specifications for management systems for safe and environmentally sound ship recycling facilities	Transport	ISO/TC 8
ISO 30002:2012 Ships and marine technology -- Ship recycling management systems -- Guidelines for selection of ship recyclers (and pro forma contract)	Transport	ISO/TC 8
ISO 30003:2009 Ships and marine technology -- Ship recycling management systems -- Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of ship recycling management	Transport	ISO/TC 8
ISO 30004:2012 Ships and marine technology -- Ship recycling management systems -- Guidelines for the implementation of ISO 30000	Transport	ISO/TC 8
ISO 30005:2012 Ships and marine technology -- Ship recycling management systems -- Information control for hazardous materials in the manufacturing chain of shipbuilding and ship operations	Transport	ISO/TC 8
ISO 30006:2010 Ship recycling management systems -- Diagrams to show the location of hazardous materials onboard ships	Transport	ISO/TC 8
ISO 30007:2010 Ships and marine technology -- Measures to prevent asbestos emission and exposure during ship recycling	Transport	ISO/TC 8
ISO 30500:2018 Non-sewered sanitation systems -- Prefabricated integrated treatment units -- General safety and performance requirements for design and testing		ISO/TMBG
ISO 31000:2018 Risk management -- Guidelines	Security, safety and risk	ISO/TC 262
ISO 37101:2016 Sustainable development in communities -- Management system for sustainable development -- Requirements with guidance for use	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 268
ISO/AWI 37108 Sustainable cities and communities -- Business districts -- Guidance for practical local implementation of ISO 37101	Sustainability and environment	ISO/TC 268