appendix E6

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Requirements for water monitoring

Table E.6

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)
BOD₅	BOD5 (ATU)	Freshwater Fish (78/659/EEC), Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC)	BOD₅	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)