BS ISO 5667-14:2014 BSl Standards Publication Water quality Sampling Part 14: Guidance on quality assurance and quality control of environmental water sampling and handling bsi. ..making excellence a habit. BRITISH STANDARD BSISO 5667-14:2014 National foreword This British Standard is the UK implementation of IS0 5667-14:2014. It supersedes BS 6068-6.14:1998 which is withdrawn. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee EH/3/6, Sampling (of technical committee EH/3-Water quality). A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. @ The British Standards Institution 2014. Published by BSI Standards Limited 2014 ISBN9780580784989 ICS 13.060.45 Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations. This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 December 2014. Amendments issued sincepublication Date Text affected BS ISO 5667-14:2014 INTERNATIONAL ISO STANDARD 5667-14 Second edition 2014-12-15 Water quality Sampling Part 14: Guidance on quality assurance and quality control of environmental water sampling and handling Qualité de I'eau - Echantillonnage - Partie14:Lignesdirectricespour le controlede laqualité dans I'echantillonnage et la manutention des eaux environnementales Reference number IS0 5667-14:2014(E) ISO @IS02014 BSISO 5667-14:2014 IS05667-14:2014(E) Licensed copy:Imperial College, COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT IS02014 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying,or posting on the internet or an intranet,without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISo's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56·CH-1211Geneva20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland i @ IS0 2014 - All rights reserved BSISO5667-14:2014 IS05667-14:2014(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction. ..vi 1 Scope. ,Imperial College London,Version correct as of 02/05/2016 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions 4 Sources of sampling error .4 5 Sampling quality .5 5.1 General. .5 5.2 Technical and personnel requirements .6 5.3 Sampling manual .6 5.4 .7 Training of sampling staff Strategy and organization.. 6 6.1 Time,duration and frequency of sampling .7 6.2 Sampling collection locations. .8 7 Sample collection and handling. ..8 7.1 Equipment and vehicle check prior to carrying out a sampling programme .8 9 7.2 Preparationforsampling on-site 7.3 Field measurements 9 7.4 Taking the samples. 8 Sample identification ..12 9 Field sample protocol. .12 10 Transport and storage of samples. ..12 11 Sampling quality control techniques .13 .13 11.1 General 11.2 Replicate quality control samples .15 Licensedcopy:Imperial College, 11.3 Field blank samples.. .16 11.4 Rinsingofequipment (sampling containers) .17 11.5 Filtration recovery .18 11.6 Technique 1 Spiked samples. 20 11.7 Technique 2- Spiked environmental samples ..22 12 Analysis and interpretation of quality control data .22 Shewhart control charts. .22 12.1 12.2 Construction of duplicate control charts .23 13 Independent audits. .23 Annex A (informative) Common sources of sampling error[Z) ..25 AnnexB(informative)Controlcharts ..27 Annex C (informative) Sub-sampling using a homogenizer .31 Bibliography .34 IS0 2014-All rights reserved ili BS ISO 5667-14:2014 IS05667-14:2014(E) Foreword Iso (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (so member bodies).The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out t