This International Standard provides guidance on the principles behind, and main methods for, the evaluation of
sites, soils, and soil materials in relation to their role as a source of contamination of groundwater and their
function in transporting, degrading and transforming contaminants. It identifies and lists relevant monitoring
strategies, methods for sampling, soil processing and analytical methods.
This International Standard is applicable to the evaluation of the impact of contaminants on groundwater in
relation to
drinking water quality,
irrigation water quality,
industrial use,
natural base flow.
ISO 15175:2004 Referenced Document
ISO 10048 Water quality — Determination of nitrogen — Catalytic digestion after reduction with Devarda's alloy
ISO 10301 Water quality - Determination of highly volatile halogenated hydrocarbons - Gas-chromatographic methods
ISO 10382 Soil quality - Determination of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls - Gas-chromatographic method with electron capture detection
ISO 10390 Soil, treated biowaste and sludge - Determination of pH*, 2021-03-31 Update
ISO 10523 Water quality - Determination of pH*, 2008-12-01 Update
ISO 10573 Soil-quality - Determination of water content in the unsaturated zone - Neutron depth probe method
ISO 10693 Soil quality - Determination of carbonate content - Volumetric method
ISO 10694 Soil quality - Determination of organic and total carbon after dry combustion (elementary analysis)
ISO 11047 Soil quality - Determination of cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, lead, manganese, nickel and zinc in aqua regia extracts of soil - Flame and electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometric methods
ISO 11048 Soil quality - Determination of water-soluble and acid-soluble sulfate
ISO 11074-1 Soil quality - Vocabulary - Part 1: Terms and definitions relating to the protection and pollution of the soil
ISO 11259 Soil quality - Simplified soil description
ISO 11260 Soil quality - Determination of effective cation exchange capacity and base saturation level using barium chloride solution*, 2018-05-01 Update
ISO 11261 Soil quality - Determination of total nitrogen - Modified Kjeldahl method
ISO 11263 Soil quality - Determination of phosphorus - Spectrometric determination of phosphorus soluble in sodium hydrogen carbonate solution
ISO 11264 Soil quality - Determination of herbicides - Method using HPLC with UV-detection*, 2005-05-01 Update
ISO 11265 Soil quality - Determination of the specific electrical conductivity; Technical Corrigendum 1
ISO 11266 Soil quality - Guidance on laboratory testing for biodegradation of organic chemicals in soil under aerobic conditions
ISO 11271 Soil quality — Determination of redox potential — Field method*, 2022-07-01 Update
ISO 11272 Soil quality - Determination of dry bulk density*, 2017-03-01 Update
ISO 11274 Soil quality — Determination of the water-retention characteristic — Laboratory methods*, 2019-09-21 Update
ISO 11275 Soil quality - Determination of unsaturated hydraulic conductivity and water-retention characteristic - Wind's evaporation method*, 2004-07-01 Update
ISO 11348-1 Water quality — Determination of the inhibitory effect of water samples on the light emission of Vibrio fischeri (Luminescent bacteria test) — Part 1: Method using freshly prepared bacteria AMENDMENT 1*, 2007-01-01 Update
ISO 11348-2 Water quality — Determination of the inhibitory effect of water samples on the light emission of Vibrio fischeri (Luminescent bacteria test) — Part 2: Method using liquid-dried bacteria AMENDMENT 1*, 2007-01-01 Update
ISO 11369 Water quality - Determination of selected plant treatment agents - Method using high performance liquid chromatography with UV detection after solid-liquid extraction
ISO 11423-1 Water quality - Determination of benzene and some derivatives - Part 1: Head-space gas chromatograhic method
ISO 11423-2 Water quality - Determination of benzene and some derivatives - Part 2: Method using extraction and gas chromatography
ISO 11464 Soil quality - Pretreatment of samples for physico-chemical analysis*, 2006-07-01 Update
ISO 11466 Soil quality - Extraction of trace elements soluble in aqua regia
ISO 11905-1 Water quality - Determination of nitrogen - Part 1: Method using oxidative digestion with peroxodisulfate
ISO 13536 Soil quality - Determination of the potential cation exchange capacity and exchangeable cations using barium chloride solution buffered at pH = 8,1
ISO 13877 Soil quality - Determination of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons - Method using high-performance liquid chromatography
ISO 13878 Soil quality - Determination of total nitrogen content by dry combustion ("elemental analysis")
ISO 14154 Soil quality - Determination of some selected chlorophenols - Gas-chromatographic method with electron-capture detection*, 2005-02-01 Update
ISO 14235 Soil quality - Determination of organic carbon by sulfochromic oxidation
ISO 14238 Soil quality - Biological methods - Determination of nitrogen mineralization and nitrification in soils and the influence of chemicals on these processes*, 2012-08-01 Update
ISO 14239 Soil quality - Laboratory incubation systems for measuring the mineralization of organic chemicals in soil under aerobic conditions*, 2017-06-30 Update
ISO 14254 Soil quality - Determination of exchangeable acidity using barium chloride solution as extractant*, 2018-04-05 Update
ISO 14255 Soil quality - Determination of nitrate nitrogen, ammonium nitrogen and total soluble nitrogen in air-dry soils using calcium chloride solution as extractant
ISO 14256-2 Soil quality - Determination of nitrate, nitrite and ammonium in field-moist soils by extraction with potassium chloride solution - Part 2: Automated method with segmented flow analysis*, 2005-01-01 Update
ISO 14507 Soil quality - Pretreatment of samples for determination of organic contaminants
ISO 14869-1 Soil quality - Dissolution for the determination of total element content - Part 1: Dissolution with hydrofluoric and perchloric acids
ISO 14869-2 Soil quality - Dissolution for the determination of total element content - Part 2: Dissolution by alkaline fusion
ISO 14870 Soil quality - Extraction of trace elements by buffered DTPA solution
ISO 14911 Water quality - Determination of dissolved Li<(hoch)+>, Na<(hoch)+>, NH<(Index)4><(hoch)+>, K<(hoch)+>, Mn<(hoch)2+>, Ca<(hoch)2+>, Mg<(hoch)2+>, Sr<(hoch)2+> and Ba<(hoch)2+> using ion chromatography - Method for water and waste water
ISO 15009 Soil quality - Gas chromatographic determination of the content of volatile aromatic hydrocarbons, naphthalene and volatile halogenated hydrocarbons - Purge-and-trap method with thermal desorption*, 2016-02-01 Update
ISO 15089 Water quality - Guidelines for selective immunoassays for the determination of plant treatment and pesticide agents
ISO 15178 Soil quality - Determination of total sulfur by dry combustion
ISO 15473:2002 Soil quality - Guidance on laboratory testing for biodegradation of organic chemicals in soil under anaerobic conditions
ISO 15799 Soil quality — Guidance on the ecotoxicological characterization of soils and soil materials*, 2019-03-12 Update
ISO 15913 Water quality - Determination of selected phenoxyalkanoic herbicides, including bentazones and hydroxybenzonitriles by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry after solid phase extraction and derivatization
ISO 16703 Soil quality - Determination of content of hydrocarbon in the range C10 to C40 by gas chromatography*, 2004-11-01 Update
ISO 20279 Soil quality - Extraction of thallium and determination by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry*, 2005-07-01 Update
ISO 6341 Water quality - Determination of the inhibition of the mobility of Daphnia magna Straus (Cladocera, Crustacea) - Acute toxicity test*, 2012-10-01 Update
ISO 6468 Water quality - Determination of certain organochlorine insecticides, polychlorinated biphenyls and chlorobenzenes - Gas chromatographic method after liquid-liquid extraction
ISO 6878 Water quality - Determination of phosphorus - Ammonium molybdate spectrometric method
ISO 7150-1 Water quality; Determination of ammonium; Part 1 : Manual spectrometric method
ISO 7888 Water quality; Determination of electrical conductivity
ISO 7890-1 Water quality; Determination of nitrate; Part 1 : 2,6-Dimethylphenol spectrometric method
ISO 7890-2 Water quality; Determination of nitrate; Part 2 : 4-Fluorophenol spectrometric method after distillation
ISO 7890-3 Water quality; determination of nitrate; part 3: spectrometric method using sulfosalicylic acid
ISO 7981-2 Water quality - Determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) - Part 2: Determination of six PAH by high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection after liquid-liquid extraction*, 2005-06-01 Update
ISO 8165-1 Water quality; determination of selected monovalent phenols; part 1: gas-chromatographic method after enrichment by extraction
ISO 8245 Water quality - Guidelines for the determination of total organic carbon (TOC) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC)
ISO 9001:2000 Quality management systems - Requirements
ISO 9562 Water quality - Determination of adsorbable organically bound halogens (AOX)*, 2004-09-01 Update
ISO 9964-1 Water quality; determination of sodium and potassium; part 1: determination of sodium by atomic absorption spectrometry
ISO 9964-2 Water quality; determination of sodium and potassium; part 2: determination of potassium by atomic absorption spectrometry
ISO 9964-3 Water quality; determination of sodium and potassium; part 3: determination of sodium and potassium by flame emission spectrometry
ISO/IEC 17025 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories [Standard in French]*, 2017-11-01 Update
ISO/TR 11905-2 Water quality - Determination of nitrogen - Part 2: Determination of bound nitrogen, after combustion and oxidation to nitrogen dioxide, using chemiluminescence detection
ISO/TS 11370 Water quality — Determination of selected organic plant-treatment agents — Automated multiple development (AMD) technique
ISO 15175:2004 history
2018ISO 15175:2018 Soil quality — Characterization of soil related to groundwater protection
2004ISO 15175:2004 Soil quality - Characterization of soil related to groundwater protection