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Documents Currently under Development within SCA

Listed in this section are draft documents currently under development within the Standing Committee of Analysts (SCA). All drafts are at various stages of development and the text of each draft will change before final publication.

Listed below are the draft documents currently under development within the Standing Committee of Analysts (SCA). All drafts are at various stages of development and the text of each draft will change before final publication.

If you would like to get involved in the development and drafting of these documents or you have any suggestions for topics that you believe the SCA should consider, please contact Mark Gale. In addition, if you consider that previous SCA documents should be reviewed or revised, please contact Mark Gale with an indication of your willingness to participate.

  • Determination of the toxicity of substances to the anaerobic gas production from sewage sludge
  • The assessment of acute toxicity of chemicals and effluents and other waters to luminescent bacteria
  • The determination of assimilable organic carbon and biodegradable dissolved organic carbon in waters
  • The determination of Legionella bacteria in water and other environmental samples - Part 2 - Methods for their detection
  • The determination of iodine-125 and iodine-129 activity concentrations in aqueous media
  • The determination of asulam in waters by solid phase extraction and high performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection
  • The determination of phenols in waters and complex matrices
  • The identification of unknown organic compounds - Parts 1, 2 and 3  
  • The Microbiology of Recreational and Environmental Waters - The 2000 Blue Book is being revised in the same format as the Microbiology of Drinking Water and the Microbiology of Sewage Sludge
  • The Microbiology of Air - An overview of issues
  • The determination of hydrocarbon compounds in soils - A variety of methods (6-8) is being considered, including carbon range banding and aliphatic and aromatic fractions

Where available, copies of the above documents can be obtained from: