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Secretariat: AFNOR
Committee Manager: -
Chairperson (until end 2025):Mme Isabelle Vendeuvre
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ISO Technical Programme Manager [TPM]:ISO Editorial Manager [EM]:
- Creation date: 2001
Scope
Standardization of the management concepts for service activities and processes relating to drinking water supply, wastewater and stormwater systems.
This structure includes activities necessary to fulfil the objectives of water supply, wastewater and stormwater systems. Water supply for purposes other than drinking water can be included in this management concept structure.
Excluded:
- Normative target or threshold values for service quality criteria;
- Normative limits of acceptability for drinking water quality or for wastewater and stormwater discharges to the environment;
- Product specifications for chemical and biological additives for water and wastewater treatment;
- Standardization in sludge recovery, recycling, treatment and disposal as within the scope of ISO/TC 275;
- Standardization in water reuse as within the scope of ISO/TC 282;
- Methods for the measurement of water quality, which are covered by ISO/TC 147.
ISO/TC 224
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This committee contributes with 28 standards to the following Sustainable Development Goals:
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Good Health and Well-being
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Quality Education
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Gender Equality
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Clean Water and Sanitation
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Decent Work and Economic Growth
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Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
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Reduced Inequalities
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Sustainable Cities and Communities
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Responsible Consumption and Production
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Climate Action
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Life Below Water
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Life on Land
Joint working groups under the responsibility of another committee
| Reference | Title |
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| ISO/TC 282/SC 2/JWG 1 | Joint ISO/TC 282/SC 2 - ISO/TC 224 WG: Cost analysis in planning of decentralized wastewater treatment for reuse in urban areas |
Liaison Committees to ISO/TC 224
The committees below can access the documents of ISO/TC 224:
| Reference | Title | ISO/IEC |
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| IEC/SyC Smart Cities | Electrotechnical aspects of Smart Cities | IEC |
| ISO/TC 5/SC 2 | Cast iron pipes, fittings and their joints | ISO |
| ISO/TC 6/SC 2 | Test methods and quality specifications for paper and board | ISO |
| ISO/TC 207 | Environmental management | ISO |
| ISO/TC 207/SC 1 | Environmental management systems | ISO |
| ISO/TC 268/SC 1 | Smart community infrastructures | ISO |
| ISO/TC 275 | Sludge recovery, recycling, treatment and disposal | ISO |
| ISO/TC 282 | Water reuse | ISO |
| ISO/TC 282/SC 1 | Treated wastewater reuse for irrigation | ISO |
| ISO/TC 282/SC 3 | Risk and performance evaluation of water reuse systems | ISO |
| ISO/TC 292 | Security and resilience | ISO |
| ISO/TC 309 | Governance of organizations | ISO |
Liaison Committees from ISO/TC 224
ISO/TC 224 can access the documents of the committees below:
| Reference | Title | ISO/IEC |
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| IEC/SyC Smart Cities | Electrotechnical aspects of Smart Cities | IEC |
| ISO/TC 6/SC 2 | Test methods and quality specifications for paper and board | ISO |
| ISO/TC 176 | Quality management and quality assurance | ISO |
| ISO/TC 176/SC 1 | Concepts and terminology | ISO |
| ISO/TC 207/SC 1 | Environmental management systems | ISO |
| ISO/TC 207/SC 2 | Environmental auditing and related environmental investigations | ISO |
| ISO/TC 207/SC 3 | Environmental labelling | ISO |
| ISO/TC 207/SC 4 | Environmental performance evaluation | ISO |
| ISO/TC 207/SC 5 | Life cycle assessment | ISO |
| ISO/TC 207/SC 7 | Greenhouse gas and climate change management and related activities | ISO |
| ISO/TC 251 | Asset management | ISO |
| ISO/TC 268 | Sustainable cities and communities | ISO |
| ISO/TC 268/SC 1 | Smart community infrastructures | ISO |
| ISO/TC 282/SC 1 | Treated wastewater reuse for irrigation | ISO |
| ISO/TC 292 | Security and resilience | ISO |
| ISO/TC 309 | Governance of organizations | ISO |
Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)
| Acronym | Title | Category |
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| AfWA | African Water Association | A |
| EUREAU | European Federation of national associations of water & wastewater services | A |
| IWA | International Water Association | A |
| The World Bank | The World Bank Group | A |
ISO/TC 224 - Secretariat
AFNOR [France]
Association française de normalisation
11 rue Francis de Pressensé
F-93571 La Plaine Saint-Denis Cedex
France
F-93571 La Plaine Saint-Denis Cedex
France
Tel: +33 1 41 62 80 00
Fax: +33 1 49 17 90 00
Email: Standardization@afnor.org
Web: http://www.afnor.org
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