The Ministry of Environment presented the projects of the DSTU on water quality monitoring according to EU standards

The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine developed and published the first 18 national standards to ensure surface water quality control according to European standards.

The agency informed about this on its website.

The development of new state standards (DSTU) took place within the framework of the project "Environmental monitoring of the consequences of war and recovery strategy".

The Ministry of Environment reminded that at the beginning of 2024, the national standards that did not meet international and European norms were canceled in Ukraine. Some of them were replaced by European standards in the original language (English, French) without taking into account national conditions of application.

But since the need for effective control of water quality has not disappeared, the national standards have been reinstated during the implementation of European standards – until May 1, 2025.

The ministry also said that integration with the EU in the field of surface water quality monitoring requires approval of more than 600 standards and modernization of laboratory equipment.

The list of DSTU projects (prDSTU), which were developed by the ministry in the first edition, looks as follows:

1. PrDSTU EN ISO 5667-1:20XX Water quality. Sampling of samples. Part 1. Guidelines for the development of sampling programs and methods (EN ISO 5667-1:2022, IDT; ISO 5667-1:2020, IDT)
2. PrDSTU EN ISO 5667-3:2022 Water quality. Sampling of samples. Part 3. Storage and handling of water samples (EN ISO 5667-3:2018, IDT; ISO 5667-3:2018, IDT)
3. PrDSTU EN ISO 5667-6:2022 Water quality. Sampling of samples. Part 6. Guidelines for sampling from rivers and streams (EN ISO 5667-6:2016, IDT; ISO 5667-6:2014, IDT)
4. PrDSTU EN ISO 5667-14:2022 Water quality. Sampling of samples. Part 14. Guidelines for quality assurance and control of natural water sampling and processing (EN ISO 5667-14:2016, IDT; ISO 5667-14:2014, IDT)
5. PrDSTU EN ISO 5814:2022 Water quality. Determination of dissolved oxygen. Electrochemical method using a probe (EN ISO 5814:2012, IDT; ISO 5814:2012, IDT)
6. PrDSTU EN ISO 5815-1:2022 Water quality. Determination of biochemical oxygen consumption after n days (BODn). Part 1. Method of dilution and sowing with the addition of allylthiourea (EN ISO 5815-1:2019, IDT; ISO 5815-1:2019, IDT)
7. PrDSTU EN ISO 7393-2:2022 Water quality. Determination of free and total chlorine. Part 2. Colorimetric method using N,N-dialkyl-1,4-phenylenediamine for continuous monitoring (EN ISO 7393-2:2018, IDT; ISO 7393-2:2017, IDT)
8. PrDSTU EN ISO 7887:2022 Water quality. Research and determination of color (EN ISO 7887:2011, IDT; ISO 7887:2011, IDT)
9. PrDSTU EN ISO 8467:2022 Water quality. Determination of permanganate oxidizability (EN ISO 8467:1995, IDT; ISO 8467:1993, IDT)
10. PrDSTU EN ISO 9377-2:2022 Water quality. Definition of oil products. Part 2. Method of liquid extraction and gas chromatography (EN ISO 9377-2:2000, IDT; ISO 9377-2:2000, IDT)
11. PrDSTU EN ISO 10304-1:2022 Water quality. Determination of dissolved anions by liquid ion chromatography. Part 1. Determination of bromide, chloride, fluoride, nitrate, nitrite, phosphate and sulfate (EN ISO 10304-1:2009, IDT; ISO 10304-1:2007, IDT)
12. PrDSTU EN ISO 10304-4:2022 (Water quality. Determination of dissolved anions by liquid ion chromatography. Part 4. Determination of chlorate, chloride and chlorite in water with a low level of pollution (EN ISO 10304-4:2022, IDT; ISO 10304-4 :2022, IDT)
13. PrDSTU EN ISO 10703:2022 Water quality. Radionuclides emitting gamma radiation. Test method using high resolution gamma spectrometry (EN ISO 10703:2021, IDT; ISO 10703:2021, IDT)
14. PrDSTU EN ISO 15061:2022 Water quality. Determination of dissolved bromate. Method of liquid chromatography of ions (EN ISO 15061:2001, IDT; ISO 15061:2001, IDT)
15. PrDSTU EN ISO 17294-1:2022 Water quality. Application of inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Part 1. General guidelines (EN ISO 17294-1:2006, IDT; ISO 17294-1:2004, IDT)
16. PrDSTU EN ISO 17495:2022 Water quality. Determination of the content of individual nitrophenols. Method of solid phase extraction and gas chromatography with mass spectrometric registration (EN ISO 17495:2003, IDT; ISO 17495:2001, IDT)
17. PrDSTU EN ISO 18412:2022 Water quality. Determination of chromium (VI). Photometric method for lightly polluted waters (EN ISO 18412:2006, IDT; ISO 18412:2005, IDT)
18. PrDSTU EN ISO 18857-2:2022 Water quality. Determination of the content of individual alkylphenols. Part 2. Gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric determination of alkylphenols, their ethoxylates and bisphenol-a in unfiltered samples after solid-phase extraction and formation of derivatives (EN ISO 18857-2:2011, IDT; ISO 18857-2:2009, IDT).

All interested parties can obtain electronic versions of draft national standards by contacting the technical committee of TC 82 "Environmental Protection" at the address: tc82.environmental@gmail.com.

At the beginning of September, EcoPolitic reported that Ukraine implemented European Commission Directive 2009/90/EU on water monitoring. We also informed that, according to scientists, for the first time in history it is global the water circulation system is out out of balance