A consultation event on the Draft BS 8550 Guide to auditing of water quality sampling

What the event will cover

The event is intended to present the background to the development of the standard and the results of field trials carried out prior to the publication of the draft for public comment.  Feedback will be requested from those attending the event in order to supplement the documented returns from the public comment stage of the standardization process.  Such feedback will form a vital step in the document development prior to publication.

Who should attend?

The event will be of interest to

• Water industry (including the environment agency)
• Environmental health officers
• HSE specialists
• Water management companies
• Facilities management companies
• Consulting engineers
• Geotechnical engineers
• Hydrogeological consultants
• University departments involved in field studies
• Power generators and other peripheral organizations with a water trade affinity

Key presenters

Malcolm Morgan is a Principal Inspector with the Drinking Water Inspectorate. He has over 40 years' experience in the water industry and is the Inspectorate's expert on sampling, analysis, quality assurance and quality control.

Roger Sweeting is currently Chairman of the BSI water quality committee and is a former Chief Executive of the Freshwater Biological Association.  He has been involved with national, international and European standardization for almost 20 years, including acting as a working group convenor and International Committee chairman in the biological and ecological areas.

What is BS 8550

BS 8550 Guide to auditing of water quality sampling will provide independent water auditors and regulators with a tool which sets out the minimum standards of good practice to provide data users with the confidence that the information generated has been collected with the minimum of errors from sampling procedures.

This standard will serve practitioners across the whole range of water quality monitoring areas, for example:

• Wastewaters including discharges to water bodies
• Environmental monitoring
• Potable water supply
• Potable water distribution and use within buildings
• Commercial and industrial uses of water
• Power generation
• Meteorological monitoring

Additional Features

• Lunch and drinks reception will be provided free of charge
• A printed copy of the draft standard will be made available to all attendees
• Event handouts
• Extended plenary discussion session
• Networking and discussion opportunity during lunch and closing reception

Supporters

This project is being funded by the DIUS (Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills)

We are grateful to the following organisations for their support:

• DWI (Drinking Water Inspectorate
• Environment Agency
• RSC (Royal Society of Chemistry)
• SCI (Society of Chemical Industry)
• WMA (Water Monitoring Association)