BS EN ISO BRITISHSTANDARD 7899-2:2000 BS 6068-4.4:2000 Water quality D Detection and enumeration of intestinal enterococciD Part 2: Membrane filtration method The European Standard EN IS0 7899-2:2000 has the status of a British Standard Confirmed July2008 ICS 07.100.20 BSI NOCOPYINGWITHOUTBSIPERMISSIONEXCEPTASPERMITTEDBYCOPYRIGHTLAW BS EN ISO 7899-2:2000 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN ISO 7899-2:2000. It is identical with IS0 7899-2:2000. It supersedes BS 6068-4.4:1989 which is withdrawn. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted byTechnicalCommittee EH/3, Water quality, to Subcommittee EH/3/4, Microbiological methods, which has the responsibility to: aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in theUK. A list of organizations represented on this subcommittee can be obtained on request to its secretary. This is one of a series of standards on water quality, others of which have been, or will be, publishedas Sections ofBS6068. Thevarious Sections ofBS 6068 are comprised within Parts 1 to 7, which, together with Part O, are listed below. Part 0 Introduction Part 1 Glossary Part 2 Physical, chemical and biochemical methods Part 3 Radiological methods Part 4 Microbiological methods Part 5 Biological methods Part 6 Sampling Part 7 Precision and accuracy NoteThetestsdescribed inthis BritishStandard should onlybecarried out by suitablyqualified should be followed throughout. Cross-references Attention is drawn to the fact that CEN and CENELEC Standards normally include an annex which lists normative references to international publications with their corresponding European publications. The British Standards which implement these international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Standards Catalogue under the section entitled aInternational Standards Correspondence Index°, or by using the aFind° facility of the BSI Standards Electronic Catalogue. A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations. Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN ISO title page, the ENISO foreword page, the ISO title page, pages itov, a blankpage, pages 1 to This British Standard, having 7, the annex ZA page, an inside back cover and a back cover. beenpreparedunderthe direction of the Health and The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document Environment SectorCommittee, was last issued. was published under the authority ofthe Standards Amendments issued since publication Committee and comes into effect on 15 August 2000 Amd. No. Date Comments @BSI 08-2000 ISBN 0 580 34953 5 EN ISO 7899-2 EUROPEANSTANDARD NORME EUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHE NORM April 2000 ICS07.100.00 English version Water quality - Detection and enumeration of intestinal enterococci - Part 2: Membrane filtration method (lSO 7899- 2:2000) Qualite de I'eau - Recherche et denombrement des Wasserbeschaffenheit - Nachweis und Zahlung von enterocoques intestinaux - Partie 2: Methode par filtration intestinale Enterokokken - Teil 2: surmembrane (ISO 7899-2:2000) Membranfiltrationsverfahren (IS0 7899-2:2000) This European Standard was approved by CEN on 15 April 2000. CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national This European Standard exists in three official versions (Engl