About
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Secretariat: AFNOR (France)Committee Manager:
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Chairperson (until end 2027):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.

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This committee contributes with 41 standards to the following Sustainable Development Goals:
Liaison Committees to ISO/TC 224
The committees below can access the documents of ISO/TC 224:
| Reference | Title | ISO/IEC |
|---|---|---|
| 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 301 | Energy management and energy savings | 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 practices | 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 275 | Sludge recovery, recycling, treatment and disposal | 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 |
Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)
| Acronym | Title | Category |
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| AfWA | African Water Association | A |
| AIDIS | Inter-American Association of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering | 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 |
Organizations in liaison (Category C)
C liaisons participate at the level of a Working Group
| Acronym | Title | Category |
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| EDANA | International associations serving the nonwovens and related industries | C |
| INDA | Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry | C |
| Date | Month | Location | TC/SC | Note |
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| 29 | June 2026 | Virtual () | ISO/TC 224 |
* Information definite but meeting not yet formally convened
** Provisional
ISO/TC 224 - Secretariat