# ISO 5815:1989 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards

For ISO 5815:1989, item title is Water quality — Determination of biochemical oxygen demand after 5 days (BOD 5) — Dilution and seeding method; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 5815-1:2003 | ISO 5815-2:2003; withdrawn / published date is 1989-06-29, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05.

- **Identifier:** ISO 5815:1989 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Item title:** Water quality — Determination of biochemical oxygen demand after 5 days (BOD 5) — Dilution and seeding method _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Successor:** ISO 5815-1:2003 | ISO 5815-2:2003
- **Withdrawn / published date:** 1989-06-29 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 11963,IS,,ISO 5815:1989,Water quality — Determination of biochemical oxygen demand after 5 days (BOD 5) — Dilution and seeding method,Qualité de l'eau — Détermination de la demande biochimique en oxygène après 5 jours (DBO 5) — Méthode par dilution et ensemencement,1989-06-29,2,['13.060.50'],ISO/TC 147/SC 2,9599,[11962],"[31090,31091]","['en','fr']",6,"<p>The procedure specified is applicable to all waters having values greater than or equal to 3 mg of oxygen per litre and not exceeding 6 000 mg of oxygen per litre. For greater values the procedure is still applicable, but the errors caused by the dilutions necessary require the results to be interpreted with circumspection. The results obta

## Source

- https://isopublicstorageprod.blob.core.windows.net/opendata/_latest/iso_deliverables_metadata/csv/iso_deliverables_metadata.csv

Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01.
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