BS EN ISO 19258:2018

This standard BS EN ISO 19258:2018 Soil quality. Guidance on the determination of background values is classified in these ICS categories:

• 13.080.99 Other standards related to soil quality

This document gives guidelines for the principles and main methods for the determination of background values for inorganic and organic substances in soils at a local/regional scale. The site scale is excluded.

It gives guidelines for sampling and data processing strategies. It identifies methods for sampling and analysis.

This document does not apply to the determination of background values for groundwater and sediments.