ISO 24521:2016[F] PDF

ISO 24521:2016 provides guidance for the management of basic on-site domestic wastewater services, using appropriate technologies in their entirety at any level of development.

ISO 24521:2016 supplements and is intended to be used in conjunction with ISO 24511. It includes the following:

° guidelines for the management of basic on-site domestic wastewater services from the operator's perspective, including maintenance techniques, training of personnel and risk considerations;

° guidelines for the management of basic on-site domestic wastewater services from the perspective of users;

° guidance on the design and construction of basic on-site domestic wastewater systems;

° guidance on planning, operation and maintenance, and health and safety issues.

The following are outside the scope of ISO 24521:2016:

° limits of acceptability for wastewater discharged into a receiving body;

° analytical methods;

° the management structure of sanitary waste/wastewater service activities of operation and management;

° the content of contracts or subcontracts.

ISO 24521:2016 is applicable to both publicly and privately operated basic on-site domestic wastewater (black and grey water) services, for one or more dwellings.