G/TBT/N/UGA/925  
 
8 October 2018  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member: UGANDA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible: Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  ], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN  where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Surface 
water, saline water, domestic and industrial wastes ; Mineral waters and aerated waters 
(HS 220110). Drinking water (ICS 13.060.20).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DUS 2088: 
2018, Standard test methods for filterable matter (total dissolved solids) and non -
filterable matter (total suspended solids) in water, First Edition. (19 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This draft Uganda standard specifies test methods for the 
determination of filterable matter, total dissolved solids (TDS), and nonfilterable matter, 
total suspended solids (TSS), in drinking, surface, and saline waters, domestic and 
industrial wastes. The practical range of the determination of nonfilterable particulate 
matter (TSS) is 4 to 20 000 mg/l.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of the environment; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ASTM D1129 -13, Standard Terminology Relating to Water  
2. ASTM D1193 -06(2018), Standard Specification for Reagent Water  
3. ASTM D1429 -13, Standard Test Methods for Specific Gravity of Water and Brine  
4. ASTM D2777 -13, Standard Practice for Determination of Precision and Bias of 
Applicable Test Methods of Committee D19 on Water   
5. ASTM D3370 -10, Standard Practices for Sampling Water from Closed Conduits   
6. ASTM D3856 -11(2015), Standard Guide for Management Systems in 
Laborat ories Engaged in Analysis of Water   
7. ASTM D3977, Standard Test Methods for Determining Sediment Concentration 
in Water Samples   
8. ASTM D4411, Standard Guide for Sampling Fluvial Sediment in Motion   G/TBT/N/UGA/925  
 
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  9. ASTM D5847, Standard Practice for Writing Quality Control Spe cifications for 
Standard Test Methods for Water Analysis   
10. ASTM D5905, Standard Practice for the Preparation of Substitute Wastewater   
11. ASTM E319, Standard Practice for the Evaluation of Single -Pan Mechanical 
Balances   
12. ASTM E898, Standard Test Method of Test ing Top -Loading, Direct -Reading 
Laboratory Scales and Balances  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2018  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Not applicable  
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body: