Iso: River

“Rivers are not factories,” says Dr. Helena Voss, a freshwater ecologist at the University of Utrecht. “ISO standards prioritize consistency and efficiency. Nature prioritizes resilience and chaos. You can’t audit a flood, and you can’t calibrate a drought. There is a real risk that we will manage rivers to be ‘average’—which means we will fail to protect the extreme events that shape river ecology.”

For more information on ISO Technical Committee 224 (Water Reuse) and TC 207 (Environmental Management), visit the official ISO website. iso river

By J. McKenzie, Environmental Correspondent “Rivers are not factories,” says Dr