ISO 17993:2002规定了使用带荧光检测的高效液相色谱（HPLC）测定15种选定多环芳烃（PAH）[萘、苊、菲、荧蒽、苯并（a）蒽、苯并（b）荧蒽、苯并（a）芘、二苯并（a，h）蒽、芴、蒽、芘、白杨、苯并（k）荧、茚（1,2,3-cd）芘、苯并（ghi）苝]在饮用水和地下水中的质量浓度大于0005微克/升（每种化合物），以及地表水中的质量浓度大于0,01微克/升。 这种方法经过一些修改后，也适用于废水的分析。该方法可适用于其他多环芳烃，前提是该方法已针对每种情况进行了验证。

ISO 17993:2002 specifies a method using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with fluorescence detection for the determination of 15 selected polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) [naphthalene, acenaphthene, phenanthrene, fluoranthene, benzo(a)anthracene, benzo(b)fluoranthene, benzo(a)pyrene, dibenzo(a,h)anthracene, fluorene, anthracene, pyrene, chrysene, benzo(k)fluoranthene, indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene, benzo(ghi)perylene] in drinking and ground water in mass concentrations greater than 0,005 microgram/litre (for each single compound) and surface waters in mass concentrations above 0,01 microgram/litre. This method is, with some modification, also suitable for the analysis of waste water. This method may be applicable to other PAH, provided the method is validated for each case.