Standard Testing Services
Chemical Determinants
- Apparent colour
- Alkalinity
- Ammonia nitrogen
- Dissolved oxygen (DO) *
- Dissolved solids
- Fluorides
- Conductivity
- Hardness
- Free chlorine
- Hexavalent chromium *
- Mixed liquor suspended solids *
- Residual chlorine
- pH
- Ryznar stability index (RSI) *
- Various metals (incl. heavy metals)
- Settleable solids *
- Sludge volume index (SVI)
- Surfactants
- Suspended solids
- Total solids *
- Chlorides
- Turbidity
- Biological oxygen demand (BOD) *
- Nitrate and nitrite nitrogen
- Chemical oxygen demand (COD)
- Oil and grease
- Orthophosphates
- Phenols
- Total Kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN)
- Sulphates
- Total phosphorous
- Sulphides *
- Silica *
Microbiological Determinants
- Heterotrophic plate count (HPC)
- Total coliforms (TC)
- Sulphate reducing bacteria (SRB) *
- Faecal coliforms (FC)
- Escherichia coli (E. coli)
- Yeast and moulds *
- Faecal Streptococcus species *
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa *
Also Offered
- Detection and enumeration of Helminth ova *
- Microscopic analyses *
- Sludge classification according to DWS guidelines *
NOTICE:
Analyses marked * not SANAS accredited at the time of print.
Specialised Testing Services
Organic Determinants using Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS)
- Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), incl. trihalomethanes (THMs) and BTEXN components
- Semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs), incl. PAHs and phenols
- Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) *
- Organochlorine (OCPs) and organophosphorous pesticides (OPPs) *
- Total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPHs), incl. gasoline and diesel range organics (GROs and DROs)
- Organic fingerprinting (GC-MS scans) *
Waterborne Pathogens using Real-Time PCR (Molecular Biology)
- Detection of Salmonella enterica
- Detection of Shigella species and/or entero-invasive E. coli (EIEC)
- Detection of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae
NOTICE:
Analyses marked * not SANAS accredited at the time of print.