National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Australian Water Quality Centre
Site
Adelaide Laboratory – Chemistry
Accreditation No.
1115
Site No.
1108
Date of Accreditation
01 Jan 1974
Contact
Miss Shayal Lata P: +61 1300653366
Availability
Services available to external clients
Scope of Accreditation
Adelaide Laboratory – Chemistry
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Environment
| Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analysis for cyanide | Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sediments; Sewage; Sludges; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes | Cyanide - Total | UV-vis spectrophotometry | in-house method T0167-03 |
| Analysis for elements | Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Trade wastes | Silica; Sulfur | ICP-AES | in-house method TIC-004 |
| Silica | ICP-MS; ICP-MS-MS | in-house method TIC-006 | ||
| Aluminium; Antimony; Arsenic; Barium; Beryllium; Bismuth; Boron; Cadmium; Calcium; Chromium; Cobalt; Copper; Iron; Lanthanum; Lead; Lithium; Magnesium; Manganese; Mercury; Molybdenum; Nickel; Phosphorus; Platinum; Potassium; Selenium; Silica; Silicon; Silver; Sodium; Strontium; Sulfur; Thallium; Thorium; Tin; Titanium; Uranium; Vanadium; Zinc | ICP-MS; ICP-MS-MS | in-house method TIC-006 | ||
| Sediments; Sludges; Soils | Aluminium; Antimony; Arsenic; Barium; Beryllium; Bismuth; Boron; Cadmium; Calcium; Chromium; Cobalt; Copper; Iron; Lanthanum; Lead; Lithium; Magnesium; Manganese; Mercury; Molybdenum; Nickel; Phosphorus; Platinum; Potassium; Selenium; Silica; Silicon; Silver; Sodium; Strontium; Sulfur; Thallium; Thorium; Tin; Titanium; Uranium; Vanadium; Zinc | ICP-MS; ICP-MS-MS | in-house method TIC-006 | |
| Sediments; Soils | Aluminium; Barium; Boron; Cadmium; Calcium; Chromium; Cobalt; Copper; Iron; Lead; Lithium; Magnesium; Manganese; Nickel; Zinc | ICP-AES | in-house method TIC-004 | |
| Analysis for herbicides | Ground waters; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters | (R)-2-(2,4-Dichlorophenoxy)propanoic acid (dichlorprop, 2,4-DP); 2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T); 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D); 2-(2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxy)propionic acid (2,4,5-TP, fenoprop, silvex); 2-Methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid (MCPA); 3,6-Dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid (dicamba); 4-(2,4-Dichlorophenoxy)butanoic acid (2,4-DB, [2,4-dichlorophenoxy]butyric acid); 4-Amino-3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinecarboxylic acid (picloram); Acifluorfen; Bentazone; Chlorsulfuron; Clopyralid; Haloxyfop; Haloxyfop methyl; Metsulfuron methyl; Sulfometuron methyl; Triclopyr (3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinyloxyacetic acid) | LC-MS-MS | in-house method T0803-03 |
| Ground waters; Potable waters; Raw waters; Saline waters; Surface waters; Treated waters; Waste waters | Atrazine; Hexazinone; Prometryn; Simazine | GC-MS | In-house method TM001 | |
| Ground waters; Potable waters; Saline waters | Atrazine; Hexazinone; Prometryn; Simazine | GC-NPD | in-house method T0800-01 | |
| Analysis for hydrocarbons | Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Sludges; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes | 1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane; 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (1,1,1-TCA, methyl chloroform, chlorothene); 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane (acetylene tetrachloride); 1,1,2-Trichloroethane (1,1,2-TCA, vinyl trichloride); 1,1-Dichloroethane (1,1-DCA); 1,1-Dichloroethene (1,1-DCE, vinylidene chloride); 1,1-Dichloropropene; 1,2 Dibromoethane (ethylene dibromide, EDB); 1,2,3-Trichlorobenzene; 1,2,3-Trichloropropane (allyl trichloride); 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene (1,2,4-TCB); 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene (1,2,4-TMB, pseudo-cumene); 1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP); 1,2-Dichlorobenzene (o-dichlorobenzene); 1,2-Dichloroethane (1,2-DCA, ethylene dichloride); 1,2-Dichloropropane (propylene dichloride); 1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene (1,3,5-TMB, mesitylene); 1,3-Dichlorobenzene (m-dichlorobenzene); 1,3-Dichloropropane; 1,4-Dichlorobenzene (p-dichlorobenzene); 1-Methyl-4-isopropylbenzene (4-isopropyltoluene, p-isopropyltoluene); 2,2-Dichloropropane; 2-Chlorotoluene (o-chlorotoluene); 4-Chlorotoluene (p-chlorotoluene); Benzene; Bromobenzene (phenylbromide); Bromochloromethane (chlorobromomethane); Bromodichloromethane (dichlorobromomethane); Bromoform (tribromomethane); Bromomethane (methylbromide); Carbon tetrachloride (tetrachloromethane); Chlorobenzene (benzene chloride, monochlorobenzene); Chloroethane; Chloromethane; Dibromochloromethane (chlorodibromomethane); Dibromomethane; Dichlorofluoromethane; Dichloromethane (DCM, methylene chloride); Ethylbenzene; Hexachloro-1,3-butadiene (hexachlorobutadiene, HCBD); Isopropyl toluene; Isopropylbenzene (cumene); Naphthalene; Styrene (ethenyl benzene); Tetrachloroethane; Tetrachloroethene (perchloroethylene, perchloroethene, tetrachloroethylene); Toluene; Trichloroethene (trichloroethylene, TCE); Trichlorofluoromethane (freon-11, trichloromonofluoromethane); Trichloromethane (chloroform); Vinyl chloride; cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene; cis-1,3-Dichloropropene (cis-1,3-dichloropropylene); m-Xylene; n-Butylbenzene; n-Propylbenzene; o-Xylene; p-Xylene; sec-Butylbenzene; tert-Butylbenzene; trans-1,2-Dichloroethene (trans-1,2-DCE, trans-1,2-dichloroethylene); trans-1,3-Dichloropropene (trans-1,3-dichloropropylene) | GC-MS | in-house method TMZ-M36 |
| Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes | Bromodichloromethane (dichlorobromomethane); Bromoform (tribromomethane); Dibromochloromethane (chlorodibromomethane); Trichloromethane (chloroform) | GC-ECD | in-house method T0050-01 | |
| Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes | Monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) | GC-MS | in-house method TMZ-M36 | |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroacetone; 1,1,3-Trichloroacetone; 1,1-Dichloroacetone; 1,3-Dichloroacetone; Bromochloroacetonitrile; Chloral hydrate (trichloroacetaldehyde); Chloropicrin (trichloronitromethane); Dibromoacetonitrile; Dichloroacetonitrile; Trichloroacetonitrile | GC-ECD | in-house method TMS-003 | ||
| Potable waters | Bromoacetic acid; Bromochloroacetic acid; Bromodichloroacetic acid; Dibromoacetic acid; Dichloroacetic acid; Tribromoacetic acid | GC-ECD | in-house method TMS-005 | |
| Analysis for industrial chemicals | Fresh waters; Potable waters | N-Nitrosodimethylamine | GC-MS; Solid phase extraction (SPE) | in-house method TMZ-M07 |
| Potable waters | 2-Methylisoborneol (MIB); Geosmin | GC-MS; Solid phase extraction (SPE) | in-house method TMS-002 | |
| Trade wastes | Acetic acid; Butanoic acid; Heptanoic acid; Hexanoic acid (n-caproic acid); Pentanoic acid (valeric acid); Propionic acid | GC-FID | in-house method TMZ-M17 | |
| Analysis for nutrients | Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sediments; Sewage; Sludges; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes | Phosphorus - Total | Automated flow colourimetry | in-house method T0109-06 |
| Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Sludges; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes | Nitrogen - Total Kjeldahl (TKN) | Automated flow colourimetry | in-house method T0112-01 and T0112-06 | |
| Nitrogen - Ammonia | Automated flow colourimetry; Discrete analyser (DA) | in-house method T0100-01 | ||
| Chloride | Discrete analyser (DA) | in-house method T0104-02 | ||
| Fluoride | Ion selective electrode (ISE) | in-house method T0105-01 | ||
| Nitrogen - Ammonia | Discrete analyser (DA) | in-house method T0100-14 | ||
| Nitrogen - Total | Calculation | in-house method TNCALC1 | ||
| Nitrogen - Nitrate; Nitrogen - Nitrite | Automated flow colourimetry; Flow injection analyser (FIA) | in-house method T0161-01, T0107-01 | ||
| Nitrogen - Nitrate | Calculation | in-house method T0161-01 | ||
| Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Sludges; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes | Phosphorus - Filterable reactive phosphate | Automated flow colourimetry; Flow injection analyser (FIA) | in-house method T0108-01 | |
| Marine waters | Nitrogen - Total Kjeldahl (TKN) | Automated flow colourimetry | in-house method T0109-44 and T0112-44 | |
| Sediments | Phosphorus - Total | Automated flow colourimetry | in-house method T0109-06 | |
| Nitrogen - Total Kjeldahl (TKN) | Automated flow colourimetry | in-house method T0112-06 | ||
| Analysis for organophosphate pesticides | Ground waters; Potable waters; Raw waters; Saline waters; Surface waters; Treated waters; Waste waters | Azinphos-methyl (guthion); Diazinon; Diethyl-2-([dimethoxyphosphorothioyl]sulfanyl)butanedioate (maldison, malathion, carbofos, mercaptothion); Fenitrothion; Methylparathion (parathionmethyl); O,O-Diethyl O-(4-nitrophenyl) phosphorothioate (parathion, ethylparathion, diethylparathion, parathion-ethyl, folidol) | GC-MS | In-house method TM001 |
| Analysis for petroleum hydrocarbons | Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes | Total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH): C10-C14; Total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH): C15-C28; Total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH): C29-C36; Total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH): C6-C9; Total recoverable hydrocarbons (TRH): C10-C14; Total recoverable hydrocarbons (TRH): C15-C28; Total recoverable hydrocarbons (TRH): C29-C36; Total recoverable hydrocarbons (TRH): C6-C9 | GC-FID | in-house method T0990-01 |
| Analysis for physical and chemical characteristics | Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sediments; Sewage; Sludges; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes | Alkalinity - Carbonate | Autotitration | in-house method T0101-01, T0101-02,TMZ-M08 |
| Carbonate | Autotitration | in-house method T0101-01 | ||
| Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Sludges; Steam-raising waters | Colour - True | UV-vis spectrophotometry | in-house method T0029-01 | |
| Ultraviolet absorbance | UV-vis spectrophotometry | in-house method T0120-01 | ||
| Colour - Apparent | UV-vis spectrophotometry | in-house method T0029-01, T0029-09 | ||
| Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Sludges; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes | Silica | Discrete analyser (DA) | in-house method T0111-01 | |
| Turbidity | Turbidometry | in-house method T0018-01 | ||
| Dissolved oxygen (DO) | Dissolved oxygen (DO) analyser | in-house method T0014-03 | ||
| Chlorine - Residual | Titration | in-house method T0012-03 | ||
| Alkalinity - Hydroxide | Calculation | in-house method T0101-01 | ||
| Carbon dioxide - Free | Calculation; Digital comparator | in-house method TMZ-M06 | ||
| pH | Electrometric | in-house method T0010-02 | ||
| Solids - Suspended volatile | Gravimetric | in-house method T0160-01 | ||
| Dichloroacetic acid; Monochloroacetic acid; Trichloroacetic acid | Gas chromatography (GC) | in-house method TMS-005 | ||
| Chloramines | Titration | in-house method T0012-01, T0012-12 | ||
| Iodide | Ion chromatography (IC) | in-house method T0117-01 | ||
| Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD); Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) - Soluble | Autoanalyser (AA) | in-house method T0153-01 | ||
| Solids - Suspended | Gravimetric | in-house method T0160-01 | ||
| Chloride - Total as NaCl | Calculation | in-house method T0104-02 | ||
| Solids - Dissolved | Calculation | in-house method T0015-01, T0016-01, T0016-02, TM-025 | ||
| Bicarbonate | Autotitration | in-house method T0101-01 | ||
| Sulfate | ICP-AES | in-house method TIC-004 | ||
| Bromide | Ion chromatography (IC) | in-house method T0114-01 | ||
| Hardness - Calcium; Hardness - Carbonate; Hardness - Magnesium; Hardness - Non-carbonate; Hardness - Total; Langelier saturation index | Calculation | in-house method TMZ-M06 | ||
| Solids - Total | Gravimetric | in-house method T0180-01 | ||
| Sodium adsorption ratio (SAR, sodium absorption ratio); Sodium/total cation ratio | Calculation; ICP-AES | in-house method TIC-004 | ||
| Grease | Soxhlet | in-house method T0165-03 | ||
| Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Sludges; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes | Alkalinity - Carbonate | Autotitration | in-house method T0101-01 and T0101-02 | |
| Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Sewage; Sludges; Steam-raising waters | Ultraviolet transmittance | UV-vis spectrophotometry | in-house method T0132-01 and T0132-11 | |
| Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Sludges; Steam-raising waters | Dichloramine; Monochloramine; Trichloramine | Titration | in-house method T0012-12 | |
| Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Sludges; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes | Conductivity | Electrometric | in-house method T0016-01 | |
| pH | Electrometric | in-house method T0010-01 | ||
| Bicarbonate | Autotitration | in-house method T0101-01 | ||
| Solids - Volatile | Calculation | in-house method T0180-01 | ||
| Fluoride | Ion selective electrode (ISE) | in-house method T0105-01 | ||
| Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Sludges; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes | Carbon - Total organic (TOC); Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) | Autoanalyser (AA) | in-house methods T0158-09 and T0158-07 | |
| Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes | Conductivity | Electrometric | in-house method T0016-01, T0016-02 | |
| Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Sewage; Sludges; Steam-raising waters | Chlorine - Free | Titration | in-house method T0012-03 | |
| Chlorine - Total | Titration | in-house method T0012-03 | ||
| Chlorine - Demand | Digital comparator | in-house method T0136-03 | ||
| Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Sewage; Sludges; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes | Chemical oxygen demand (COD) | Titration | in-house method T0155-01 | |
| Chemical oxygen demand (COD) | UV-vis spectrophotometry | in-house method T0155-01, TMZ-M31 | ||
| Potable waters | pH | Electrometric | in-house method T0010-01 | |
| Analysis for physical and chemical characteristicsField analysis | Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Sludges; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes | Chloramines - In situ; Chlorine - In situ | Direct reading instrument | in-house method T0012-01, T0012-12 |
| Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes | Chlorine - Free; Chlorine - Total | Digital comparator | in-house method TM-009 | |
| Analysis for physical and chemical characteristicsIn-situ analysis | Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Sludges; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes | Dissolved oxygen (DO) | Dissolved oxygen (DO) analyser | in-house method TM-029 |
| Temperature | Direct reading instrument | in-house method T0011-01 | ||
| Conductivity | Electrometric | in-house method TM-025 | ||
| pH | Electrometric | in-house method TM-021 | ||
| Analysis of biotoxin residues and contaminants | Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Industrial waters; Marine waters; Potable waters; Surface waters; Trade wastes | Anatoxin-a; Cylindrospermopsin (CYN); Deoxycylindrospermopsin (doCYN) | LC-MS-MS | in-house method T1160-01 |
| Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Marine waters; Potable waters; Surface waters | Microcystins; Nodularin | HPLC - Diode array detection | in-house method T1130-01 | |
| Measurement of ionising radiation | Bore waters; Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Ground waters; Industrial and steam-raising waters; Leachates; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Trade wastes | Lead 210 | Liquid scintillation counter | in-house method TM493-07 |
| Fresh waters; Ground waters; Potable waters; Surface waters | Alpha activity - Gross; Beta-activity - Gross | Liquid scintillation counter | in-house method TM493-03 | |
| Radon 222 | Liquid scintillation counter | in-house method TM493-04 | ||
| Sample collection | Fresh waters; Ground waters; Potable waters; Surface waters; Waste waters | Not applicable | Grab | in-house method WI-379 |
| Ground waters; Industrial and steam-raising waters; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Sludges; Trade wastes | Not applicable | Automated; Bailer; Grab; Manual by hand | in-house method W09-023 |
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Accreditation No.
1115
Site No.
1108
Print date
18 Sep 2025
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