MidCoast Environmental Laboratory

Site

MidCoast Environmental Laboratory

Accreditation No.

12902

Site No.

12895

Date of Accreditation

20 Oct 1997

Address

299 Bootawa Dam Road
Bootawa, NSW 2430
Australia

midcoast.nsw.gov.au

Contact

Mr Timothy Manusu P: +61 0419699054

Availability

Services available to external clients

Scope of Accreditation

MidCoast Environmental Laboratory

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Environment

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure
Analysis for elements Bore waters; Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Surface waters; Trade wastes; Waste waters Aluminium; Antimony; Arsenic; Barium; Beryllium; Boron; Cadmium; Calcium; Chromium; Cobalt; Copper; Iron; Lead; Magnesium; Manganese; Mercury; Molybdenum; Nickel; Potassium; Selenium; Silver; Sodium; Strontium; Thallium; Tin; Titanium; Uranium; Vanadium; Zinc ICP-MS APHA 3125B (in-house method LABC_ICPMS)
Analysis for microorganisms Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Industrial waters - Treated, recirculating; Marine waters; Potable waters; Recycled waters; Sewage; Swimming pool and spa waters Escherichia coli​​​​; Coliforms - Thermotolerant Membrane filter

APHA 9222D

Escherichia coli​​​​; Coliforms Defined substrate technology

APHA 9223B

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Membrane filter

AS 4276.13

Plate count Pour plate

APHA 9215B

Enterococci Membrane filter

AS 4276.9

Analysis for nutrients Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Steam-raising waters; Surface waters; Trade wastes; Waste tip run-off Phosphorus - Soluble reactive Flow injection analyser (FIA)

in-house method LABC38

Nitrogen - Nitrate; Nitrogen - Nitrite; Nitrogen - Total oxidised Calculation; Flow injection analyser (FIA)

in-house method LABC32/33/34

Nitrogen - Ammonia Flow injection analyser (FIA)

in-house method LABC31

Nitrogen - Total; Phosphorus - Total Flow injection analyser (FIA)

in-house method LABC36/37

Nitrogen - Total Kjeldahl (TKN) Calculation

in-house method LABC35_03

Nitrogen - Total Calculation

in-house method LABC36_03

Analysis for physical and chemical characteristics Bore waters; Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Surface waters; Trade wastes; Waste tip run-off; Waste waters Hardness - Calcium; Hardness - Magnesium; Hardness - Total Calculation in-house method LABC02_03, LABC02_04, LABC02_05
Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Steam-raising waters; Surface waters; Trade wastes; Waste tip run-off Fluoride Electrometric

APHA 4500 F- C and in-house method LABC08, in-house method LABC_MT_F

Alkalinity forms Calculation

APHA 2320 B, 4500 CO2D and in-house method LABC01, in-house method LABC09

Salinity Electrometric

APHA 2520 B and in-house method LABC12

Permanganate oxidisability Titration

in-house method LABC11

Solids - Total dissolved (TDS) Gravimetric

APHA 2540 C and in-house method LABC14

Dissolved oxygen (DO) Electrometric; Titration

APHA 4500 O C, G and in-house method LABC22/23

Turbidity Nephelometry

APHA 2130 B and in-house method LABC15

Chlorophyll UV-vis spectrophotometry

in-house method LABC_CHA

Sulfate Ion chromatography (IC)

APHA 4110 B and in-house method LABC_IC_SO4

Alkalinity - Bicarbonate; Alkalinity - Carbonate; Alkalinity - Hydroxide; Alkalinity - Total Titration

APHA 2320 B and in-house method LABC_MT_ALK

Temperature Direct reading instrument

in-house method LABC05/06

Ultraviolet transmittance UV-vis spectrophotometry

in-house method LABC04, in-house method LABC_MT_COL

pH Electrometric

APHA 4500 HB and in-house method LABC07, in-house method LABC_MT_PH

Chloride Ion chromatography (IC)

APHA 4110 B and in-house method LABC_IC_Cl

Alkalinity Titration

APHA 2320 B and in-house method LABC01

Solids - Total suspended Gravimetric

APHA 2540 D and in-house method LABC44

Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) Electrometric; Titration

APHA 5210 B and in-house method LABC17/18

Colour - Apparent; Colour - True UV-vis spectrophotometry

In-house method LABC04, in-house method LABC_MT_COL

Carbon - Organic; Carbon - Total; Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) Nondispersive infrared (NDIR)

APHA 5310 B and in-house method LABC_OC

Acidity as calcium carbonate Titration

APHA 2310 B and in-house method LABC10

Hardness - Calcium; Hardness - Magnesium; Hardness - Total Titration

APHA 2340 C, in-house method LABC02

Conductivity Electrometric

APHA 2510 B and in-house method LABC12, in-house method LABC_MT_COND

Carbon dioxide (CO2) Calculation

APHA 4500 CO2 D and in-house method LABC09

Chemical oxygen demand (COD) Colourimetry

APHA 5220 D and in-house method LABC60 (closed reflux method and direct test tube reading)

Temperature Direct reading instrument

in-house method LABC05/06

Chlorine - Residual Colourimetry

APHA 4500 Cl G and in-house method LABC05/06

Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Sewage; Steam-raising waters; Surface waters; Waste tip run-off Fluoride Ion chromatography (IC) in-house method LABC_IC_F
Trade wastes; Waste tip run-off; Waste waters Oil and grease Infrared (IR) APHA 5520C (in-house method LABC_OG)
Analysis for physical and chemical characteristicsField analysis Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Steam-raising waters; Surface waters; Trade wastes; Waste tip run-off Chlorine Colourimetry

APHA 4500 Cl G and in-house method LABC05/06

Ground waters; Potable waters pH Electrometric in-house method LABC07
Sample collection Ground waters Not applicable Bailer; Grab; Micro purge; Pump

in-house method LABS03

Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated, recirculating; Potable waters; Recycled waters; Sewage; Swimming pool and spa waters Not applicable Grab

in-house method LABS01, in-house method LABS02, in-house method LABS03

Potable waters Not applicable Grab

in-house method LABS01

Surface waters Not applicable Grab

in-house method LABS02

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Food and Beverage

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure
Analysis for microorganisms Molluscs (including shell) Escherichia coli​​​​ Spread plate

AS 5013.19.1

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