ALS Water and Hydrographics P/L

ALS Water

Site

Canberra Chemistry & Biology Laboratory

Accreditation No.

992

Site No.

1524

Date of Accreditation

29 May 1981

Address

2/33 Couranga Cr
Hume, ACT 2620
Australia

alsglobal.com

Contact

Ms Amy Rendel P: +61 (02) 62025433

Availability

Services available to external clients

ALS Water and Hydrographics P/L address map

Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
Canberra Chemistry & Biology Laboratory

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Environment

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure

Suspended

Measurement of ionising radiation 		Fresh waters; Ground waters; Industrial and steam-raising waters; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Sewage; Surface waters; Trade wastes Lead 210; Radium 226; Radium 228 Liquid scintillation counter

in-house method QWI-EN/EA251 and QWI-EN/EA257
Ground waters; Industrial and steam-raising waters; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters Alpha activity - Gross; Beta-activity - Gross Liquid scintillation counter

in-house method QWI-EN/EA250 
Analysis for elements Fresh waters; Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Sewage; Steam-raising waters; Surface waters; Trade wastes Aluminium; Antimony; Arsenic; Barium; Beryllium; Cadmium; Chromium; Cobalt; Copper; Lead; Manganese; Mercury; Molybdenum; Nickel; Selenium; Silver; Thallium; Thorium; Tin; Uranium; Vanadium; Zinc ICP-MS

in-house method EG020CA
Silica Flow injection analyser (FIA)

in-house method ED040CA
Aluminium; Boron; Calcium; Chromium; Cobalt; Copper; Iron; Magnesium; Manganese; Nickel; Potassium; Silicon; Sodium; Vanadium; Zinc ICP-AES

in-house method EG005CA 
Sediments; Soils Antimony; Arsenic; Barium; Beryllium; Cadmium; Chromium; Cobalt; Copper; Lead; Manganese; Molybdenum; Nickel; Selenium; Silver; Tin; Vanadium; Zinc ICP-MS

in-house method EG020XT
Analysis for macrophytic plants Fresh waters Identification to family level Visual examination

in-house method MW024ICA
Identification to family level Visual examination

in-house method MW024ICA
Analysis for microorganisms Effluent waters; Potable waters; Raw waters; Swimming pool and spa waters Heterotrophic colony count Spread plate - Petrifilm in-house method MM693
Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Industrial waters - Treated, recirculating; Marine waters; Potable waters; Sewage; Swimming pool and spa waters; Trade wastes Escherichia coli​​​​; Coliforms - Thermotolerant Membrane filter in-house methods MM696, MW006CA
Escherichia coli​​​​; Coliforms Membrane filter in-house method MM698
Escherichia coli​​​​; Coliforms - Thermotolerant Membrane filter in-house methods MM696, MW006CA
Escherichia coli​​​​; Coliforms Membrane filter in-house method MM698
Plate count Membrane filter APHA 9215D (in-house method MM686)
Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Marine waters; Sewage; Swimming pool and spa waters; Trade wastes Legionella pneumophila; Legionella spp. Spread plate AS 3896 (in-house method MM527)
Legionella pneumophila; Legionella spp. Spread plate AS 3896 (in-house method MM527)
Fresh waters; Industrial waters - Treated, recirculating; Potable waters; Purified and processed waters; Sewage; Swimming pool and spa waters Heterotrophic colony count Pour plate AS 4276.3 (in-house methods MM526, MW002CA, MW003CA)
Heterotrophic colony count Pour plate AS 4276.3 (in-house methods MM526, MW002CA, MW003CA)
Fresh waters; Potable waters; Purified and processed waters; Sewage; Swimming pool and spa waters Plate count Pour plate

AS 4276.3 (in-house methods MM526, MW002CA, MW003CA)
Escherichia coli​​​​; Coliforms Defined substrate technology

AS 4276.21 (in-house methods MM514, MW004CA)
Clostridium perfringens Membrane filter in-house method MM506
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Membrane filter

AS 4276.13 (in-house methods MM528, MW010CA)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Membrane filter

AS 4276.13 (in-house methods MM528, MW010CA)
Escherichia coli​​​​; Coliforms Defined substrate technology

AS 4276.21 (in-house methods MM514, MW004CA)
Plate count Pour plate

AS 4276.3 (in-house methods MM526, MW002CA, MW003CA)
Enterococci Membrane filter AS 4276.9 (in-house methods MM690, MW023CA)
Clostridium perfringens Membrane filter in-house method MM506
Enterococci Membrane filter AS 4276.9 (in-house methods MM690, MW023CA)
Potable waters Heterotrophic colony count Spread plate - Petrifilm in-house method MM693
Analysis for nutrients Fresh waters; Ground waters; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Sewage; Surface waters; Trade wastes Nitrogen - Ammonia Flow injection analyser (FIA)

In-house method EK055CA
Nitrogen - Total Kjeldahl (TKN) Calculation

In-house method EK061
Nitrogen - Organic Calculation

In-house method EK060A
Nitrogen - Nitrate; Nitrogen - Nitrite Flow injection analyser (FIA)

In-house method EK058CA, EK059CA
Phosphorus - Ortho; Phosphorus - Total Flow injection analyser (FIA)

In-house method EK0067CA, EK071CA
Nitrogen - Total Flow injection analyser (FIA)

In-house method EK062CA
Saline waters Nitrogen - Total Flow injection analyser (FIA)

In-house method EK062CA
Phosphorus - Total Flow injection analyser (FIA)

In-house method EK0067CA
Nitrogen - Nitrate; Nitrogen - Nitrite Flow injection analyser (FIA)

In-house method EK058CA, EK059CA
Nitrogen - Ammonia Flow injection analyser (FIA)

In-house method EK055CA
Analysis for physical and chemical characteristics Air - Ambient Ash; Combustible matter; Solids - Insoluble; Solids - Soluble; Solids - Total Gravimetric

in-house method EA120CA, 125CA, 139CA, 141CA, 142CA
Fresh waters; Ground waters; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Sewage; Surface waters; Trade wastes Solids - Suspended; Solids - Total; Solids - Total dissolved (TDS); Solids - Volatile Gravimetric

In-house method EA015CA, EA025CA, EA0030CA, EA035CA
Dissolved oxygen (DO) Dissolved oxygen (DO) analyser

In-house method EP025CA
Bromide; Chloride; Fluoride; Nitrogen - Nitrate; Nitrogen - Nitrite; Phosphate; Sulfate Ion chromatography (IC)

In-house method ED009CA
Conductivity Electrometric

In-house method EA010CA
Oil and grease Infrared (IR)

In-house method EP015CA, 020CA

(Total petroleum hydrocarbons after silica gel clean up)
Organic carbon - Dissolved non-purgeable Infrared (IR)

in-house method EP002CA
Sulfide UV-vis spectrophotometry

In-house method EK085CA
Turbidity Turbidometry

in-house  method WA045-3
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) Dissolved oxygen (DO) analyser

in-house methods WP030, EP030F (dissolved)
Alkalinity Titration

In-house method ED037CA
Chemical oxygen demand (COD) UV-vis spectrophotometry

in-house method WP026 (dissolved), in-house method WP026.2 (filtered and flocculated)
Colour Flow injection analyser (FIA)

In-house method EA041
pH Electrometric

In-house method EA005CA
Fresh waters; Ground waters; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Surface waters; Trade wastes Fluoride Ion selective electrode (ISE)

in-house method WK040LL
Sulfite Titration

in-house method EK086CA
Fresh waters; Potable waters; Surface waters Chlorine UV-vis spectrophotometry

in-house method EK010CA
Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Sewage; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes Ultraviolet absorbance; Ultraviolet transmittance UV-vis spectrophotometry In-house method EA043/EA044
Potable waters Organic carbon - Non-purgeable Infrared (IR) in-house method EP005CA
Carbon - Total inorganic (TIC) Calculation in-house method EP006CA
Sodium adsorption ratio (SAR, sodium absorption ratio) Calculation in-house method EA006
Dissolved oxygen (DO) Calculation in-house method EP025-B (%saturation)
Langelier saturation index Calculation in-house method EA071
Carbon - Total Infrared (IR) in-house method EP007CA
Solids - Total dissolved (TDS) Calculation in-house method EA016
Sulfide - Dissolved UV-vis spectrophotometry in-house method EK085F
Iron - Ferric Calculation in-house method WG053
Hardness - Carbonate Calculation in-house method EA065
Colour - Apparent UV-vis spectrophotometry in-house method EA040U
Hardness - Calcium Calculation in-house method EA066
Sulfide - Dissolved UV-vis spectrophotometry in-house method EK025-B
Sewage Settleability; Settled volume Gravimetric

In-house method EA117CA
Analysis for physical and chemical characteristicsField analysis Fresh waters; Potable waters; Surface waters Chlorine - Free; Chlorine - Total UV-vis spectrophotometry

in-house method EK010CA
Conductivity; Dissolved oxygen (DO); Temperature; pH Dissolved oxygen (DO) analyser; Electrometric

in-house method EN67.2
Analysis for phytopigments Fresh waters; Potable waters; Sewage (including biosolids and sediments) Chlorophyll a, b, c; Phaeophytin-a Spectrophotometry

APHA 10200H (in-house methods EP008CA, EP008BCA)
Analysis for planktonic microalgae and cyanobacteria Fresh waters; Potable waters; Sewage (including biosolids and sediments) Enumeration; Identification to genus level; Potentially toxic Cyanobacteria - Identification to species level Microscopic examination

APHA 10200F (in-house method MW024CA)
General biomass Microscopic examination

APHA 10200I (in-house method MW024VCA)
Sample collection Fresh waters; Potable waters; Sewage Not applicable Grab

in-house methods EN67.02 to EN67.12
Not applicable Grab

in-house methods EN67.02 to EN67.12
Ground waters; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Trade wastes Not applicable Grab in-house method EN67

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Healthcare, Pharmaceutical and Media Products

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure
Biological analysis of other healthcare or pharmaceutical products and accessories Pharmaceutical waters Bacterial endotoxin Endotoxin test EP 2.6.14 method D (in-house method MM330)
Bacterial endotoxin Endotoxin test EP 2.6.14 method D (in-house method MM330)

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