National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
MidCoast Environmental Laboratory
Site
Chemical Laboratory
Accreditation No.
12902
Site No.
14262
Date of Accreditation
01 Jun 2017
Contact
Availability
Services available to external clients
Scope of Accreditation
Withdrawn 05 Sep 2023
ISO/IEC 17025 (2005)
Environment
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| Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure |
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| Analysis for physical and chemical characteristics | Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Steam-raising waters; Surface waters; Trade wastes; Waste tip run-off | Sulfate | Classical |
APHA 4500 SO42- E and in-house LABC13 |
| Chloride | Classical |
APHA 4500 Cl- C and in-house method LABC03 |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Environment
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| Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure |
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| 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 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 | Nitrogen - Total; Phosphorus - Total | Flow injection analyser (FIA) |
in-house method LABC36/37 |
| Nitrogen - Ammonia | Flow injection analyser (FIA) |
in-house method LABC31 |
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| Phosphorus - Soluble reactive | Flow injection analyser (FIA) |
in-house method LABC38 |
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| Nitrogen - Total Kjeldahl (TKN) | Calculation |
in-house method LABC35_03 |
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| Nitrogen - Total | Calculation |
in-house method LABC36_03 |
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| Nitrogen - Nitrate; Nitrogen - Nitrite; Nitrogen - Total oxidised | Calculation; Flow injection analyser (FIA) |
in-house method LABC32/33/34 |
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| Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Steam-raising waters; Surface waters; Trade wastes; Waste tip run-off | Nitrogen - Total Kjeldahl (TKN) | Flow injection analyser (FIA) |
in-house method LABC35 |
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| 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 | Carbon dioxide (CO2) | Calculation |
APHA 4500 CO2 D and in-house method LABC09 |
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| Hardness - Calcium; Hardness - Magnesium; Hardness - Total | Titration |
APHA 2340 C, in-house method LABC02 |
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| Fluoride | Electrometric |
APHA 4500 F- C and in-house method LABC08, in-house method LABC_MT_F |
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| Chloride | Ion chromatography (IC) |
APHA 4110 B and in-house method LABC_IC_Cl |
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| Alkalinity - Bicarbonate; Alkalinity - Carbonate; Alkalinity - Hydroxide; Alkalinity - Total | Titration |
APHA 2320 B and in-house method LABC_MT_ALK |
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| Dissolved oxygen (DO) | Electrometric; Titration |
APHA 4500 O C, G and in-house method LABC22/23 |
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| Ultraviolet transmittance | UV-vis spectrophotometry |
in-house method LABC04, in-house method LABC_MT_COL |
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| Conductivity | Electrometric |
APHA 2510 B and in-house method LABC12, in-house method LABC_MT_COND |
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| Chemical oxygen demand (COD) | Colourimetry |
APHA 5220 D and in-house method LABC60 (closed reflux method and direct test tube reading) |
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| Solids - Total dissolved (TDS) | Gravimetric |
APHA 2540 C and in-house method LABC14 |
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| Temperature | Direct reading instrument |
in-house method LABC05/06 |
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| Colour - Apparent; Colour - True | UV-vis spectrophotometry |
In-house method LABC04, in-house method LABC_MT_COL |
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| Chlorine - Residual | Colourimetry |
APHA 4500 Cl G and in-house method LABC05/06 |
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| Sulfate | Ion chromatography (IC) |
APHA 4110 B and in-house method LABC_IC_SO4 |
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| Alkalinity | Titration |
APHA 2320 B and in-house method LABC01 |
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| Chlorophyll | UV-vis spectrophotometry |
in-house method LABC_CHA |
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| Alkalinity forms | Calculation |
APHA 2320 B, 4500 CO2D and in-house method LABC01, in-house method LABC09 |
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| pH | Electrometric |
APHA 4500 H+ B and in-house method LABC07, in-house method LABC_MT_PH |
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| Solids - Total suspended | Gravimetric |
APHA 2540 D and in-house method LABC44 |
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| Permanganate oxidisability | Titration |
in-house method LABC11 |
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| Temperature | Direct reading instrument |
in-house method LABC05/06 |
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| Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) | Electrometric; Titration |
APHA 5210 B and in-house method LABC17/18 |
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| Acidity as calcium carbonate | Titration |
APHA 2310 B and in-house method LABC10 |
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| Salinity | Electrometric |
APHA 2520 B and in-house method LABC12 |
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| Carbon - Organic; Carbon - Total; Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) | Nondispersive infrared (NDIR) |
APHA 5310 B and in-house method LABC_OC |
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| Turbidity | Nephelometry |
APHA 2130 B and in-house method LABC15 |
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| 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 |
| Potable waters | Not applicable | Grab |
in-house method LABS01 |
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| Surface waters | Not applicable | Grab |
in-house method LABS02 |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2005)
Food and Beverage
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| Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure |
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| Analysis of physical and nutritional characteristics | Waters for potable and domestic purposes | Chloride | Classical |
APHA 4500 Cl- C and in-house LABC03 |
| Sulfate | Classical |
APHA 4500 SO42- E and in-house method LABC13 |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Food and Beverage
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| Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure |
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| Analysis of physical and nutritional characteristics | Waters for potable and domestic purposes | Chlorine - Residual | Colourimetry |
APHA 4500 Cl G and in-house method LABC05/06 |
| Dissolved oxygen (DO) | Electrometric; Titration |
APHA 4500 O C, G and in-house method LABC22/23 |
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| Solids - Total dissolved (TDS) | Gravimetric |
APHA 2540 C and in-house method LABC14 |
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| Hardness - Calcium; Hardness - Magnesium; Hardness - Total | Titration |
APHA 2340 C in-house method ABC02 |
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| Alkalinity - Bicarbonate; Alkalinity - Carbonate; Alkalinity - Hydroxide; Alkalinity - Total | Titration |
APHA 2320 B and in-house method LABC_MT_ALK |
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| Nitrogen - Total Kjeldahl (TKN) | Flow injection analyser (FIA) |
in-house method LABC35 |
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| Carbon dioxide (CO2) | Calculation |
APHA 4500 CO2 D and in-house method LABC09 |
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| Fluoride | Electrometric |
APHA 4500 F- C and in-house method LABC08, in-house method LABC_MT_F |
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| Turbidity | Nephelometry |
APHA 2130 B and in-house method LABC15 |
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| Colour - Apparent; Colour - True | UV-vis spectrophotometry |
in-house method LABC04, in-house method LABC_MT_COL |
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| Acidity as calcium carbonate | Titration |
APHA 2310 B and in-house method LABC10 |
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| Alkalinity forms | Calculation |
APHA 2320 B, 4500 CO2D and in-house method LABC01, in-house method LABC09 |
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| Nitrogen - Total | Calculation |
in-house method LABC35_03 |
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| Nitrogen - Total; Phosphorus - Total | Flow injection analyser (FIA) |
in-house method LABC36/37 |
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| Sulfate | Ion chromatography (IC) |
APHA 4110 B and in-house method LABC_IC_SO4 |
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| Chemical oxygen demand (COD) | Colourimetry |
APHA 5220 D and in-house method LABC60 (closed reflux method and direct test tube reading) |
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| Alkalinity | Titration |
APHA 2320 B and in-house method LABC01 |
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| Nitrogen - Total Kjeldahl (TKN) | Calculation |
in-house method LABC36_03 |
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| Conductivity | Electrometric |
APHA 2510 B and in-house method LABC12, in-house method LABC_MT_COND |
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| Carbon - Organic; Carbon - Total; Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) | Nondispersive infrared (NDIR) |
APHA 5310 B and in-house method LABC_OC |
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| Permanganate oxidisability | Titration |
in-house method LABC11 |
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| Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) | Electrometric; Titration |
APHA 5210 B and in-house method LABC17/18 |
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| Nitrogen - Nitrate; Nitrogen - Nitrite; Nitrogen - Total oxidised | Calculation; Flow injection analyser (FIA) |
in-house method LABC32/33/34 |
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| Chlorophyll | UV-vis spectrophotometry |
in-house method LABC_CHA |
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| pH | Electrometric |
APHA 4500 H+ B and in-house method LABC07, in-house method LABC_MT_PH |
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| Nitrogen - Ammonia | Flow injection analyser (FIA) |
in-house method LABC31 |
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| Phosphorus - Soluble reactive | Flow injection analyser (FIA) |
in-house method LABC38 |
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| Fluoride | Ion chromatography (IC) | in-house method LABC_IC_F | ||
| Solids - Total suspended | Gravimetric |
APHA 2540 D and in-house method LABC44 |
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| Chloride | Ion chromatography (IC) |
APHA 4110 B and in-house method LABC_IC_Cl |
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| Ultraviolet transmittance | UV-vis spectrophotometry |
in-house method LABC04, in-house method LABC_MT_COL |
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| Salinity | Electrometric |
APHA 2520 B and in-house method LABC12 |
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| Analysis of physical and nutritional characteristicsField analysis | Waters for potable and domestic purposes | Temperature | Direct reading instrument |
in-house method LABC05/06 |
| Temperature | Direct reading instrument |
in-house method LABC05/06 |
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| Chlorine | Colourimetry |
APHA 4500 Cl G and in-house method LABC05/06 |
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| Sample collection | Waters for potable and domestic purposes | Not applicable | Grab |
in-house method LABS01 |
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Accreditation No.
12902
Site No.
14262
Print date
03 Dec 2023
