Central Highlands Region Water Corporation

Site

Chemistry and Microbiology Section

Accreditation No.

1935

Site No.

1928

Date of Accreditation

20 May 1985

Address

7 Learmonth Road
Wendouree, VIC 3355
Australia

chw.net.au

Contact

Ms Sharni Hill P: +61 (03) 53203153

Availability

Services conditionally available to external clients

Central Highlands Region Water Corporation address map

Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
Chemistry and Microbiology Section

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Environment

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure
Analysis for elements Potable waters Calcium Calculation In-house method CHW-Ca
Analysis for microorganisms Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Potable waters; Sewage; Swimming pool and spa waters; Trade wastes Enterococci Defined substrate technology ASTM D6503 (in-house method CHWM.09)
Escherichia coli​​​​; Coliforms Defined substrate technology

AS 4276.21 (in house method CHWM.08)

Escherichia coli​​​​; Coliforms - Thermotolerant and total Membrane filter

AS 4276.5 (in-house method CHWM.04)

Plate count Pour plate

AS 4276.3 (in-house method CHWM.03)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Defined substrate technology ISO 16266-2 (in-house method CHWM.10)
Analysis for nutrients Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Sewage; Trade wastes Nitrogen - Total; Phosphorus - Total Flow injection analyser (FIA)

In-house method CHW-TotP-TotN

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

In-house method  CHW-Ox.N

Potable waters; Sewage; Trade wastes Nitrogen - Total Kjeldahl (TKN) Titration

In-house method  CHW-TKN

Nitrogen - Ammonia Titration

In-house method  CHW-NH3

Nitrogen - Total Kjeldahl (TKN) Calculation

In-house method  CHW-TKN2

Analysis for physical and chemical characteristics Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters Alkalinity - Total Titration

In-house method  CHW-Alk T

Electrical conductivity Electrometric

In-house method  CHW-EC

Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Sewage Chloride Titration

In-house method  CHW-Cl

Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Sewage; Trade wastes pH Electrometric

In-house method  CHW-pH

Potable waters Fluoride Ion selective electrode (ISE) In-house method CHW-F
Hardness Calculation; Titration In-house method CHW-Hard; In-house method CHW-Hard2
Chloramines UV-vis spectrophotometry In-house method CHW-NH2Cl
Magnesium Titration In-house method CHW-Mg
Potable waters; Sewage Turbidity Turbidometry

In-house method  CHW-Turb

Colour UV-vis spectrophotometry

In-house method  CHW-Col

Potable waters; Sewage; Trade wastes Solids - Suspended Gravimetric

In-house method CHW-SS

Solids - Total dissolved (TDS) Gravimetric

In-house method  CHW-TDS

Orthophosphate Flow injection analyser (FIA)

In-house method  CHW-FRP-FIA

Sewage; Trade wastes Chemical oxygen demand (COD) UV-vis spectrophotometry

In-house method  CHW-COD

Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) Dissolved oxygen (DO) analyser

In-house method  CHW-BOD

Analysis for physical and chemical characteristicsField analysis Sewage; Trade wastes Dissolved oxygen (DO) Dissolved oxygen (DO) analyser

in-house method  CHW-O2

Analysis for planktonic microalgae and cyanobacteria Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Potable waters Dry weight of planktonic algae; Enumeration; General biomass; Identification; Potentially toxic Cyanobacteria - Identification to species level Microscopic examination

in-house method CHW-BM0171

Sample collection Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Sewage; Swimming pool and spa waters; Trade wastes; Waste waters Not applicable Composite; Grab

in-house method sampling manual 

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