National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
NSW Department of Primary Industries
Site
Environmental Laboratory – Wollongbar Primary Industries Institute
Accreditation No.
14173
Site No.
14166
Date of Accreditation
13 May 1993
Address
1243 Bruxner Highway
Wollongbar, NSW 2477
Australia
Contact
Mrs Amanda Musgrave
P: +61 (02) 66261103
Availability
Services available to external clients
Scope of Accreditation
Environmental Laboratory – Wollongbar Primary Industries Institute
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Agribusiness
| Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analysis for residues and contaminants (including pesticide residues, excluding veterinary chemicals residues) | Animal tissue; Body fluids | Arsenic; Cadmium; Calcium; Chromium; Copper; Iron; Lead; Magnesium; Manganese; Nickel; Potassium; Selenium; Sodium; Zinc | ICP-AES | in-house methods B076 and M670 |
| Analysis of physical and nutritional characteristics | Cereals; Grain by-products; Plant material | Arsenic; Cadmium; Cobalt; Copper; Lead; Molybdenum; Selenium | ICP-MS | in-house methods M671, P051 and P052 |
| Aluminium; Arsenic; Boron; Cadmium; Calcium; Chromium; Cobalt; Copper; Iron; Lead; Magnesium; Manganese; Molybdenum; Nickel; Phosphorus; Potassium; Selenium; Sodium; Sulfur; Zinc | ICP-AES | in-house methods M670, P051 and P052 | ||
| Cereals; Grain by-products; Plant material; Soils | Chloride | Flow injection analyser (FIA) |
in-house methods P324 and S224 |
|
| Plant material | Nitrogen - Nitrate | Flow injection analyser (FIA) | in-house method P351 | |
| Soils | Carbon - Organic | UV-vis spectrophotometry | in-house method S236 | |
| Nitrogen - Ammonia | Flow injection analyser (FIA) | in-house method S241 | ||
| Phosphorus - Available (Bray) | Flow injection analyser (FIA) | in-house method S260 | ||
| Conductivity | Electrometric | in-house methods S015, S016 and S202 | ||
| pH | Electrometric | in-house methods S201, S015 and S016 | ||
| Nitrogen - Nitrate | Flow injection analyser (FIA) | in-house method S250 | ||
| Carbon - Total; Carbon - Total organic (TOC); Nitrogen - Total | Dumas | in-house methods M630 and S238 | ||
| Phosphorus - Available (Colwell) | Flow injection analyser (FIA) | in-house method S262 | ||
| Moisture | Gravimetric | in-house method S011 | ||
| Aluminium - Exchangeable; Boron - Hot calcium chloride extractable; Calcium - Exchangeable; Magnesium - Exchangeable; Manganese - Exchangeable; Micronutrients - DTPA extractable copper; Micronutrients - DTPA extractable iron; Micronutrients - DTPA extractable manganese; Micronutrients - DTPA extractable zinc; Potassium - Exchangeable; Sodium - Exchangeable; Sulfur - Extractable | ICP-AES | in-house methods S265, S266, S267, S269 and S273 |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Environment
| Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analysis for elements | Irrigation and stock waters; Sediments; Sewage; Soils; Solid wastes; Trade wastes | Aluminium; Antimony; Arsenic; Barium; Beryllium; Cadmium; Cerium; Chromium; Cobalt; Copper; Gallium; Iron; Lead; Lithium; Manganese; Molybdenum; Nickel; Selenium; Silver; Thallium; Titanium; Uranium; Vanadium; Zinc | ICP-MS | in-house method M671, W001 and W004 |
| Aluminium; Arsenic; Boron; Cadmium; Calcium; Chromium; Cobalt; Copper; Iron; Lead; Magnesium; Manganese; Molybdenum; Nickel; Phosphorus; Potassium; Selenium; Sodium; Sulfur; Zinc | ICP-AES | in-house methods M670, S021, S035, W001, W003 | ||
| Analysis for microorganisms | Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Industrial waters - Treated, recirculating; Marine waters; Recycled waters; Sewage; Trade wastes | Coliforms - Thermotolerant | Defined substrate technology | in-house method MB401 |
| Escherichia coli; Coliforms | Defined substrate technology | in-house method MB402 | ||
| Enterococci | Defined substrate technology | in-house method MB405 | ||
| Analysis for nutrients | Irrigation and stock waters; Sewage; Trade wastes | Nitrogen - Ammonia; Nitrogen - Nitrate; Nitrogen - Nitrite; Nitrogen - Oxidised; Nitrogen - Total; Phosphorus - Reactive; Phosphorus - Total | Flow injection analyser (FIA) | in-house methods W007, W140, W141, W151, W153, W160 and W161 |
| Nitrogen - Nitrate; Phosphorus - Ortho | Ion chromatography (IC) | in-house W125 | ||
| Nitrogen - Total Kjeldahl (TKN) | Calculation | in-house method C805 | ||
| Sediments; Soils; Solid wastes | Nitrogen - Total Kjeldahl (TKN) | Flow injection analyser (FIA) | in-house method S243 | |
| Nitrogen - Total | Dumas | in-house method M630 | ||
| Analysis for physical and chemical characteristics | Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Sludges; Trade wastes | Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) | Dissolved oxygen (DO) analyser | in-house method W108 |
| Colour - Apparent; Colour - True | UV-vis spectrophotometry | in-house method W111 | ||
| Chlorophyll a | UV-vis spectrophotometry | in-house method W118 | ||
| Bromide; Chloride; Fluoride; Sulfate | Ion chromatography (IC) | in-house method W125 | ||
| Chemical oxygen demand (COD) | UV-vis spectrophotometry | in-house method W109 | ||
| Ultraviolet absorbance; Ultraviolet transmittance | UV-vis spectrophotometry | in-house method W113 | ||
| Chloride | Flow injection analyser (FIA) | in-house method W124 | ||
| Irrigation and stock waters | Calcium carbonate precipitation potential; Sodium adsorption ratio (SAR, sodium absorption ratio) | Calculation | in-house methods C801, C802 | |
| Chloride | Titration | in-house method W123 | ||
| Irrigation and stock waters; Sewage; Trade wastes | Turbidity | Nephelometry | in-house method W112 | |
| Solids - Total suspended | Gravimetric | in-house method W115 | ||
| Conductivity | Electrometric | in-house method W102 | ||
| pH | Electrometric | in-house method W101 | ||
| Solids - Total dissolved (TDS) | Gravimetric | in-house method W116 | ||
| Alkalinity - Total | Titration | in-house method W107 | ||
| Conductivity; pH | Electrometric | in-house method W107 | ||
| Alkalinity | Titration | in-house method W103 | ||
| Hardness | Calculation | in-house method C804 | ||
| Sediments; Soils | Aluminium - Exchangeable; Boron; Calcium - Exchangeable; Magnesium - Exchangeable; Manganese - Exchangeable; Micronutrients - DTPA extractable copper; Micronutrients - DTPA extractable iron; Micronutrients - DTPA extractable manganese; Micronutrients - DTPA extractable zinc; Potassium - Exchangeable; Sodium - Exchangeable; Sulfur potassium chloride extractable (SKCl) | ICP-AES | in-house methods S265 (calcium chloride extractable boron), S266, S267, S269, S273 | |
| Acid neutralising capacity (ANC) | Titration | in-house methods S210 | ||
| Phosphorus buffer index (PBI) | ICP-AES | in-house methods M670 and S263 | ||
| Sediments; Soils; Solid wastes | Carbon - Organic | Dumas | in-house method S238 | |
| Sewage; Trade wastes | Carbon - Organic | Combustion | in-house method W110 | |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Food and Beverage
| Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analysis for elements | Waters for potable and domestic purposes | Aluminium; Antimony; Arsenic; Barium; Beryllium; Cadmium; Cerium; Chromium; Cobalt; Gallium; Iron; Lead; Lithium; Manganese; Molybdenum; Nickel; Selenium; Silver; Strontium; Thallium; Titanium; Uranium; Vanadium; Zinc | ICP-MS | in-house methods M671, W001 and W004 |
| Aluminium; Arsenic; Boron; Cadmium; Calcium; Chromium; Cobalt; Copper; Iron; Lead; Magnesium; Manganese; Molybdenum; Nickel; Phosphorus; Potassium; Selenium; Sodium; Sulfur; Zinc | ICP-AES | in-house methods M670, W001 and W003 | ||
| Analysis for microorganisms | Waters for potable and domestic purposes | Coliforms - Thermotolerant | Defined substrate technology | in-house method MB401 |
| Enterococci | Defined substrate technology | in-house method MB405 | ||
| Escherichia coli; Coliforms | Defined substrate technology | in-house method MB402 | ||
| Analysis of physical and nutritional characteristics | Potable waters | Solids - Total suspended | Gravimetric | in-house method W115 |
| Waters for potable and domestic purposes | Chloride | Titration | in-house method W123 | |
| Conductivity; pH | Electrometric | in-house method W107 | ||
| Carbon - Organic | Combustion | in-house method W110 | ||
| Alkalinity | Titration | in-house method W103 | ||
| Nitrogen - Total Kjeldahl (TKN) | Calculation | in-house method C805 | ||
| Chloride | Flow injection analyser (FIA) | in-house method W124 | ||
| Calcium carbonate precipitation potential; Hardness; Sodium adsorption ratio (SAR, sodium absorption ratio) | Calculation | in-house methods C801, C802 and C804 | ||
| Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) | Dissolved oxygen (DO) analyser | in-house method W108 | ||
| Nitrogen - Ammonia; Nitrogen - Nitrate; Nitrogen - Nitrite; Nitrogen - Oxidised; Nitrogen - Total; Phosphorus - Reactive; Phosphorus - Total | Flow injection analyser (FIA) | in-house methods W007, W140, W141, W151, W153, W160 and W161 | ||
| Alkalinity - Total | Titration | in-house method W107 | ||
| Conductivity | Electrometric | in-house method W102 | ||
| Colour - Apparent; Colour - True; Deposited matter - Soluble | UV-vis spectrophotometry | in-house method W111 | ||
| Turbidity | Nephelometry | in-house method W112 | ||
| pH | Electrometric | in-house method W101 | ||
| Chemical oxygen demand (COD) | UV-vis spectrophotometry | in-house method W109 | ||
| Chlorophyll a | UV-vis spectrophotometry | in-house method W118 | ||
| Sulfate | ICP-AES | in-house method W130 | ||
| Bromide; Chloride; Fluoride; Nitrogen - Nitrate; Phosphorus - Ortho; Sulfate | Ion chromatography (IC) | in-house method W125 | ||
| Solids - Total dissolved (TDS) | Gravimetric | in-house method W116 | ||
| Ultraviolet absorbance; Ultraviolet transmittance | UV-vis spectrophotometry | in-house method W113 |
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Accreditation No.
14173
Site No.
14166
Print date
28 Sep 2021
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