Cairns Regional Council

Site

Laboratory Services

Accreditation No.

14206

Site No.

14197

Date of Accreditation

15 Nov 1999

Address

8 Macnamara Street
Cairns, QLD 4870
Australia

cairns.qld.gov.au

Contact

Ms Melissa Aalbers P: +61 (07) 40448344

Availability

Services available to external clients

Cairns Regional Council address map

Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
Laboratory Services

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Environment

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure
Analysis for elements Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Ground waters; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage Aluminium; Arsenic; Boron; Cadmium; Calcium; Chromium; Cobalt; Copper; Iron; Lead; Lithium; Magnesium; Manganese; Molybdenum; Nickel; Phosphorus; Potassium; Selenium; Silicon; Sodium; Sulfur; Vanadium; Zinc ICP-AES

in-house method TPC360

Mercury Atomic fluorescence spectroscopy (AFS) - Cold vapour

USEPA 245.7 

Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Ground waters; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Sewage Aluminium; Antimony; Arsenic; Barium; Beryllium; Boron; Cadmium; Calcium; Chromium; Cobalt; Copper; Iron; Lead; Manganese; Molybdenum; Nickel; Selenium; Silver; Thallium; Thorium; Tin; Titanium; Uranium; Vanadium; Zinc ICP-MS

in-house method TPC015 

Analysis for enteric protozoa Fresh waters; Sewage (including biosolids and sediments) Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia cysts - Detection and enumeration Filtration; Immunomagnetic separation; Microscopic examination USEPA 1623.1, in-house method TPB065
Analysis for microorganisms Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Marine waters; Potable waters; Purified and processed waters; Sewage; Soils; Swimming pool and spa waters Escherichia coli​​​​; Coliforms Membrane filter USEPA 1604, in-house method TPB006
Escherichia coli​​​​; Coliforms - Thermotolerant Membrane filter in-house method TPB009
Enterococcus spp. Membrane filter USEPA 1600, in-house method TPB007
Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Marine waters; Potable waters; Purified and processed waters; Sewage; Swimming pool and spa waters Plate count Spiral plate

AOAC 977.27, in-house method TPB 040

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Membrane filter AS 4276.13, in-house method TPB110
Legionella pneumophila; Legionella spp. Spread plate AS 3896, in-house method TPB230
Plate count Membrane filter APHA 9215D, in-house method TPB220
Analysis for nutrients Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Ground waters; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage Nitrogen - Ammonia Discrete analyser (DA); Flow injection analyser (FIA)

in-house method TPC210 and TPA371

Phosphorus - Ortho Discrete analyser (DA); Flow injection analyser (FIA)

in-house method TPC210 and TPA373

Nitrogen - Nitrite Discrete analyser (DA); Flow injection analyser (FIA)

in-house method TPC200 and TPA200

Phosphorus - Total Discrete analyser (DA); Flow injection analyser (FIA)

in-house method TPC250 and TPA375

Nitrogen - Oxidised; Nitrogen - Total Discrete analyser (DA); Flow injection analyser (FIA)

in-house method TPA372, TPA374, TPC250 and TPC210

Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Ground waters; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Trade wastes Nitrogen - Nitrate; Nitrogen - Nitrite; Phosphate Ion chromatography (IC) APHA 4110B and in-house method TPC012. 
Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Ground waters; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Sewage Nitrogen - Nitrate Calculation

in-house method TPC210

Analysis for physical and chemical characteristics Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Ground waters; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Trade wastes Fluoride Ion selective electrode (ISE)

in-house method TPA370

Bromide; Chloride; Fluoride; Sulfate Ion chromatography (IC) APHA 4110B and in-house method TPC012. 
Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Ground waters; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Sewage Alkalinity Titration

APHA 2320B and in-house method TPP010

Solids - Suspended Gravimetric

APHA 2540 and in-house method TPP060

Colour UV-vis spectrophotometry

APHA 2120B and in-house method TPP020

Chemical oxygen demand (COD) Colourimetry

APHA 5220D and in-house method TPM110

Electrical conductivity Electrometric

APHA 4510 and in-house method TPP030

Oil and grease Infrared (IR)

APHA 5520C and in-house method TPM131

Solids - Volatile Gravimetric

APHA 2540 and in-house method TPP060

Solids - Dissolved Gravimetric

APHA 2540 and in-house method TPP060

Chlorophyll a UV-vis spectrophotometry

USEPA 447.0 and in-house method TPM040

Turbidity Turbidometry

APHA 2130B and in-house method TPP090

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

APHA 5210B and in-house method TPM100

pH Electrometric

APHA 4500H and in-house method TPP050

Dissolved oxygen (DO) Dissolved oxygen (DO) analyser

APHA 4500O G and in-house method TPP171

Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Ground waters; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Sewage; Solid wastes Solids - Total Gravimetric

APHA 2540 G and in-house method TPP060 and TPP120

Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Ground waters; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Sewage; Trade wastes Chloride Discrete analyser (DA)

in-house method TPA280

Sulfate Discrete analyser (DA)

in-house method TPA280

Sample collection Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Ground waters; Irrigation and stock waters; Recycled waters; Sewage; Swimming pool and spa waters; Waste waters Not applicable Bailer; Grab in-house method TPM015
Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Ground waters; Potable waters Not applicable Composite; Grab

in-house method TPM015

Potable waters Not applicable Grab in-house method TPM015

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