Port Macquarie Hastings Council

Site

Port Macquarie Hastings Environmental Laboratory

Accreditation No.

15581

Site No.

16585

Date of Accreditation

10 Sep 2007

Address

7 Major Innes Road
Port Macquarie, NSW 2444
Australia

hastings.nsw.gov.au

Contact

Dr Maree Smith P: +61 (02) 65818810

Availability

Services available to external clients

Scope of Accreditation

Port Macquarie Hastings Environmental Laboratory

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Environment

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure
Analysis for microorganisms Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Potable waters; Recycled waters; Sewage Plate count Defined substrate technology; Most probable number (MPN)

in-house method MET 050

Enterococci Membrane filter

in-house method MET 040

Coliforms - Thermotolerant Membrane filter

in-house method MET 033

Escherichia coli​​​​; Coliforms Defined substrate technology

in-house method MET 034

Analysis for nutrients Bore waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Potable waters; Sewage; Steam-raising waters; Surface waters; Trade wastes; Treated effluent Phosphorus - Total Flow injection analyser (FIA)

APHA 4500 P-J (in-house method MET035)

Nitrogen - Organic; Nitrogen - Total Kjeldahl (TKN) Calculation

APHA 4500-Norg-B (in-house method MET035)

Phosphorus - Ortho; Phosphorus - Soluble reactive Flow injection analyser (FIA)

APHA 4500 P-G (in-house method MET053)

Nitrogen - Ammonia Flow injection analyser (FIA)

APHA 4500-NH3-H (in-house  method MET053)

Nitrogen - Nitrate Calculation

APHA 4500-NO3-I (in-house method MET053)

Nitrogen - Nitrite; Nitrogen - Oxidised Flow injection analyser (FIA)

APHA 4500-NO3-I (in-house method MET053)

Nitrogen - Total Flow injection analyser (FIA)

APHA 4500 N-C (in-house method MET035)

Analysis for physical and chemical characteristics Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Steam-raising waters; Surface waters; Trade wastes; Treated effluent Solids - Suspended; Solids - Total Gravimetric

APHA 2540-D (in-house method MET017)

Conductivity Electrometric

APHA 2510 (in-house method MET009)

pH Electrometric

APHA 4500-H+ (in-house method MET014)

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

APHA 5210B, 4500-O-G (in-house method  MET005)

Chlorophyll a UV-vis spectrophotometry

APHA 10200-H (in-house method  MET008)

Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Potable waters; Steam-raising waters; Surface waters; Trade wastes; Treated effluent Fluoride Ion selective electrode (ISE)

in-house method  MET049

Ground waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Surface waters; Trade wastes; Treated effluent Turbidity Nephelometry

APHA 2130 (in-house method MET018)

Colour - Apparent; Colour - True UV-vis spectrophotometry

APHA 2120-C (in-house method MET036)

Ground waters; Potable waters; Sewage; Surface waters; Trade wastes; Treated effluent Alkalinity Titration

APHA 2320 (in-house method MET042)

Ground waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Surface waters; Trade wastes; Treated effluent Colour - True UV-vis spectrophotometry

APHA 2120-C (in-house method MET036)

Analysis for planktonic microalgae and cyanobacteria Fresh waters; Potable waters Cyanobacteria - Biovolume; General biomass Microscopic examination

in-house method MET 047

Enumeration; Identification to genus level; Potentially toxic Cyanobacteria - Identification to species level Microscopic examination

in-house method MET 032

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