Queensland Urban Utilities - SAS Laboratory

Site

Scientific Analytical Services Laboratory

Accreditation No.

11085

Site No.

11078

Date of Accreditation

24 Apr 1996

Address

180 Ashridge Road
Darra, QLD 4076
Australia

saslaboratory.com.au

Contact

Ms Kim Fitzpatrick P: +61 (07) 38567550

Availability

Services available to external clients

Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
Scientific Analytical Services Laboratory

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Environment

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure
Analysis for bacteriophage Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Potable waters; Recycled waters; Sewage Somatic and male specific coliphages Single agar layer APHA 9224 E (in house method SAS 231)
Analysis for elements Biosolids Arsenic; Cadmium; Chromium; Cobalt; Copper; Lead; Nickel; Selenium; Zinc ICP-AES

in-house method SAS 145

Biosolids; Sediments; Sludges; Soils Mercury Mercury analyser

in-house method SAS 071

Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Sludges; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes Antimony; Beryllium; Selenium; Silver; Thallium; Tin; Vanadium ICP-AES

in-house method SAS 145

Aluminium; Antimony; Arsenic; Barium; Beryllium; Boron; Cadmium; Calcium; Chromium; Cobalt; Copper; Iron; Lead; Magnesium; Manganese; Molybdenum; Nickel; Potassium; Selenium; Silicon; Silver; Sodium; Strontium; Sulfur; Tin; Uranium; Vanadium; Zinc ICP-MS

in-house method SAS 147

Aluminium; Arsenic; Barium; Boron; Cadmium; Calcium; Chromium; Cobalt; Copper; Iron; Lead; Magnesium; Manganese; Molybdenum; Nickel; Potassium; Silicon; Sodium; Strontium; Sulfur; Zinc ICP-AES

in-house method SAS 145

Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes Mercury Mercury analyser

in-house method SAS 146

Sediments; Soils Arsenic; Cadmium; Chromium; Copper; Lead; Nickel; Selenium; Zinc ICP-AES

in-house method SAS 145

Analysis for hydrocarbons Ground waters; Liquid wastes; Surface waters Acenaphthene; Acenaphthylene (acenaphthalene); Anthracene; Benz(a)anthracene; Benzo(a)pyrene; Benzo(b)fluoranthene; Benzo(g,h,i)perylene; Chrysene; Dibenz(a,h)anthracene; Fluoranthene (benzo[j,k]fluorene); Fluorene; Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene; Naphthalene; Phenanthrene; Pyrene GC-MS

in-house method SAS 213

Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters Haloacetic acids (HAA) Calculation; GC-ECD; GC-MS

in-house method SAS 203

Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene (1,2,4-TMB, pseudo-cumene); 1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene (1,3,5-TMB, mesitylene); Benzene; Chlorobenzene (benzene chloride, monochlorobenzene); Ethylbenzene; Toluene; m-Xylene; o-Xylene GC-MS - Purge and trap

in-house method SAS 097

Bromodichloromethane (dichlorobromomethane); Bromoform (tribromomethane); Dibromochloromethane (chlorodibromomethane); Trichloromethane (chloroform) GC-MS - Purge and trap

in-house method SAS 212

Analysis for industrial chemicals Biosolids; Ground waters; Leachates; Potable waters; Sediments; Sewage; Sludges; Soils; Surface waters; Trade wastes 10:2 Fluorotelomer sulfonic acid (10:2 FTSA, 1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorododecane sulfonic acid); 4:2 Fluorotelomer sulfonic acid (4:2 FTSA, 1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorohexane sulfonic acid); 6:2 Fluorotelomer sulfonic acid (6:2 FTSA); 8:2 Fluorotelomer sulfonic acid (8:2 FTSA, 1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorodecane sulfonic acid); N-Ethyl perfluorooctane sulfanamido ethanol (EtFOSE); N-Ethyl perfluorooctane sulfonamide (EtFOSA); N-Ethyl perfluorooctane sulfonamido acetic acid (EtFOSAA); N-Methyl perfluorooctane sulfanamido ethanol (MeFOSE); N-Methyl perfluorooctane sulfonamide (MeFOSA); N-Methyl perfluorooctane sulfonamido acetic acid (MeFOSAA); Perfluorobutane sulfonic acid (PFBS); Perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA); Perfluorodecane sulfonic acid (PFDS); Perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA); Perfluorododecanoic acid (PFDoDA); Perfluoroheptane sulfonic acid (PFHpS); Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA); Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS); Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA); Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA); Perfluorooctane sulfonamide (FOSA); Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS); Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA); Perfluoropentane sulfonic acid (PFPeS); Perfluoropentanoic acid (PFPeA); Perfluorotetradecanoic acid (PFTeDA); Perfluorotridecanoic acid (PFTrDA); Perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUnDA); Sum of PFAS Calculation; LC-MS-MS in-house method SAS 216
in-house method SAS 217
Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters 2-Methylisoborneol (MIB); Geosmin GC-MS

in-house method SAS 101

Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Sludges; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes Fatty acids - Volatile GC-FID

in-house method SAS 123

Analysis for microorganisms Air - Indoor Plate count; Yeasts and moulds Pour plate; Spread plate

in-house method SAS 181

Biosolids; Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Industrial waters - Treated, recirculating; Potable waters; Recycled waters; Sediments; Sewage; Sludges; Soils; Swimming pool and spa waters Escherichia coli​​​​; Coliforms - Thermotolerant Most probable number (MPN)

APHA 9221 E, F (in-house method SAS 178)

Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Industrial waters - Treated, recirculating; Potable waters; Recycled waters; Sewage; Swimming pool and spa waters Escherichia coli​​​​; Coliforms Defined substrate technology

APHA 9223 B (in-house method SAS 191)

Plate count Pour plate

APHA 9215 B (in-house method SAS 171)

Enterococci Membrane filter

AS 4276.9 (in-house method SAS 179)

Escherichia coli​​​​ Membrane filter

APHA 9222 H (in-house method SAS 180)

Legionella pneumophila; Legionella spp. Spread plate

AS 3896 (in-house method SAS 177)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Membrane filter

APHA 9213 E (in-house method SAS 175)

Coliforms Membrane filter

APHA 9222 B (in-house method SAS 172)

Coliforms - Thermotolerant Membrane filter

APHA 9222 D (in-house method SAS 174)

Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Potable waters; Recycled waters; Sewage Clostridium perfringens (including spores of sulfite reducing Clostridia) Membrane filter AS 4276.17.1 ( in house method SAS 230)
Analysis for nutrients Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Sludges; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes Nitrogen - Ammonia Flow injection analyser (FIA)

in-house method SAS 105

Phosphorus - Ortho Flow injection analyser (FIA)

in-house method SAS 105

Nitrogen - Nitrite Flow injection analyser (FIA)

in-house method SAS 142

Nitrogen - Oxidised Flow injection analyser (FIA)

in-house method SAS 105

Nitrogen - Nitrate Calculation

in-house method SAS 080

Phosphorus - Total Flow injection analyser (FIA)

in-house method SAS 104

Nitrogen - Organic; Nitrogen - Total; Nitrogen - Total Kjeldahl (TKN) Calculation; Flow injection analyser (FIA)

in-house method SAS 104

Analysis for organochlorine pesticides Biosolids; Sediments; Soils Aldrin; Chlordane; Dieldrin; Heptachlor; Heptachlor epoxide; Hexachlorobenzene (HCB); p,p’-Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (p,p’-DDD); p,p’-Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (p,p’-DDE); p,p’-Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (p,p’-DDT); α-Hexachlorocyclohexane (α-HCH); β-Hexachlorocyclohexane (β-HCH); γ-Hexachlorocyclohexane (γ-HCH); δ-Hexachlorocyclohexane (δ-HCH) GC-MS-MS in-house method SAS223
Ground waters; Liquid wastes; Surface waters Aldrin; Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (DDD); Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE); Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT); Dieldrin; Endosulfan I (α-endosulfan); Endosulfan II (β-endosulfan); Endosulfan sulfate; Endrin; Endrin aldehyde; Heptachlor; Heptachlor epoxide; Methoxychlor; α-Hexachlorocyclohexane (α-HCH); β-Hexachlorocyclohexane (β-HCH); γ-Hexachlorocyclohexane (γ-HCH); δ-Hexachlorocyclohexane (δ-HCH) GC-MS

in-house method SAS 214

Analysis for organophosphate pesticides Ground waters; Liquid wastes; Surface waters Dimethoate; Disulfoton; Famphur (famophos); Methylparathion (parathionmethyl); O,O,O-Triethylphosphorothioate; O,O-Diethyl O-(4-nitrophenyl) phosphorothioate (parathion, ethylparathion, diethylparathion, parathion-ethyl, folidol); O,O-Diethyl S-([ethylsulfanyl]methyl) phosphorodithioate (phorate, thimet); Sulfotep (tetraethyldithiopyrophosphate, TEDP); Thionazin Gas chromatography (GC)

in-house method GC.282

Analysis for petroleum hydrocarbons Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Sludges; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes Total recoverable hydrocarbons (TRH) - Variable fractions: C10-C40; Total recoverable hydrocarbons (TRH): C6-C10 Calculation; GC-FID - Purge and trap; GC-MS - Purge and trap

in-house method SAS 098

Analysis for phenols Ground waters; Liquid wastes; Surface waters 2,3,4,6-Tetrachlorophenol; 2,4,5-Trichlorophenol; 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol; 2,4-Dimethylphenol; 2,6-Dichlorophenol; 2-Chlorophenol (o-chlorophenol); 2-Methylphenol (2-cresol, o-cresol); 2-Nitrophenol; 3-Methylphenol (3-cresol, m-cresol); 4-Chloro-3-methylphenol; 4-Methylphenol (4-cresol, p-cresol); 4-Nitrophenol; Pentachlorophenol; Phenol GC-MS

in-house method SAS 213

Analysis for physical and chemical characteristics Biosolids; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Sludges; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes Conductivity Electrometric

in-house method SAS126

in-house method SAS131
in-house method SAS118
Solids - Suspended; Solids - Total Gravimetric

in-house method SAS127
in-house method SAS128

Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Mine dam water; Mine tailings; Saline waters; Sewage; Sludges; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes Hardness - Calcium; Hardness - Magnesium; Hardness - Total; Sodium adsorption ratio (SAR, sodium absorption ratio) Calculation in-house method SAS 147 (ICP-MS)
in-house method SAS 145  (ICP-AES)
Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Sludges; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes Alkalinity; Alkalinity - Bicarbonate; Alkalinity - Carbonate; Alkalinity - Hydroxide Calculation; Titration

in-house method SAS131
in-house method SAS139

Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Sludges; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes Solids - Total dissolved (TDS) Gravimetric

in-house method SAS 132

Dissolved oxygen (DO) Dissolved oxygen (DO) analyser

in-house method 1.604C, F.004

Oil and grease Gravimetric

in-house method SAS 136

Chloride Flow injection analyser (FIA)

in-house method SAS 094

Turbidity Nephelometry

in-house method SAS 129

Fluoride Ion selective electrode (ISE)

in-house method SAS 134

Carbon - Total organic (TOC) Infrared (IR)

in-house method SAS 103

Chemical oxygen demand (COD) UV-vis spectrophotometry

in-house method SAS 135

Colour - Apparent; Colour - True UV-vis spectrophotometry

in-house method SAS 133

Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes pH Electrometric

in-house methods 1.002; 5.002; F/1.002

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

in-house method SAS 137

Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Sewage; Steam-raising waters; Swimming pool and spa waters Chlorine Colourimetry

in-house method SAS 092

Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Steam-raising waters Fluoride Ion chromatography (IC)

in-house method SAS 144

Bromate Ion chromatography (IC)

in-house method SAS 144

Sulfate Calculation; Ion chromatography (IC)

in-house method SAS144
in-house method SAS147 (ICP-MS);
in-house method SAS145  (ICP-AES)

Bromide Ion chromatography (IC)

in-house method SAS 144

Chloride Ion chromatography (IC)

in-house method SAS 144

Chlorite Ion chromatography (IC)

in-house method SAS 144

Chlorate Ion chromatography (IC)

in-house method SAS 144

Industrial waters - Treated; Potable waters; Steam-raising waters Iodide Ion chromatography (IC)

in-house method SAS 144

Leachates Sample preparation Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP)

in-house method SAS 140

Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Sludges; Trade wastes Chromium VI (hexavalent chromium) Flow injection analyser (FIA)

in-house method SAS 204

Analysis for physical and chemical characteristicsField analysis Biosolids; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Sludges; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes pH Electrometric

in-house method SAS095

In-house method SAS131
In-house method SAS118
Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes Dissolved oxygen (DO) Dissolved oxygen (DO) analyser

in-house method SAS130
in-house method SAS118

Conductivity Electrometric

in-house method 1.007; F/1.007

Potable waters; Sewage; Sludges Chlorine Colourimetry

in-house method 1.003A

Analysis for phytopigments Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Industrial waters; Potable waters; Sewage (including biosolids and sediments); Swimming pool and spa waters Chlorophyll a Spectrophotometry

APHA 10200 H (in-house method SAS 047)

Analysis for planktonic microalgae and cyanobacteria Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Industrial waters; Potable waters; Sewage (including biosolids and sediments); Swimming pool and spa waters; Trade wastes Enumeration; Identification to genus level; Potentially toxic Cyanobacteria - Identification to species level Microscopic examination

APHA 10200 F (in-house method SAS 183)

Dry weight of planktonic algae; General biomass Microscopic examination

APHA 10200 I (in-house method SAS 047)

Analysis for polyhalogenated biphenyls Biosolids; Sediments; Soils Aroclor 1016; Aroclor 1221; Aroclor 1232; Aroclor 1242; Aroclor 1248; Aroclor 1254; Aroclor 1260 GC-MS-MS in-house method SAS223
Sample collection Air - Indoor Not applicable Air sampler

in-house method SAS 183

Biosolids; Bore waters; Drain waters; Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Ground waters; Industrial and steam-raising waters; Industrial waters - Treated, recirculating; Irrigation and stock waters; Marine waters; Potable waters; Purified and processed waters; Recycled waters; Saline waters; Sediments; Sewage; Sludges; Soils; Surface waters; Swimming pool and spa waters; Trade wastes; Waste waters Not applicable Automated; Bailer; Composite; Continuous flow analyser (CFA); Grab; Manual by hand; Profile - Depth; Pump; Van Dorn sampler

in-house method SAS 003

Drain waters; Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated, recirculating; Irrigation and stock waters; Marine waters; Potable waters; Purified and processed waters; Recycled waters; Sewage; Surface waters; Swimming pool and spa waters; Trade wastes Not applicable Bailer; Composite; Grab; Manual by hand; Micro purge; Profile - Depth

in-house method SAS 003

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