
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Queensland Urban Utilities - SAS Laboratory
Site
Scientific Analytical Services Laboratory
Accreditation No.
11085
Site No.
11743
Date of Accreditation
03 Jan 1997
Contact
Availability
Services available to external clients
Scope of Accreditation
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Environment
Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure |
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Analysis for elements | Biosolids | Arsenic; Cadmium; Chromium; Cobalt; Copper; Lead; Nickel; Selenium; Zinc | ICP-AES |
in-house method 5.304 |
Biosolids; Sediments; Sludges; Soils | Mercury | Mercury analyser |
in-house method 5.303B |
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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 5.304 |
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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 5.308 |
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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 5.304 |
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Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes | Mercury | Mercury analyser |
in-house methods 5.303A |
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Sediments; Soils | Arsenic; Cadmium; Chromium; Copper; Lead; Nickel; Selenium; Zinc | ICP-AES |
in-house method 5.304 |
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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 GC.002 |
Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters | Haloacetic acids (HAA) | Calculation; GC-ECD; GC-MS |
in-house method GC-001 |
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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 5.261 |
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Bromodichloromethane (dichlorobromomethane); Bromoform (tribromomethane); Dibromochloromethane (chlorodibromomethane); Trichloromethane (chloroform) | GC-MS - Purge and trap |
in-house method 5.261 |
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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; Total oxidisable precursor assay (TOPA) | Calculation; LC-MS-MS | in-house method LC.001 |
Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters | 2-Methylisoborneol (MIB); Geosmin | GC-MS |
in-house method 5.231 |
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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 1.605 |
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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 FIA.008 |
Phosphorus - Total | Flow injection analyser (FIA) |
in-house method FIA.011B |
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Nitrogen - Nitrite | Flow injection analyser (FIA) |
in-house method FIA.010A |
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Nitrogen - Nitrate | Calculation |
in-house method FIA.010C |
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Nitrogen - Oxidised | Flow injection analyser (FIA) |
in-house method FIA.010B |
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Phosphorus - Ortho | Flow injection analyser (FIA) |
in-house method FIA.011A |
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Nitrogen - Organic; Nitrogen - Total; Nitrogen - Total Kjeldahl (TKN) | Calculation; Flow injection analyser (FIA) |
in-house method FIA.013 |
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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 GC.282 |
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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 5.270 |
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 GC.002 |
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 | Solids - Suspended; Solids - Total | Gravimetric |
in-house methods 1.601; 1.602A; 1.602B |
Conductivity | Electrometric |
in-house method 1.007; F/1.007 |
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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 5.308 (ICP-MS) in-house method 5.304 (ICP-AES) |
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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 1.012 |
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Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Sludges; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes | Chloride | Flow injection analyser (FIA) |
in-house method FIA.109 |
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Carbon - Total organic (TOC) | Infrared (IR) |
in-house method 1.603 |
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Chemical oxygen demand (COD) | UV-vis spectrophotometry |
in-house method 1.610 |
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Fluoride | Ion selective electrode (ISE) |
in-house method 1.620 |
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Solids - Total dissolved (TDS) | Gravimetric |
in-house method 1.619 |
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Colour - Apparent; Colour - True | UV-vis spectrophotometry |
in-house method 5.102 |
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Dissolved oxygen (DO) | Dissolved oxygen (DO) analyser |
in-house method 1.604C, F.004 |
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Oil and grease | Gravimetric |
in-house method 1.607 |
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Turbidity | Nephelometry |
in-house method 5.101 |
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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 |
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Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) | Dissolved oxygen (DO) analyser |
in-house method 1.604 |
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Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Potable waters; Steam-raising waters | Chlorate | Ion chromatography (IC) |
in-house method IC.001 |
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Sulfate | Calculation; Ion chromatography (IC) |
in-house method IC.001 in-house method 5.308 (ICP-MS);in-house method 5.304 (ICP-AES) |
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Fluoride | Ion chromatography (IC) |
in-house method IC.001 |
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Bromide | Ion chromatography (IC) |
in-house method IC.001 |
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Bromate | Ion chromatography (IC) |
in-house method IC.001 |
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Chloride | Ion chromatography (IC) |
in-house method IC.001 |
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Chlorite | Ion chromatography (IC) |
in-house method IC.001 |
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Industrial waters - Treated; Potable waters; Steam-raising waters | Iodide | Ion chromatography (IC) |
in-house method IC.001 |
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Leachates | Sample preparation | Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP) |
USEPA 1311 |
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Potable waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Sludges; Trade wastes | Chromium VI (hexavalent chromium) | Flow injection analyser (FIA) |
in-house method FIA.014 |
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Potable waters; Sewage | Chlorine | Colourimetry |
in-house method 1.003A |
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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 methods 1.002; 5.002; F/1.002 |
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 1.604C, F.004 |
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Conductivity | Electrometric |
in-house method 1.007; F/1.007 |
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Potable waters; Sewage; Sludges | Chlorine | Colourimetry |
in-house method 1.003A |
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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 | 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; Micro purge; Profile - Depth; Pump; Van Dorn sampler |
in-house method F.001 |
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Accreditation No.
11085
Site No.
11743
Print date
04 Dec 2023