
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Sydney Water Corporation
Site
Sydney Water Laboratory Services
Accreditation No.
63
Site No.
603
Date of Accreditation
05 Dec 1966
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 enteric protozoa | Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Industrial waters; Marine waters; Sewage (including biosolids and sediments); Swimming pool and spa waters; Trade wastes | Cryptosporidium infectivity; Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia cysts - Detection and enumeration; Enumeration; Identification | Compressed foam filter; Flatbed filtration; Immunomagnetic separation; Microbioassay; Microscopic examination; Pleated membrane filter capsule filtration |
in-house method MP45, MP46, MP49, MP50, MP47_COM |
Analysis for macroinvertebrates | Fresh waters; Marine waters | Enumeration; Identification | Microscopic examination; Visual examination |
in-house method SS0023, SSWI433, SSWI434 |
Analysis for microorganisms | Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Industrial waters - Treated, recirculating; Marine waters; Purified and processed waters; Recycled waters; Sewage; Swimming pool and spa waters; Trade wastes | Coliforms - Faecal | Defined substrate technology | in-house method MI58 |
Enterococci | Defined substrate technology | in-house method MI59 | ||
Enterococci | Membrane filter | AS 4276.9 (in-house method MI03AS) | ||
Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Industrial waters - Treated, recirculating; Marine waters; Recycled waters; Sewage; Swimming pool and spa waters; Trade wastes | Escherichia coli; Coliforms - Faecal | Membrane filter |
APHA 9222D (in-house method MI01, MI01MUG) |
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Bacteriophage - F-specific; Bacteriophage - Somatic | Pour plate |
in-house method MI34, MI35, MI36, MI37 |
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Heterotrophic colony count | Pour plate |
in-house method MI06, APHA 9215B (in-house method MI07) |
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Membrane filter |
AS 4276.13 (in-house method MI19ASO8) |
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Enterococci; Streptococcus - Faecal | Most probable number (MPN) |
in-house method MI12 |
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Coliforms | Most probable number (MPN) |
APHA 9221B,C (in-house method MI10) |
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Escherichia coli; Coliforms - Faecal | Most probable number (MPN) |
APHA 9221E,F (in-house method MI11) |
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Clostridium perfringens | Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) |
in-house method MI04LAMP |
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Escherichia coli; Coliforms | Defined substrate technology |
APHA 9223 in-house method MI28 |
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Sediments; Sludges; Soils | Enterococci; Streptococcus - Faecal | Most probable number (MPN) |
in-house method MI12 |
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Escherichia coli; Coliforms - Faecal | Most probable number (MPN) |
APHA 9221E,F (in-house method MI11) |
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Coliforms | Most probable number (MPN) |
APHA 9221B,C (in-house method MI10) |
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Analysis for non-planktonic microalgae and cyanobacteria | Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Industrial waters; Marine waters; Sewage (including biosolids and sediments); Swimming pool and spa waters; Trade wastes | Enumeration; Identification; Toxic Cyanobacteria | Microscopic examination |
APHA 10200I, in-house method MA50, MA51, MA52, MA50CENT, MA51CENT, MA52CENT, MA53, MA53CENT, MA58,MA70, MA71, MA73, MA70CENT, MA71CENT, MA73CENT, MA91, MA92 |
Analysis for phytopigments | Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Industrial waters; Marine waters; Sewage (including biosolids and sediments); Swimming pool and spa waters; Trade wastes | Chlorophyll a; Phaeophytin-a | Spectrophotometry |
in-house method MC01, MC02 |
Analysis for planktonic microalgae and cyanobacteria | Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Industrial waters; Marine waters; Sewage (including biosolids and sediments); Swimming pool and spa waters; Trade wastes | Biovolume | Microscopic examination |
in-house method MA59, MA60 |
Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Industrial waters; Sewage (including biosolids and sediments); Swimming pool and spa waters | Toxic Cyanobacteria | PCR - Quantitative (qPCR) | in-house method MA61 | |
Detection, characterisation and/or quantification of nucleic acids - Enteric viruses | Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Industrial waters; Marine waters; Sewage (including biosolids and sediments); Swimming pool and spa waters | Adenovirus; Enterovirus; Hepatitis virus; Norovirus; Reovirus; Rotavirus | Cell culture; Hollow fibre ultrafiltration; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) | in-house method MV01, MV14, MV33, MV30, MV31, MV16, MV19, MV15, MV18, MV17, MV10, MV22 |
Detection, characterisation and/or quantification of nucleic acids - Protozoa | Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Industrial waters; Marine waters; Sewage (including biosolids and sediments); Swimming pool and spa waters; Trade wastes | Identification of Cryptosporidium by genotyping (excluding DNA sequencing) | Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) | in-house method MP48 |
Sample collection | Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Marine waters; Recycled waters; Sediments; Sewage; Sludges; Trade wastes | Not applicable | Grab |
Sampling (biological and microbiological) in-house method AS0007, FS0162, FS0179, SAWI070, SS0001 |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Food and Beverage
Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure |
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Analysis for enteric protozoa | Potable waters | Cryptosporidium infectivity; Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia cysts - Detection and enumeration; Enumeration; Identification | Compressed foam filter; Flatbed filtration; Immunomagnetic separation; Microbioassay; Microscopic examination; Pleated membrane filter capsule filtration |
in-house method MP45, MP46, MP49, MP50, MP47_COM |
Analysis for microorganisms | Potable waters | Enterococci; Streptococcus - Faecal | Most probable number (MPN) |
in-house method MI12 |
Enterococci | Membrane filter | AS 4276.9 (in-house method MI03AS) | ||
Coliforms | Most probable number (MPN) |
APHA 9221B,C (in-house method MI10) |
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Escherichia coli; Coliforms - Faecal | Most probable number (MPN) |
APHA 9221E (in-house method MI11) |
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Enterococci | Defined substrate technology | in-house method MI59 | ||
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Membrane filter |
AS 4276.13 (in-house method MI19ASO8) |
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Bacteriophage - F-specific; Bacteriophage - Somatic | Pour plate |
in-house method MI34, MI35, MI36, MI37 |
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Clostridium perfringens | Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) |
in-house method MI04LAMP |
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Escherichia coli; Coliforms | Defined substrate technology |
APHA 9223 (in-house method MI28) |
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Coliforms - Faecal | Defined substrate technology | in-house method MI58 | ||
Heterotrophic colony count | Pour plate |
in-house method MI06, APHA 9215B (in-house methods MI07) |
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Escherichia coli; Coliforms - Faecal | Membrane filter |
APHA 9222D (in-house method MI01, MI01MUG) |
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Analysis for non-planktonic microalgae and cyanobacteria | Potable waters | Enumeration; Identification; Toxic Cyanobacteria | Microscopic examination |
APHA 10200I, in-house method MA50, MA51, MA52, MA50CENT, MA51CENT, MA52CENT, MA53, MA53CENT, MA58,MA70, MA71, MA73, MA70CENT, MA71CENT, MA73CENT, MA91, MA92 |
Analysis for phytopigments | Potable waters | Chlorophyll a; Phaeophytin-a | Spectrophotometry |
in-house method MC01, MC02 |
Analysis for planktonic microalgae and cyanobacteria | Potable waters | Enumeration; Identification | Microscopic examination | APHA 10200I, in-house method MA50CENT, MA51CENT, MA52CENT, MA50, MA51, MA52, MA52CENT, MA53CENT, MA53, MA58, MA70, MA71, MA73, MA70CENT, MA71CENT, MA73CENT, MA91, MA92, |
Toxic Cyanobacteria | PCR - Quantitative (qPCR) | in-house method MA61 | ||
Detection, characterisation and/or quantification of nucleic acids - Enteric viruses | Potable waters | Adenovirus; Enterovirus; Hepatitis virus; Norovirus; Reovirus; Rotavirus | Cell culture; Hollow fibre ultrafiltration; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) | in-house method MV01, MV14, MV33, MV30, MV31, MV16, MV19, MV15, MV18, MV17, MV10, MV22 |
Detection, characterisation and/or quantification of nucleic acids - Protozoa | Potable waters | Identification of Cryptosporidium by genotyping (excluding DNA sequencing) | Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) | in-house method MP48 |
Sample collection | Potable waters | Not applicable | Grab |
Sampling (biological and microbiological) in-house method AS0007, FS0162, FS0179, SAWI070, SS0001 |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Environment
Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure |
---|---|---|---|---|
Analysis for microorganisms | Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Industrial waters - Treated, recirculating; Marine waters; Purified and processed waters; Recycled waters; Sewage; Swimming pool and spa waters; Trade wastes | Coliforms - Faecal | Defined substrate technology | in-house method MI58 |
Enterococci | Defined substrate technology | in-house method MI59 | ||
Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Industrial waters - Treated, recirculating; Marine waters; Recycled waters; Sewage; Swimming pool and spa waters; Trade wastes | Coliforms - Faecal | Membrane filter |
APHA 9222D (in-house method MI01) |
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Escherichia coli; Coliforms | Defined substrate technology |
APHA 9223 (in-house method MI28) |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Food and Beverage
Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure |
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Analysis for microorganisms | Potable waters | Coliforms - Faecal | Defined substrate technology | in-house method MI58 |
Enterococci | Defined substrate technology | in-house method MI59 | ||
Escherichia coli | Defined substrate technology |
APHA 9223 (in-house method MI28) |
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Coliforms - Faecal | Membrane filter |
APHA 9222D (in-house method MI01) |
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Accreditation No.
63
Site No.
603
Print date
27 Jun 2022