Sydney Water Corporation

Site

Sydney Water Laboratory Services

Accreditation No.

63

Site No.

603

Date of Accreditation

05 Dec 1966

Address

51 Hermitage Road
West Ryde, NSW 2114
Australia

sydneywater.com.au

Contact

Mrs Margaret Rhodes P: +61 (02) 98006125

Availability

Services available to external clients

Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
Sydney Water Laboratory Services

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Environment

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure
Analysis for enteric protozoa Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Industrial waters; Marine waters; Potable 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 methods MP45, MP46, MP49, MP50, MP47_COM
Analysis for macroinvertebrates Fresh waters; Marine waters Enumeration; Identification Microscopic examination; Visual examination

in-house methods SS0023, SSWI433, SSWI434
Analysis for microorganisms Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Industrial waters - Treated, recirculating; Marine waters; Potable waters; Purified and processed waters; Recycled waters; Sewage; Swimming pool and spa waters; Trade wastes Enterococci Membrane filter AS 4276.9 (in-house method MI03AS)
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; Potable waters; Recycled waters; Sewage; Swimming pool and spa waters; Trade wastes Escherichia coli​​​​; Coliforms Defined substrate technology

APHA 9223 (in-house method MI28)
Bacteriophage - F-specific; Bacteriophage - Somatic Pour plate

in-house methods MI34, MI35, MI36, MI37  
Escherichia coli​​​​; Coliforms - Faecal Membrane filter

APHA 9222D (in-house methods MI01, MI01MUG)  
Enterococci; Streptococcus - Faecal Most probable number (MPN)

in-house method MI12
Clostridium perfringens Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP)

in-house method MI04LAMP  
Heterotrophic colony count Pour plate

in-house method MI06, APHA 9215B (in-house method MI07)
Coliforms Most probable number (MPN)

APHA 9221B,C (in-house method MI10)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Membrane filter

AS 4276.13 (in-house method MI19ASO8)  
Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Industrial waters - Treated, recirculating; Marine waters; Recycled waters; Sewage; Swimming pool and spa waters; Trade wastes Escherichia coli​​​​; Coliforms - Faecal Most probable number (MPN)

APHA 9221E,F (in-house method MI11)
Potable waters Escherichia coli​​​​; Coliforms - Faecal Most probable number (MPN) APHA 9221E (in-house method MI11)
Sediments; Sludges; Soils Escherichia coli​​​​; Coliforms - Faecal Most probable number (MPN)

APHA 9221E,F (in-house method MI11)
Enterococci; Streptococcus - Faecal Most probable number (MPN)

in-house method MI12
Coliforms Most probable number (MPN)

APHA 9221B,C (in-house method MI10)
Analysis for non-planktonic microalgae and cyanobacteria Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Industrial waters; Marine waters; Potable waters; Sewage (including biosolids and sediments); Swimming pool and spa waters; Trade wastes Enumeration; Identification; Toxic Cyanobacteria Microscopic examination

APHA 10200I, in-house methods 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; Potable waters; Sewage (including biosolids and sediments); Swimming pool and spa waters; Trade wastes Chlorophyll a; Phaeophytin-a Spectrophotometry

in-house methods 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 methods MA59, MA60
Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Industrial waters; Potable waters; Sewage (including biosolids and sediments); Swimming pool and spa waters Toxic Cyanobacteria PCR - Quantitative (qPCR) in-house method MA61
Potable waters Enumeration; Identification Microscopic examination APHA 10200I, in-house methods MA50CENT, MA51CENT, MA52CENT, MA50, MA51, MA52, MA52CENT, MA53CENT, MA53, MA58, MA70, MA71, MA73, MA70CENT, MA71CENT, MA73CENT, MA91, MA92
Detection, characterisation and/or quantification of nucleic acids - Enteric viruses Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Industrial waters; Marine waters; Potable 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 methods 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; Potable 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; Potable waters; Recycled waters; Sediments; Sewage; Sludges; Trade wastes Not applicable Grab

Sampling (biological and microbiological) 

in-house methods AS0007, FS0162, FS0179, SAWI070, SS0001

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