Townsville City Council

Site

Townsville Laboratory Services

Accreditation No.

14698

Site No.

14780

Date of Accreditation

30 Sep 2002

Address

Angus Smith Drive
Douglas, QLD 4354
Australia

townsville.qld.gov.au/water-waste-and-environment/water-testing-services

Contact

Mr Edgar Salvador P: +61 (07) 47278665

Availability

Services conditionally available to external clients

Scope of Accreditation

Townsville Laboratory Services

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Environment

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure
Analysis for elements Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Solid wastes; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes Aluminium; Antimony; Arsenic; Barium; Beryllium; Bismuth; Boron; Cadmium; Calcium; Chromium; Cobalt; Copper; Iron; Lead; Lithium; Magnesium; Manganese; Mercury; Molybdenum; Nickel; Potassium; Rubidium; Selenium; Silver; Sodium; Strontium; Sulfur; Thallium; Tin; Titanium; Uranium; Vanadium; Zinc ICP-MS

APHA 3125 and in-house method TM-ICPMS

Analysis for hydrocarbons Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Steam-raising waters Trihalomethane formation potential; Trihalomethanes GC-ECD; Gas chromatography (GC) - Purge and trap

APHA 6200C and APHA 5710A

Analysis for industrial chemicals Bore waters; Ground waters; Surface waters; Trade wastes; Waste waters 10:2 Fluorotelomer sulfonic acid (10:2 FTSA, 1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorododecane sulfonic acid); 11-Chloroeicosafluoro-3-oxaundecane-1-sulfonic acid (11Cl-PF3OUdS, F53B major); 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); 9-Chlorohexadecafluoro-3-oxanone-1-sulfonic acid (9Cl-PF3ONS, F53B minor); Hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA, GenX); 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); Perfluorohexadecanoic acid (PFHxDA); Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS); Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA); Perfluorononane sulfonic acid (PFNS); 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); Sodium dodecafluoro-3H-4, 8-dioxanonanoate (NaDONA) LC-MS-MS

in-house method TM-PFAS

Ground waters; Irrigation and stock waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes 2-Methylisoborneol (MIB); Geosmin GC-MS - Headspace; GC-MS-MS

in-house method TM-MIBGEO, in-house method GCMCMS-SPME

Analysis for nutrients Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Solid wastes; Steam-raising waters; Surface waters; Trade wastes Phosphorus - Total Discrete analyser (DA); Flow injection analyser (FIA)

APHA4500P,B,G and in-house method TM-TPDISC

Nitrogen - Ammonia Discrete analyser (DA); Flow injection analyser (FIA); Segmented flow analyser (SFA); Titration

USEPA103, 104, 129, APHA 4500NH3-H in-house method TM-AMDIS and TM-AMSFA

Nitrogen - Nitrate Flow injection analyser (FIA); Segmented flow analyser (SFA)

APHA 4500NO3-I and in-house method TM-NOxSFA

Nitrogen - Nitrite Flow injection analyser (FIA); Segmented flow analyser (SFA)

APHA 4500 NO2 B and In-house method TM-NOxSFA

Nitrogen - Total Kjeldahl (TKN) Discrete analyser (DA); Flow injection analyser (FIA)

APHA 4500N,ORG,D and in-house method TM-TKNDISC

Phosphorus - Ortho Discrete analyser (DA); Flow injection analyser (FIA); Segmented flow analyser (SFA)

USEPA103, 104, 129, APHA4500, P,B,G and in-house method TM-PO4DIS

Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Solid wastes; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes Nitrogen - Organic Calculation

APHA 4500N,ORG,D

Nitrogen - Total Flow injection analyser (FIA)

APHA 4500N,C

Analysis for physical and chemical characteristics Biosolids; Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes Chloride Ion chromatography (IC)

APHA 4110 B

Alkalinity Calculation

APHA 2320B

Chemical oxygen demand (COD) Colourimetry

APHA 5220 B

Estuarine waters; Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Marine waters; Saline waters; Sediments; Sludges; Surface waters; Trade wastes; Waste waters Solids - Suspended; Solids - Suspended volatile; Solids - Total; Solids - Total dissolved (TDS); Solids - Total volatile Gravimetric

APHA 2540 B, C, D, E and in-house method TM-TSVS, TM-TDS and TM-SS1

Fresh waters; Ground waters; Leachates; Sewage; Sludges; Trade wastes Sulfide Colourimetry

in-house method TM_SULFIDE

Sulfite Titration in-house method TM_SULFITE
Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Solid wastes; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes Bromate; Bromide; Chlorate; Chlorite; Iodide Ion chromatography (IC)

In-house method TM-OXY and TM-OXY-Br-I

Fluoride Ion chromatography (IC)

APHA 4110B

Organic carbon - Dissolved non-purgeable; Organic carbon - Non-purgeable Infrared (IR)

APHA 5310B

Silica Discrete analyser (DA); UV-vis spectrophotometry

APHA 4500SiO2C, USEPA121-A and in-house method TM-Sildis

Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes Sulfate Ion chromatography (IC)

APHA 4110B

Oil and grease Infrared (IR)

ASTMD7066

Chlorophyll a UV-vis spectrophotometry

APHA 1020OH

Colour - Apparent; Colour - True Colourimetry

APHA 2120 C

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

APHA 5210 B

Industrial waters - Treated; Saline waters; Surface waters; Trade wastes Chromium VI (hexavalent chromium) Discrete analyser (DA) APHA 3500 Cr B and In-house method TM-CR6DIS
Analysis for physical and chemical characteristicsIncluding field analysis Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Solid wastes; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes pH Electrometric

APHA4500HB

Electrical conductivity Electrometric

APHA 2510C

Ground waters; Industrial waters - Treated; Irrigation and stock waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes Chlorine - Free; Chlorine - Total UV-vis spectrophotometry

APHA 4500ClG

Turbidity Turbidometry

APHA 2130B

Dissolved oxygen (DO) Dissolved oxygen (DO) analyser

APHA 4500OG

Temperature Direct reading instrument

APHA 2550B

Analysis of biotoxin residues and contaminants Fresh waters Anatoxin-a; Cylindrospermopsin (CYN) LC-MS-MS  in-house method TM-ALTOX
Sample collection Ground waters; Industrial and steam-raising waters; Industrial waters - Treated, recirculating; Marine waters; Saline waters; Sewage; Steam-raising waters; Trade wastes Not applicable Composite; Grab AS 5667 Parts 1-12

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Food and Beverage

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure
Analysis for elements Waters for potable and domestic purposes Aluminium; Antimony; Arsenic; Barium; Beryllium; Bismuth; Boron; Cadmium; Calcium; Chromium; Cobalt; Copper; Iron; Lead; Lithium; Magnesium; Manganese; Mercury; Molybdenum; Nickel; Potassium; Rubidium; Selenium; Silver; Sodium; Strontium; Sulfur; Thallium; Tin; Titanium; Uranium; Vanadium; Zinc ICP-MS

APHA 3125 and in-house method TM-ICPMS

Analysis for residues and contaminants - Hydrocarbons, phthalates, industrial chemicals Waters for potable and domestic purposes 10:2 Fluorotelomer sulfonic acid (10:2 FTSA, 1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorododecane sulfonic acid); 11-Chloroeicosafluoro-3-oxaundecane-1-sulfonic acid (11Cl-PF3OUdS, F53B major); 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); 9-Chlorohexadecafluoro-3-oxanone-1-sulfonic acid (9Cl-PF3ONS, F53B minor); Hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA, GenX); 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); Perfluorohexadecanoic acid (PFHxDA); Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS); Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA); Perfluorononane sulfonic acid (PFNS); 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); Sodium dodecafluoro-3H-4, 8-dioxanonanoate (NaDONA) LC-MS-MS

in-house method TM-PFAS

2-Methylisoborneol (MIB); Geosmin GC-MS - Headspace; GC-MS-MS

In-house method TM-MIBGEO and In-house method GCMSMS-SPME

Bromodichloromethane (dichlorobromomethane); Bromoform (tribromomethane); Dibromochloromethane (chlorodibromomethane); Trichloromethane (chloroform) GC-MS - Headspace

In house method TM-THM

Trihalomethane formation potential; Trihalomethanes GC-ECD; Gas chromatography (GC) - Purge and trap

APHA 6200C and APHA 5710A

Analysis of physical and nutritional characteristics Waters for potable and domestic purposes Chlorophyll a UV-vis spectrophotometry

APHA 1020OH

Chlorine - Free; Chlorine - Total UV-vis spectrophotometry

APHA 4500ClG

Fluoride Ion chromatography (IC)

APHA 4110B

Alkalinity Calculation

APHA 2320B

Solids - Dissolved; Solids - Suspended; Solids - Suspended volatile; Solids - Total; Solids - Total volatile Gravimetric

APHA 2540 B, C, D, E, in-house method TM-TSVS, TM-TDS and TM-SS1

Dissolved oxygen (DO) Dissolved oxygen (DO) analyser

APHA 4500OG

Nitrogen - Total Kjeldahl (TKN) Discrete analyser (DA); Flow injection analyser (FIA)

APHA 4500N,ORG,D and in-house method TM-TKNDISC

Nitrogen - Total Flow injection analyser (FIA)

APHA 4500N,C

pH Electrometric

APHA4500HB

Chloride Ion chromatography (IC)

APHA 4110 B

Electrical conductivity Electrometric

APHA 2510C

Chromium VI (hexavalent chromium) Discrete analyser (DA) APHA 3500 Cr B and In-house method TM-CR6DIS
Colour - Apparent; Colour - True Colourimetry

APHA 2120 C

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

APHA 5210 B

Temperature Direct reading instrument

APHA 2550B

Turbidity Turbidometry

APHA 2130B

Nitrogen - Ammonia Discrete analyser (DA); Flow injection analyser (FIA); Segmented flow analyser (SFA); Titration

USEPA103, 104, 129, APHA 4500NH3-H, in-house method  TM-AMDIS and TM-AMSFA

Orthophosphate Discrete analyser (DA); Flow injection analyser (FIA); Segmented flow analyser (SFA)

USEPA103, 104, 129, APHA4500, P,B,G and in-house method TM-PO4DIS

Nitrogen - Nitrite Flow injection analyser (FIA); Segmented flow analyser (SFA)

APHA 4500 NO2 B and in-house method TM-NOxSFA

Phosphorus - Total Discrete analyser (DA); Flow injection analyser (FIA)

APHA4500P,B,G and in-house method TM-TPDISC

Nitrogen - Organic Calculation

APHA 4500N,ORG,D

Sulfate Ion chromatography (IC)

APHA 4110B

Organic carbon - Dissolved non-purgeable; Organic carbon - Non-purgeable Infrared (IR)

APHA 5310B

Silica Discrete analyser (DA); UV-vis spectrophotometry

APHA 4500SiO2C, USEPA121-A and in-house method TM-Sildis

Nitrogen - Nitrate Flow injection analyser (FIA); Segmented flow analyser (SFA)

APHA 4500NO3-I and in-house method TM-NOxSFA

Oil and grease Infrared (IR)

ASTMD7066

Bromate; Bromide; Chlorate; Chlorite; Iodide Ion chromatography (IC)

In-house method TM-OXY and TM-OXY-Br-I

Chemical oxygen demand (COD) Colourimetry

APHA 5220 B

Sample collection Waters for potable and domestic purposes Not applicable Composite; Grab

AS5667

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Materials

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
Chemical analysis of reagents, salts and related compounds Sodium hypochlorite Chlorine - Available Gravimetric ASTM D2022

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