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ANALYSIS METHOD

Inorganics

Acidity EPA 305.1
Alkalinity SM2320B
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5) SM5210B
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (CBOD5) Carbonaceous SM5210B
Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) EPA 410.4
Chlorophyll SM 10200H
Cyanate SM4500-CN L
Cyanide, Amenable to Chlorination EPA 4500CN G
Cyanide, Total EPA 4500CN D/E / 9010 / 9014
Cyanide, Weak Acid Dissociable SM4500-CN I
Dissolved Oxygen SM4500 O-G
Hexavalent chromium (Cr6) SM3500CrD / EPA 7196
Mercury by Amalgamation EPA 1631
Mercury by Atomic fluorescence EPA 245.7
Mercury by Cold Vapor AA EPA 245.1 / 7470 / 7471
Metals by ICP or ICP/MS EPA 200.7 / 200.8 / 6010 / 6020
Nitrogen, Ammonia SM4500-NH3 C/D
Nitrogen, Total Kjeldahl (TKN) EPA 351.2
Non Ionic Detergents (CTAS) SM5540 D
Oil and Grease, Gravimetric EPA 1664
Oxidation-Reduction Potential (ORP) ASTM D1498-76
Phenolics (colorimetric) EPA 420.1 / 9065
Phosphorus by ICP or ICP/MS EPA 6010 / 6020
Phosphorus, Total EPA 365.3
Phosphorus, Total Acid Hydrolyzable EPA 365.3
Salinity SM2520B
Solids, Settleable (SS) EPA 160.5
Solids, Total (TS) EPA 160.3
Solids, Total Suspended (TSS) EPA 160.2
Solids, Total Volatile (TVS) EPA 160.4
Sulfide, Soluble SM4500-S2-D
Sulfite SM4500SO3 B
Surfactants (MBAS) SM5540C
Thiosulfate LACSD 253B
Volatile acids SM5560C

Bacteriological

Total & Fecal Coliform (MTF)  SM9221B
Total Enterococci (Quantitray) Enterolert
e.Coli by MUG method determination SM9223
Heterotrophic Plate Count SM9215B

Organics (GC, GCMS, HPLC, LCMS)

Volatile (Aromatics & Halogentated) Organics EPA 624
Chlorinated Herbicides EPA 8151
Diuron EPA 632
Organochlorine Pesticides and PCBs EPA 608
Semivolatile Organics EPA 625
Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PNAs or PAHs) EPA 625

Radiochemistry

Gross alpha EPA 900.0
Gross beta EPA 900.0
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