Industry experts
Our state-of-the-art laboratory is accredited to ISO 17025 by the UK Accreditation Service (UKAS) and meets the stringent regulatory requirements of the Drinking Water Inspectorate. We are also partnered with the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Our comprehensive chemical testing services in our laboratory include testing water supplies across a range of industries for:
- Nutrients
- Metals and other elements
- General chemistry – drinking water
- General chemistry – waste and process water
- Organic chemistry, herbicides and pesticides
Our Nutrients analysis includes the testing for : Chloride, Alkalinity, Hardness, Nitrate, Nitrite, Ammonia, Sulphate.
Alkalinity is a measure of the temporary hardness, which is responsible for the scale formation when water is boiled.
The presence of ammonia can
indicate contamination of sanitary significance.
Chloride can occur naturally in source water and is a component of common salt. The standard is not health-based
but set to avoid taste and corrosion potential.
Inorganic fertilisers from agricultural run off are the main source of nitrate in water supplies but it can occur from natural sources.
Nitrite occurs naturally at low levels in the environment. It is sometimes produced as a by-product when chloramine is used as a disinfectant. Careful control of the disinfection process reduces formation of nitrite.
Sulphate is a natural mineral component of most waters and the concentrations normally found in drinking water do not represent a risk to health.