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Waste Water Matrix
Analyte Method Sample Quantity1 Container Type Preservation Hold Time
Wet Chemistry          
Alkalinity -Total EPA 310.1 & SM2320B 200 ml plastic or glass cool 4oC 14 days
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5) SM5210B 200 ml plastic or glass cool 4oC 48 hours
Bromide EPA 300.0 100 ml plastic or glass cool 4oC 28 days
Carbon Dioxide SM4500-CO2-C 500 ml plastic or glass none immediately
Carbonaceous BOD5 SM 5210B 500 ml plastic or glass none 48 hours
Cation Exchange Capacity SW846 9081 400 ml plastic or glass cool 4oC 28 days
Chloride SM 4500-Cl- E or 300.0 100 ml plastic or glass none 28 days
Color SM2120B 100 ml plastic or glass cool 4oC 48 hours
Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) HACH 8000 100 ml plastic or glass cool 4oC, H2SO4 pH<2 28 days
Conductance, Specific SM 2510B 200 ml plastic or glass cool 4oC 28 days
Corrosivity (pH only) EPA 150.1 & SM4500(H+)B 100 ml plastic or glass none 7 days
Cyanide-Amenable EPA 335.1 250 ml plastic or glass cool 4oC, NaOH pH>12 14 days
Cyanide-Total EPA 335.4 250 ml plastic or glass cool 4oC, NaOH pH>12 14 days
Fluoride SM 4500-F-C or 300.0 or 340.2 500 ml plastic or glass cool 4oC 28 days
Hardness 200.7 or SM 2340B 100 ml plastic or glass HNO3 or H2SO4 pH<2 6 months
Ignitability SW846 300 ml plastic or glass cool 4oC 28 days
Nitrogen-Ammonia EPA 350.1 250 ml plastic or glass cool 4oC, H2SO4 pH<2 48 hours
Nitrogen-Nitrate EPA 353.2 or 300.0 100 ml plastic or glass cool 4oC 48 hours
Nitrogen-Nitrite EPA 353.2 or 300.0 100 ml plastic or glass cool 4oC 48 hours
Nitrogen-Nitrate+Nitrite EPA 335.2 100 ml plastic or glass cool 4oC, H2SO4 pH<2 28 days
Nitrogen-Nitrate+Nitrite EPA 300.0 100 ml plastic or glass cool 4oC 48 hours
Nitrogen-Organic EPA 351.2 - EPA 350.1 300 ml plastic or glass cool 4oC, H2SO4 pH<2 28 days
Nitrogen-Total Kjeldahl EPA 351.2 250 ml glass cool 4oC, H2SO4 pH<2 28 days
Oil & Grease (Hexane) EPA 1664 Rev. A 1 L glass amber cool 4oC, HCl pH<2 28 days
Oil & Grease (Hexane/SGT) EPA 1664 Rev. A 1 L glass amber cool 4oC, HCl pH<2 28 days
Oxygen, Dissolved SM4500(O)G BOD Bottle glass Winkler fix, dark 8 hours
pH EPA 150.1 & SM4500(H+)B 100 ml plastic or glass cool 4oC 24 hours
Phenolics EPA 420.4 250 ml glass amber cool 4oC, H2SO4 pH<2 28 days
Phosphate-Meta SM4500(P)B&F - EPA 365.1 200 ml plastic or glass filter immediately, cool 4oC 48 hours
Phosphate-Ortho EPA 365.1 or 300.0 200 ml plastic or glass filter immediately, cool 4oC 48 hours
Phosphate-Total SM4500(P)B&F 250 ml plastic or glass cool 4oC, H2SO4 pH<2 28 days
Solids-Dissolved SM 2540C 100 ml plastic or glass cool 4oC 7 days
Solids-Fixed SM2540G 100 ml plastic or glass cool 4oC 7 days
Solids-Settleable SM2540F 1 L plastic or glass cool 4oC 48 hours
Solids-Suspended SM2540D 200 ml plastic or glass cool 4oC 7 days
Solids-Total SM2540B&G 100 ml plastic or glass cool 4oC 7 days
Solids-Volatile EPA 160.4 & SM2540G 100 ml plastic or glass cool 4oC 7 days
Sulfate EPA 375.4 or  EPA 300.0 200 ml plastic or glass cool 4oC 28 days
Sulfide EPA 376.1 & SM4500(S2) 500 ml plastic cool 4oC, Zn acetate, NaOH pH>9 7 days
Sulfite SM4500(SO32-)B 100 ml plastic or glass none immediately
Temperature SM 2550 NA NA none none (on site)
Total Organic Carbon (TOC) SM5310B 3 vials of 40 ml glass cool 4oC, H3PO4 pH<2 28 days
Total Organic Halides (TOX) SW846 9020B 250 ml plastic or glass cool 4oC, HCL pH<2 28 days
Total Recoverable Petroleum Hydrocarbons EPA 1664 Rev. A 1 L glass amber cool 4oC, HCl pH<2 28 days
Turbidity EPA 180.1 100 ml plastic or glass cool 4oC 48 hours
           
           
           
           
1 - This does not include the volume necessary to perform MS/MSD analyses. Include additional sample (normally 3 times the quoted volume or mass) for each sample requiring an MS/MSD. This extra sample volume should always be included for at least one sample in sample sets of 5 or greater. Contact the laboratory for more information.

 

 

Last modified: December 15, 2007