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Drinking Water

Coventry Laboratory – Microbiology (Drinking & Waste Water)

Method Code Method Description PDF
W1 Enumeration of heterotrophic bacteria by pour plate Download
W2 Isolation and confirmation of Salmonella sp (other than Salmonella typhi) from drinking and raw waters and solid samples Download
W5 Detection, enumeration and identification of Legionella spp including Legionella pneumophila SG1 and SG2-15 Download
W7 Isolation, enumeration and confirmation of Enterococci – membrane filtration technique Download
W8 Clostridium perfringens – membrane filtration technique Download
W9 Pseudomonas spp – membrane filtration technique Download
W10 Total coliforms and Escherichia coli – single membrane filtration technique Download
W11 Pseudomonas aeruginosa – membrane filtration technique Download
W18 Detection of sulphate-reducing bacteria in water samples Download
W19 Detection of nitrite-reducing microorganisms in water samples Download
W20 Isolation and enumeration of yeasts and moulds from potable and environmental water samples Download
W21 Isolation and enumeration of Staphylococcus aureus from potable and environmental water samples Download
W24 Escherichia coli per gram dry weight by membrane filtration Download
W25 Escherichia coli in sludge, soil and other solids Download
W30 Detection and enumeration of Legionella spp including Legionella pneumophila using real-time PCR Download
W32 Selected microbiological organisms per gram dry weight by membrane filtration for sludge, soils and other solids Download
W33 Identification and enumeration of Enterobacteriaceae from potable and environmental water samples Download
W36 Total viable count (TVC) at 30°C (Laporte specification) Download
W37 Procedure for swab samples Download
W38 Total viable count – process and purified waters Download
W41 Bacterial & fungal identification -
W44 Algae enumeration Download
W45 Chlorophyll ‘A’ Download
W46 Zooplankton (including veligers) identification and enumeration Download
W47 Biological examination Download
W49 Male-specific (F+) bacteriophages and somatic coliphages Download
W51 Stenotrophomonas species Download
W52 Acinetobacter baumannii Download
W54 Bioaerosols Download
W57 Total coliforms, faecal coliforms and Escherichia coli on waste waters Download
W58 Enterococci Download
W59 Clostridium perfringens including sulphite reducing clostridia Download
W60 Biological report by microscopy on activated sludge Download
W61 Environmental monitoring plates and strips Download
W62 Appearance and qualitative taste and odour Download
CRYM1-M3 Cryptosporidium and Giardia Download
MALDI-ToF All microbiology determinands utilising a culture-based method Download

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Wakefield Laboratory – Inorganics

Method Code Method Description PDF
WPC6 Turbidity Download
WPC7 Conductivity Download
WPC8 pH Download
WPC12 Metals by ICP-OES (Al, B, Ba, Ca, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na, P, Si, SO4, Zn) Download
WPC13 Colour Download
WPC15 Metals by ICP-MS (Ag, As, B, Ba, Be, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Li, Mo, Ni, Pb, Se, Sn, Ti, Tl, U, V, Zn) Download
WPC18 Chlorate, Chlorite and Bromide by IC (Dionex) Download
WPC20 Fluoride Download
WPC21 Mercury by ICP-MS Download
WPC22 Total Suspended Solids Download
WPC23 Radioactivity - Gross Alpha, Gross Beta Download
WPC25 Total Dissolved Solids Download
WPC26 Free and Total Chlorine Download
WPC39 Absorbance at 254nm Download
WPC42 Bromate Download
WPC44 Metals Preparation Download
WPC47 Permanganate Index Download
WPC61 Oxyhals - Chlorate, Chlorite and Bromide by IC (Metrohm) Download
WPC64 Anions by KONE (Ammoniacal Nitrogen, TON, Nitrate, Nitrogen, Chloride, Orthophosphate, Silica and Alkalinity) Download
WPC65 Total and Free Cyanide Download
WPC67 Determination of Total Organic Carbon and Dissolved Inorganic Carbon Download

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Wakefield Laboratory – Organics

Method Code Method Description PDF
WPC27 PAHs Download
WPC28 THMs, BTEX & Chlorinated Solvents Download
WPC35 GCMS Scan Download
WPC42 Determination of Bromate Download
WPC45 Determination of selected phenoxyalkanoic, benzonitrile and other compounds Download
WPC50 Organochlorine Pesticides, Non Polar Pesticides & PCBs Download
WPC53 Acrylamide Download
WPC57 LCMS Scan Download
WPC59 Microcystin-LR Download
WPC63 Vinyl chloride (Chloroethene) Download
WPC66 Taste & Odour, Geosmin and MIB Download
WPC68 Glyphosate and Aminomethylphosphonic Acid (AMPA) Download
WPC69 Quats - Chlormequat and Mepiquat Download
WPC70 Phenols & Chlorophenols Download
WPC71 Polar Pesticides by HPLC-MS/MS -
WPC73 Metaldehyde Download
WPC75 Haloacetic Acids and Dalapon Download
WPC76 VOC Scan -
WPC78 Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Download
WPC79 THMs and BTEX Download
WPC80 Mesosulfuron-methyl Download

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Wakefield Laboratory – Microbiology

Method Code Method Description PDF
WPM1 Heterotrophic Bacteria Download
WPM2 Enterococci Download
WPM3 Sulphite-Reducing Clostridia Download
WPM4 Coliforms & E. coli Download
WPM8 Swab Download
WPM11 Pseudomonas aeruginosa Download
WPM12 Pseudomonas spp Download
WPM13 Total Viable Count (TVC) on Process and Purified Waters Download
WCRY-6 Endotoxins Download
WCRY-7 Total/Intact Bacterial Cell Counts by NxT Acoustic Focusing Cytometry Download

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Waste Water

Coventry Laboratory – Inorganics

Method Code Method Description PDF
WAS001 BOD (5 day) Download
WAS001 BOD (20 day) Download
WAS005 TOC Download
WAS005 Total Organic Carbon (TOC) at pH 7.0 Download
WAS006 Suspended Solids Download
WAS010 Total dissolved solids Download
WAS011 Preparation of Samples for Total and Filtered Metals Download
WAS013 Mercury Download
WAS018 Total, free and complex cyanide Download
WAS019 Monohydroxyphenol Download
WAS022 Total, Kjeldahl and organic nitrogen Download
WAS025 Alkalinity Download
WAS027 Colour scan Download
WAS029 Fluoride by ion selective electrode Download
WAS030 Formaldehyde Download
WAS033 Sulphide Download
WAS036 NH3, Cl, NO2, NO3, TON, OrthoP, & SO4 by Konelab 60 Download
WAS039 pH & EC by radiometer Download
WAS040 COD (HACH) Download
WAS043 Ferrous, ferric and total iron Download
WAS049 Metals by ICP-AES Download
WAS052 Dissolved oxygen Download
WAS059 Salinity using a Hanna test kit Download
WAS061 Redox Potential Download
WAS065 Manual determination of colour using a Cecil 1010 spectrophotometer Download
WAS066 Determination of Turbidity using a Hach Turbidimeter Model 2100AN -
WAS067 Determination of ammonia, chloride, nitrate, total oxidised nitrogen (TON), nitrite, orthophosphate, sulphate and reactive silica Download
WAS071 Mercury via atomic fluorescence Download
WAS072 Metals by ICP-MS Download
WAS074 Transmission Download
WAS075 Free and Total Available Chlorine Download
WAS076 Metals by ICP-MS Download
WAS080 Silver and Copper Download
CON10 Moisture, Total Solid Content and Loss on Ignition on sludges, soils and other solids -
OCM2 Electrical Conductivity -

Coventry Laboratory – Organics

Method Code Method Description PDF
GEO20 Phenoxy acid herbicides, benzoic acid herbicides and benzonitrile herbicides Download
GEO24 Organotin compounds - tri-n-butyltin and triphenyltin Download
GEO35 EH - Total Risk Extractable Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH) C6-C40 Download
GEO37 Substituted urea herbicides and triazines Download
GEO38 Characterisation of Mineral Oil Contamination Download
GEO39 Glycols Download
GEO45 Volatile petroleum hydrocarbons C5-C10 Download
GEO46 Extractable petroleum hydrocarbons (EPH) C10-C44 Download
GEO47 Pesticides and other organic compounds by GC-MS/MS Download
GEO49 Mecoprop Download
GEO52 Epichlorohydrin Download
GEO56 BTEX, trihalomethanes (THMs), chlorinated solvents, styrene & MTBE Download
GEO58 NDMA Download
GEO62 Pyridine Download
GEO67 Selected Pharmaceuticals Download
GEO70 Nonylphenol, Octylphenol and Nonylphenol Ethoxylates Download
GEO73 Phenoxyalkanoic herbicides and phenolic compounds Download
GEO74 6:2 and 8:2 Fluorotelomer alcohol (FTOH's) Download
GEO75 Steroids by GC-MSMS with negative chemical ionisation Download
GEO76 Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) in Water by Headspace Download
GEO78 Trace level Pesticides and selected non-polar organic compounds Download
GEO79 Trace level Pesticides and selected non-polar organic compounds Download
GEO80 HBCDD Download
GEO81 PAH compounds in environmental waters Download
GEO82 Emerging Organic Contaminants for the EU Water Framework Directive Download
GEO83 Emerging Organic Contaminants for the EU Water Framework Directive Download
GEO85 Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) Download
GEO87 Siloxanes Download
GEO88 Per and Polyfluorinated (PFAS) - 48 compounds Download
GEO91 Bisphenol A Download
GEO93 4-Tert-Butylphenol Download
GEO94 Semi volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) Download
GEO95 Benzotriazole and Tolytriazole Download
GEO96 Solvents by Headspace GCMS Download
CON17 Volatile fatty acids Download
CON27 Determination of bromide, Chloride and sulphate Download
62 Dissolved Methane by Headspace / Gas Chromatography - GW Download
326 TCEP and TCPP Download

Coventry Laboratory – Microbiology: see Coventry Microbiology (Drinking & Waste Water).

Wakefield Laboratory – Inorganics

Method Code Method Description PDF
WWC4 Settling Download
WWC8 Metals ICP-OES Download
WWC9 Alkalinity Download
WWC11 BOD Download
WWC13 COD Download
WWC14 pH & EC Download
WWC17 Mercury by ICP-MS Download
WWC19 Total and Kjeldahl Nitrogen Download
WWC21 Suspended and ashed suspended solids and suspended volatile matter Download
WWC25 Turbidity Download
WWC46 Total and Low Level Metals by ICP-MS Download
WWC48 Water Insoluble Fat (NVM) Download
WWC50 Anions by Colorimetry Download

Wakefield Laboratory – Organics

Method Code Method Description PDF
WWC1 Waste GCMS Scan Download
WWC2 Mineral Oil Download

Wakefield Laboratory – Microbiology

Method Code Method Description PDF
WWM1 Salmonella Download
WWM2 E. coli Filtrate Download
WWM4 Total & Faecal Coliforms Download
WWM5 Waste Enterococci Download

Hawarden Laboratory – Inorganics

Method Code Method Description PDF
TM005 Manganese II Download
TM021 Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) by Gravimetry Method Download
TM022 Total Suspended Solids (TSS) Download
TM044 Silica in waters by Palintest test kit Download
TM045 Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) Download
TM046 Dissolved Oxygen in Waters Download
TM090 Total and Dissolved Organic and Inorganic Carbon Download
TM094 Acidity in water, leachates and soil Samples Download
TM099 Ammoniacal Nitrogen Download
TM101 Sulphide Download
TM104 Fluoride Download
TM107 Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) Download
TM110 Redox Potential Download
TM125 Ferrous Iron (Fe II) Download
TM139 Total Solids Download
TM152 Dissolved Metals Download
TM183 Mercury Download
TM184 Mixed Anions Download
TM187 Dissolved Oxygen (DO) Download
TM195 Turbidity Download
TM212 Total Nitrogen Download
TM220 Neutralizing value of liming materials and related substances Download
TM226 Anions by IC Download
TM227 Cyanide Download
TM228 Cations Download
TM241 Hexavalent Chromium (Cr VI) Download
TM246 Chloride in sludge by Kone Download
TM256 pH, EC, TDS, Alkalinity via an automated pH Meter -
TM261 True and Apparent Colour by Spectrophotometry Download
TM272 Free Formaldehyde in Water Download
TM279 Low Level Cyanides Download
TM281 Total Oxidised Nitrogen (TON) in Seawaters Download
TM300 Acid and Alkali reserves Download
TM331 Hexavalent Chromium using the Kone Analyser Download

Hawarden Laboratory – Organics

Method Code Method Description PDF
TM172 EPH Download
TM176 Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds (SVOC) Download
TM178 Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) Download
TM194 Glycols Download
TM197 WHO12 and EC7 Polychlorinated Biphenyl Congeners by GC-MS Download
TM201 Volatile Fatty Acids (VFA's) Download
TM205 Phenols using Solid Phase Extraction, Derivitisation and GC-MS Download
TM208 Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) Download
TM223 Bulk Gas Composition (suite 1) Download
TM232 Volatile Alcohols, Acetates and Ketones Download
TM235 Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH) Download
TM245 Gasoline Range Organic Hydrocarbons (GRO) Download
TM249 Anionic Surfactants (MBAS) Download
TM255 Low-Level Phenols by HPLC Download
TM259 Phenols (8) by HPLC Download
TM265 Low Level Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) Download
TM328 Selected Organotin Compounds by GCMS Download
TM337 Per- and Polyfluorinated Substances (PFAS) -
TM343 Selected Pesticides (Suite I) Download
TM345 Determination of Selected Pesticides (Suite III) in Liquids by GCMS Download
TM346 Chlorate, Iodide and Perchlorate Download
TM383 Fats, Oils and Greases Download
TM398 Selected Pyrethroids Download
TM404 Thiourea and Ethylenethiourea by HPLC Download
TM405 TOP Assay by LC-MS/MS Download
TM411 Acid herbicides by GCMS Download
TM413 Glyphosate and AMPA Download
TM416 Metaldehyde Download
TM420 1,4-Dioxane Download
TM422 Cypermethrin by LCMSMS Download

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Contaminated Land

Hawarden Laboratory – Inorganics

Method Code Method Description PDF
TM008 Particle Size Distribution Download
TM018 Loss on Ignition (LOI) Download
TM019 Anions by IC in Solids Download
TM024 Exchangeable Ammonium Download
TM132 Total Carbon, Organic Carbon, Sulphur & Organic Matter Download
TM133 pH Download
TM151 Hexavalent Chromium (Cr VI) Download
TM153 Cyanide Download
TM180 Easily Liberated Sulphide Download
TM181 Metals Download
TM182 Acid Neutralisation Capacity (ANC) Download
TM193 Air Dried Solids Download
TM221 Sulphate Download
TM222 Water Soluble Boron Download
TM224 Alkali Metals by ICP-OES Download
TM229 Phosphate (bicarbonate extractable) Download
TM230 Alkalinity in Aqueous Sludge and Soil Extracts Download
TM234 Electrical Conductivity Download
TM236 Dry Solids & Total Ash Download
TM242 Fluoride in Soils by Kone Download
TM243 Anions (Cl, SO4, PO4, NO3, NO2) Download
TM244 Ammonium Nitrate Extractable (MAFF) Alkali Metals Download
TM248 Ammoniacal Nitrogen as NH4 in 2:1 soil extracts via Kone Download
TM257 Silica by Palintest test kit Download
TM282 Extraction of Magnesium by BRE method Download
TM303 Acid and Alkali reserves Download
TM332 Redox Download
TM339 Topsoil Density -
TM340 Topsoil Coarse Fragment and Visible Contaminants -
TM341 TopSoil Textural Class -
TM342 TopSoil pH to BS ISO 10390: 2005 -
TM397 Fluoride -
TM408 Forensic Description of Made Ground -
TM418 Mercury -

Hawarden Laboratory – Organics

Method Code Method Description PDF
TM004 Solvent Extractable Material (SEM) Download
TM019 Anions Download
TM059 Whole Oil by Gas Chromatography (GC-FID) Download
TM062 Phenols Download
TM072 Phenols (9) by GCMS Download
TM073 Organochlorine and Organophosphorus Pesticides and Triazine Herbicides by GCMS Download
TM078 Solvent Extractable Matter (SEM) Download
TM087 Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (Oil and Grease) in Solids by Infra-red Spectroscopy Download
TM089 Determination of BTEX and GRO Download
TM116 Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) Download
TM136 Elemental Sulphur Download
TM154 Rapid Extractable Petroleum Hydrocarbons (EPH) Download
TM157 Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) as Aroclor 1254 Download
TM168 Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Congeners Download
TM213 Total PAH 17 and coronene by Gas Chromatography with flame ionisation detection Download
TM218 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) Download
TM329 Simulated Distillation Products from Soil and Water in the Carbon Range C15 – C90 by GC-FID Download
TM336 n-Hexane in Soils and Waters by Headspace/GC-MS Download
TM338 PFAS Download
TM410 Coronene by shaker extraction and GC-MS Download
TM414 Speciated EPH by GCxGC-FID Download
TM415 Extractable Petroleum Hydrocarbons (EPH) by GCxGC-FID Download
TM417 Coal Tar Arisings in Road Top Material Download
TM427 Methanolic Extraction and Headspace/GC-MS Download
TM428 TOP Assay by LC-MS/MS Download
TM440 The Determination of selected PFAS in Soils by LC-MS/MS Download
TM442 TOP Assay in Soils Download

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Soils & Sludges

Coventry Laboratory – Inorganics

Method Code Method Description PDF
87 Loss on Ignition at 440°C Download
CON10 Air-dried moisture, total solids and loss on ignition Download

Coventry Laboratory – Microbiology

Method Code Method Description PDF
W24 Escherichia coli per gram dry weight by membrane filtration Download
W25 Escherichia coli in Sludge, Soil and other solids Download
W32 Selected microbiological organisms per gram dry weight by membrane filtration for sludge, soils and other solids Download
W60 Biological report by microscopy on activated sludge Download
MALDI-ToF Confirmation All Microbiology determinands utilising a culture-based method Download

Coventry Laboratory – Preparation of Leachates and Soils

Method Code Method Description PDF
NRA NRA LEACH TEST Download
NRA BSEN 12457 PART 3 LEACH TEST -

Wakefield Laboratory – Inorganics

Method Code Method Description PDF
WSC1 Alkalinity Download
WSC6 Metals ICP-OES (Al, As, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Mo, Na, Ni, P, Pb, S, Sn, V, Zn) Download
WSC8 Kjeldahl N & Total P Download
WSC11 pH Download
WSC12 Total Dry Solids and Ash Solids (Moisture and LOI) Download
WSC13 Maff K + Mg Download
WSC14 Maff P Download
WSC15 Soils Preparation Download
WSC17 Soil Density issued Download
WSC18 Fluoride Download
WSC19 Ammonia Preparation Download

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Landfill Gas

Hawarden Laboratory – Organics

Method Code Method Description PDF
TM053 Bulk Gas Analysis Download
TM147 Phenols by GCMS Download
TM330 TO-15 VOCs Download
TM335 Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Atmospheric, Subslab and Soilgas samples using Gas Chromatography with Mass Selective Detection Download

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Specialist Methods

Coventry Laboratory – Dusts

Method Code Method Description PDF
74 Total deposited dusts Download
75 Suspended dust deposits on membrane Filters Download
76 Airborne Particulate Matter Download
77 Directional Dust Download

Coventry Laboratory – Taste & Odour

Method Code Method Description PDF
W56 Qualitative & Quantitative Taste and Odour Download
W62 Appearance and Qualitative Taste and Odour Download

Coventry Laboratory – Waste Sector

Method Code Method Description PDF
WSM004 Leaching Characteristics of Moulded or Monolithic Building or Waste Materials - Determination of Leaching of Inorganic Components with the Diffusion Test. (The Tank Test) Download

Wakefield Laboratory – Ecotoxicology

Method Code Method Description PDF
WTOX03 Respiration Inhibition Test Download
WTOX04 Nitrification Inhibition Test Download

Wakefield Laboratory – Taste & Odour

Method Code Method Description PDF
WPM7 Non-Regulatory Samples Taste & Odour Qualitative - England and Wales Download
WPM10 Qualitative and Quantitative Taste & Odour - Scotland Download

Hawarden Laboratory – Asbestos

Method Code Method Description PDF
TM048 Identification of Asbestos in Soils, Ballasts, Aggregates etc. Download
TM304 Asbestos Quantification in Soils Download

Hawarden Laboratory – Dust

Method Code Method Description PDF
TM253 Determination of Dust Download

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