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Coventry – Microbiology
Wakefield – Inorganics
Wakefield – Organics
Wakefield – Microbiology
| Method Code | Method Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Method Code | Method Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Method Code | Method Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Method Code | Method Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Method Code | Method Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | - |
| Method Code | Method Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 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).
| Method Code | Method Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Method Code | Method Description | |
|---|---|---|
| WWM1 | Salmonella | Download |
| WWM2 | E. coli Filtrate | Download |
| WWM4 | Total & Faecal Coliforms | Download |
| WWM5 | Waste Enterococci | Download |
| Method Code | Method Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Method Code | Method Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Method Code | Method Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | - |
| Method Code | Method Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Method Code | Method Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 87 | Loss on Ignition at 440°C | Download |
| CON10 | Air-dried moisture, total solids and loss on ignition | Download |
| Method Code | Method Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Method Code | Method Description | |
|---|---|---|
| NRA | NRA LEACH TEST | Download |
| NRA | BSEN 12457 PART 3 LEACH TEST | - |
| Method Code | Method Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Method Code | Method Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 74 | Total deposited dusts | Download |
| 75 | Suspended dust deposits on membrane Filters | Download |
| 76 | Airborne Particulate Matter | Download |
| 77 | Directional Dust | Download |
| Method Code | Method Description | |
|---|---|---|
| W56 | Qualitative & Quantitative Taste and Odour | Download |
| W62 | Appearance and Qualitative Taste and Odour | Download |
| Method Code | Method Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Method Code | Method Description | |
|---|---|---|
| WTOX03 | Respiration Inhibition Test | Download |
| WTOX04 | Nitrification Inhibition Test | Download |
| Method Code | Method Description | |
|---|---|---|
| WPM7 | Non-Regulatory Samples Taste & Odour Qualitative - England and Wales | Download |
| WPM10 | Qualitative and Quantitative Taste & Odour - Scotland | Download |
| Method Code | Method Description | |
|---|---|---|
| TM048 | Identification of Asbestos in Soils, Ballasts, Aggregates etc. | Download |
| TM304 | Asbestos Quantification in Soils | Download |
| Method Code | Method Description | |
|---|---|---|
| TM253 | Determination of Dust | Download |