Water and Wastewater Chemistry

chemistry AC&T provides chemical analyses for compliance with State and Federal drinking water standards, aquifer protection permits, wastewater AZPDES/NPDES permits, and surface water designated use standards. Constituents analyzed include forms of chlorine, nitrogen species, phosphorus, solids, metals, biochemical and chemical oxygen demand, anions, and total organic carbon. Specialized soil testing is available for contaminant identification, toxicity assessments, bioremediation support and general agronomic studies. Chemical testing and sampling for AZPDES/NPDES industrial and municipal storm water runoff permits are available. AC&T also provides process and surface water contaminant identification.

Commonly performed analysis

  • Alkalinity
  • Biochemical Oxygen Demand
  • Bromide
  • Chemical Oxygen Demand
  • Chloride
  • Chlorine(Free and Total)
  • Chromium, hexavalent
  • Color
  • Cyanide, total or amenable
  • Electrical Conductivity
  • Flouride
  • Formaldehyde
  • Hardness, total
  • Iron, ferrous
  • Nitrogen
    • Ammonia
    • Kjeldahl
    • Organic
    • Nitrate + Nitrite
    • Nitrate (only)
    • Nitrite
    • Total N (TKN + NO3 + NO2)
  • Oxygen dissolved (Winkler or electrode)
  • ORP(Redox Potential)
  • Oil & grease
  • Phenol, total
  • Phosphorus (total and ortho)
  • Silt density index
  • Silica, soluble
  • Solids
    • Dissolved
    • Suspended
    • Settleable
    • Total
    • Volatile
  • Sulfate
  • Sulfide (total and dissolved)
  • Sulfite
  • Surfactants
  • Tannin/lignin
  • Total organic carbon
  • TPHC
  • Turbidity
  • UV254
  • Metals analysis
    • Inductively coupled argon plasma (ICP)
    • Graphite furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy
    • Cold vapor atomic absorption spectroscopy
    • Toxicity characterization leaching procedure(TCLP)
  • Al,Sb,Ba,Be,B,Cd,Ca,Cr
  • Cu,Fe,Pb,Li,Mg,Mn,Mo,Ni
  • K,Se,Ag,Na,Sr,Tl,Sn,V,Zn
  • Gold
  • Palladium
  • Ferric iron
  • Zirconium
  • Soluble metals
  • Mercury






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