We are leading in water testing
Water testing
We provide specialist water testing, including analysis for PFAS, microplastics and water from construction sites. We also provide wastewater analysis to comply with discharge consent limits set by the Environment Agency.
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Wastewater analysis to comply with discharge consent limit
Waters are sampled from a wide variety of sources, but any discharges must comply with discharge consent limits, set by the Environment Agency. We can provide a wide range of tests for routine monitoring, site characterisation, or contamination to water courses. Accreditation applies across a range of matrices including:
Trade effluent
Landfill leachates
Ground and surface waters
Process water
Groundwater contamination
As part of a land contamination assessment, many clients also opt for a groundwater contamination analysis if they feel there is a chance that the contamination has reached the waterways.
This will test whether contamination has led to nearby waterways, as many compounds like solvents and heavy metals can contaminate drinking water and be dangerous to human and aquatic life.
Surface water contamination
Surface water contamination can be a major issue on some sites and it’s essential to do a thorough analysis of any water and its margins to check for pollution, and in particular heavy metals and hydrocarbons. Our testing suites can provide the data required for hazardous/non-hazardous classification required for disposal.
Microplastics testing
Microplastics are small pieces of plastic that are less than five millimetres long and can be harmful to our ocean and aquatic life. They can be unintentionally formed when larger pieces of plastic get damaged and break. Tiny pieces of polyethylene plastic are also added intentionally to health and beauty products such as toothpastes and cleansers. They then pass unchanged through waterways into the ocean.
Using the NOAA method, we provide microplastics testing to quantify microplastics in marine environmental samples and calculate concentrations using a variety of metrics.
Process
Three steps to results
1. Collection
Once you’ve taken your sample, contact our team to arrange collection and we’ll deliver the sample to our laboratory.
2. Analysis
Samples are prepared and analysed by our team of experts in accordance with the requirements set out by UKAS.
3. Report
A certificate of analysis will be sent containing the findings from the test carried out. Reports are issued in Excel and PDF, but can also be supplied in other formats.
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Normec DETS
Blackhill, Consett United Kingdom
Accreditations and recognitions
Quality is central to everything we do
Our laboratories are accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) to the British, European and International Standard for quality assurance in analytical laboratories – BS EN ISO/IEC 17025:2017. The International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) provides recognition to international customers that we are accredited to this standard by a recognised accreditation body. All accredited methods are inspected and approved by UKAS and the full standard covers quality assurance and method-specific procedures. Normec DETS also belongs to proficiency testing schemes, including Aquacheck, Contest, AIMS, AISS, RICE and DCC.
UKAS schedule of accreditation, Consett
Normec DETS Limited, a UKAS accredited testing laboratory No. 2139
UKAS schedule of accreditation, Lenham
Normec DETS Limited, a UKAS accredited testing laboratory No. 4480