Friday, January 18, 2013

For Many Environmental Labs, Winter Means Housekeeping

It's winter in the northern hemisphere.  For many that means frozen soil and surface water as well as monitoring wells buried under snow and ice.   This translates into a slow period for environmental labs testing wastewater and soil in cold climates.

However, slow doesn't mean idle.  This is a great time to update those MDL studies and technical performance evaluations AND a great time to validate new methods!

Solid-phase extraction (SPE) is not the sole province of drinking water labs.  Wastewater labs can enjoy the same time and cost savings too.  All of the SW-846 methods allow SPE, just reference extraction method 3535 instead of liquid/liquid extraction.  Popular SPE methods include 1664, 1668, 8015, 8081,8082, 8141, 8151, 8310, 8323 and 8330.

If you would like to give SPE a try, contact your regional UCT representative, partner or technical support (dshelly@unitedchem.com).

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