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Water Analysis

Alpha Analytical is a state-of-the-art laboratory providing all aspects of water analysis for environmental applications. Our lab conducts every water analysis project in accordance with federal and state guidelines and the requirements of the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP). 

We support a wide range of aqueous sampling applications, ranging from drinking water, storm water, wastewater, groundwater, and sediment porewater and offer an extensive list of analytical parameters for aqueous samples. These include conventional water quality applications,  regulatory compliance, water treatment and site characterization applications for regulated and unregulated compounds. 

Please see our Emerging Contaminants, Sediment/Tissue, and Hydrocarbon Forensics discussions for an in-depth review of the aqueous samples analyses we provide. To address the environmental community’s considerable interest and demand for analyzing water samples for per-and polyfluorinated alkylated substances (PFAS), visit this page for more information. 

Water Analysis Areas of Expertise Include:

  • Emerging Contaminants 
    • PFAS
    • 1,4-dioxane
    • perchlorate
  • Volatile and Semivolatile Organics
  • Dioxins and Furans
  • Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
  • Pesticides
  • Herbicides
  • Petroleum Analysis
  • Trace Metals
  • General Microbiology
  • Classical Wet Chemistry including Minerals, Demand, Nutrients, Residue, Cyanide, Sulfide and Oil and and Grease

Currently, there is considerable interest and demand for analyzing water samples for per- and polyfluorinated alkylated substances (PFAS) among the environmental community. Please visit our page on Emerging Contaminants for more information.

What Our Clients Are Saying

“Every experience from our very first has been excellent. From Alpha's sales rep to the couriers, we are very impressed with the level of professionalism we have experienced over the past seven years. We have referred/recommended Alpha to close to a dozen other firms doing similar work. ”

Analytical Services

Low-Level Mercury analysis has been added to Alpha’s broad test offerings.