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Services - Water Section

The laboratory is testing packaged drinking water, natural mineral water, portable water / ground water as per BIS standards. The laboratory is also equipped to conduct tests on waste water viz., industrial effluents, sewage, etc as per consents issued by the State Pollution Control Board under the Water (Prevention and control of pollution) Act, 1974 and or as per client requirements. The laboratory has special instruments such as radiation counting system to estimate alpha and beta radiation in ground water.

Products and Tests Performed


  • Acidity
  • Aerobic microbial count
  • Alkalinity(as HCO3)
  • Alkalinity
  • Alpha and beta emmitters
  • Ammonical nitrogen
  • Anionic surface active agents(as MBAS)
  • Barium(Ba)
  • Borates(as B)
  • Calcium (Ca)
  • Chloride(as Cl)
  • Color(hazen)
  • Cyanide(CN)
  • E.coli
  • Faecal streptococci
  • Fluoride(as F)
  • Heavy metals
  • Magnesium
  • Manganese(Mn)
  • Mineral oil
  • Nitrate nitrogen
  • Nitrate(as NO3)
  • Nitrite(as NO2)
  • Odour
  • Pesticides residues
  • pH
  • Phenolic compounds(as C6H5OH)
  • Poly aromatic hydrocarbons(PAH)
  • Polychlorinated biphenyls(PCB)
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  • Residual free chlorine
  • Salmonella
  • Shigella
  • Sodium(as Na)
  • Staphylococcusaureus
  • Sulphate(as SO4)
  • Sulphide (as H2S)
  • Sulphite reducing anaerobes
  • Taste
  • Total coliforms
  • Total dissolved solids
  • Total hardness
  • Trihalomethanes
  • Turbidity
  • Vibrio cholerae
  • Vibrioparahaemolyticus
  • Yeast & Mould count

  • Acidity
  • Alkalinity
  • Aluminium
  • Ammonia
  • Ammonical nitrogen
  • Arsenic
  • Barium
  • Beryllium
  • Bicarbonates
  • Biological oxygen demand
  • Boron
  • Bromide
  • Cadmium
  • Calcium
  • Carbonates
  • Chemical oxygen demand
  • Chloride
  • Chlorine residual
  • Chromium hexavalent
  • Cobalt
  • Colour
  • Copper
  • Cyanide
  • Dissolved oxygen
  • E.coli
  • Electrical conductivity
  • Faecal streptococci
  • Fluoride
  • Free amonia
  • Free carbon Dioxide
  • Iodine
  • Iron
  • Iron
  • Lead
  • Lithium
  • Magnesium
  • Manganese
  • Mercury
  • Molybdenum
  • Nickel
  • Nitrate nitrogen
  • Nitrate nitrogen
  • Odour
  • Oil & grease
  • Organic and inorganic solids
  • Ortho/ dissolved phosphate
  • pH
  • Phenols
  • Potassium
  • Salinity
  • Selenium
  • Silica
  • Silver
  • Sodium
  • Sulphate
  • Sulphite
  • Taste
  • Tempreture
  • Thermo Tolerant (Faecal) Coliform
  • TKN (Total Kjeldhal Nitrogen)
  • Total chromium
  • Total coliforms
  • Total dissolved solids
  • Total hardness
  • Total metals
  • Total Nitrozen
  • Total phosphate
  • Total suspended solids
  • Turbidity
  • Uranium
  • Vanadium
  • Zinc

  • Aluminium
  • Ammonia
  • Arsenic
  • Barium
  • Beryllium
  • Bioassay method of evaluating acute toxicity of Industrial effluents and waste water
  • Biological oxygen demand
  • Boron
  • Bromide
  • Cadmium
  • Calcium
  • Chemical oxygen demand
  • Chemical oxygen demand
  • Chloride
  • Chlorine residual
  • Chromium Hexavalent
  • Colour
  • Copper
  • Cyanide
  • Dissolved oxygen
  • Electrical conductivity
  • Electrical conductivity
  • Fixed solids
  • Fluoride
  • Free carbon dioxide
  • Iodine
  • Iron
  • Iron
  • Lead
  • Magnesium
  • Manganese
  • Mercury
  • Mil & grease
  • Molybdenum
  • MPN (Most probable number Index)
  • Nickel
  • Nitrate nitrogen
  • Nitrite nitrogen
  • Odour
  • Organic matter
  • Ortho/Dissolved phosphate
  • Percent sodium
  • pH
  • Phenols
  • Potassium
  • Residual sodium carbonate
  • Selenium
  • Silica
  • Silver
  • Sludge volume index
  • Sodium absorption Ratio
  • Sodium
  • Strontium
  • Sulphate
  • Sulphide
  • Sulphite
  • TDS
  • Temperature
  • TKN
  • Total chromium
  • Total hardness
  • Total nitrogen
  • Total phosphate
  • TSS
  • Turbidity
  • Uranium
  • Vanadium
  • Volatile solids
  • Zinc