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Water & Soil Testing

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We have the best in industry testing facilities to cater various requirements for the soil, fertilizer and water testing.

Soil Testing

  • Soil for organic farming

  • Quantification of pesticide residues
  • Non- targeted analysis of 600 pesticides by using LC-Q TOF-MS
  • Quantification residue of toxic metals [Lead (Pb), Copper (Cu), Arsenic (As), Tin (Sn), Zinc (Zn), Cadmium (Cd), Mercury (Hg), Methyl Mercury, Chromium (Cr), Nickel (Ni)]
  • Microbiological testing [Plant growth promoter Rhizobia, Actinomycetes etc.]

  • Soil fertility

  • pH, Electrical conductivity, Organic Carbon, Calcium, Magnesium, Available phosphorus, Potassium, Zinc, Iron, Copper, Mangnese, Boron, Sulphur,

Bio fertilizer testing [as per requirements of Biofertilizers and Organic Fertilizers in Fertilizer (Control) Order]

Water Testing

  • Drinking water [World Health Organization (WHO)requirements, IS:10500, European Union – 98/83/EC, United States Environment Protection Agency (US EPA)]
  • Packaged drinking water [IS: 14543]
  • Packaged drinking water [IS: 14543]
  • Water for processed food industry [IS: 4251 and European Union – 98/83/EC]

  • Water for swimming pool [IS: 3328]
  • Purified water/ water for injection
  • Indian pharmacopeia (IP), United States pharmacopeia (USP), and other pharmacopeia
  • Bio application grade water [ASTM D 5196]
  • Reagent grade water [USP, ASTM D 1193, IS: 1070, APHA]
  • Ultra pure water used in the electronics and semiconductor industries [ASTM D 5127]

  • Water for storage batteries [IS: 1069]
  • Feed water/ boiler water [IS: 10496 & IS: 10392]
  • Water for cooling towers
  • Water for irrigation
  • Water from natural sources [Well, springs, rivers, lakes, ponds, reservoirs, canal, etc.]
  • Marine water
  • Waste water [Effluent water, STP, ETP]

Methods Applied

Range of methods like Bureau of Indian standards (IS methods), ISO, USEPA, APHA, EN methods, ASTM, etc. with various technologies

Physio-Chemical Tests

  • Organoleptic Parameters

  • Colour, Odour, Taste

  • Physical Parameters

  • pH, Conductivity, Turbidity, Total solids, Total dissolved solids, Total suspended solids, Oxidisability

  • Inorganic parameter

  • Total Hardness, Nitrate (NO3), Nitrite (NO2), Sulphate (SO4), Alkalinity, Barium (Ba), Copper (Cu), Iron (Fe), Manganese (Mn), Fluoride (F), Zinc (Zn), Silver (Ag), Aluminium (Al), Chloride (Cl), Selenium (Se), Calcium (Ca), Magnesium (Mg), Sodium (Na), Antimony (Sn), Mercury (Hg), Cadmium (Cd), Arsenic (As), Cyanide (CN), Lead (Pb), Chromium (Cr), Nickel (Ni), Selenium (Se), Boron (B), Molybdenum (Mo), Borates, Ammonium, Residual free chlorine, Chloride (Cl), Phenolic compounds, Mineral oil, Anionic surface active agents, Sulphide, Chloromines, Ozone, Iodine.

  • Organic parameter

  • Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, Acrylamide, Benzene, Toluene, Xylene, Benzo(a)pyrene, 1,2-dichloroethane, Epicholorohydrin, Tetrachloroethe, Tricholoethene, Trihalomethanes (Bromoform, Dibromochloromethane, Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform), Vinyl chloride, Pesticide residues (insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, nematocides, acricides, algicides, rodenticides, slimicides, growth regulators and their metabolites) , Antibiotic residues, Total Organic Carbon (TOC), Sodium dichloroisocyanurate.

Microbiological

  • E. coli (thermotolerant coliform)
  • Total coliforms
  • Heteterotrophic Plate Count
  • Clostridium perfringens
  • Faecal coliforms (E. coli and Klebsiella)
  • Campylobacter spp.
  • Vibrio choleraea
  • Coliphages
  • Bacteroides fragilis phages
  • Enteric Virus
  • Hepatitis A virus
  • Rotaviruses
  • Cryptosporidium
  • Giardia intestinalis
  • Air quality and surface monitoring for bio-burden
  • Identification and enumeration of microbiological load on various surfaces by using, swab, sponges, contact plate.
  • Monitoring of quality of air in processing area and other environment