NLS Departments

Description of the NLS Departments

Inorganics

Analysis of many inorganic substances used to determine general water quality including: Biochemical Oxygen Demand, Chemical Oxygen Demand, nutrients and cyanide.

Organics

Applications available for pesticides, herbicides, volatile organic compounds, endocrine disrupters and investigative mass scans.

Microbiology

Comprehensive bacteriological service including Salmonellae, Clostridium and Legionella testing and risk assessment, together with a specialist virology section.

Metals

Variety of applications covering Mercury, Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic and a general range of metals.

Dioxins

Specialised facility offering low level Dioxin and PCB analysis in a range of matrices.

Contaminated Land and Waste

The NLS offers a wide range of MCERTS accredited tests for soils and contaminated land analysis as well as analysis for waste characterisation (including asbestos and landfill gas) and landfill waste acceptance criteria. We can also offer sampling, waste auditing and data interpretation.