Our comprehensive water and liquids testing suite covers a wide range of parameters. Utilizing state-of-the-art techniques, we ensure accurate and defensible results for every test.

Our team of experts is committed to delivering reliable data, ensuring the safety and quality of your water sources. Whether you’re monitoring water quality and potability, seeking environmental compliance, or researching new formulations, trust our expertise.

Microbiology:

The NALS is certified for water microbiology testing with the BC Provincial Health Officer, and can analyze the following microbial parameters in water and wastewater samples:

• Total Coliforms *
• E-coli *
• Heterotrophic Plate Counts (HPC)

*Only Total coliforms and E-coli parameters are under our Scope of Accreditation.

Metals Analysis:

Our laboratory is equipped with advanced ICP-OES and ICP-MS instrumentation for metals (total or dissolved) analysis in drinking water, groundwater, surface water, mine tailings and effluent/wastewater samples.

Aluminum	Europium	Nickel	Thallium
Antimony	Gadolinium	Niobium	Thorium
Arsenic	Gallium	Phosphorous*	Thulium
Barium*	Hafnium	Potassium	Tin*
Beryllium	Holmium	Rubidium	Titanium
Boron*	Iron*	Samarium	Tungsten
Cadmium*	Lanthanum	Selenium	Uranium
Calcium	Lead*	Silicon	Vanadium
Cerium	Lutetium	Silver	Ytterbium
Chromium*	Magnesium	Sodium	Zinc*
Cobalt*	Manganese*	Strontium	Zirconium
Copper	Mercury	Sulfur
Dysprosium	Molybdenum	Tantalum
Erbium	Neodymium	Tellurium

Parameters identified by an asterisk (*) beside them are under our Scope of Accreditation.

Organic Chemistry:

Through advances in methodology and with a team of experienced scientists, we are able to analyze several organic parameters in your water and wastewater samples. Some of these compounds include:

• Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
• Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)
• Extractable Petroleum Hydrocarbons (EPH)
• BTEX (Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, m,p-xylene, and o-xylene)
• Alcohol (Single Component)
• Unknown Analysis using our advanced GC-MS/MS
• Total Carbon and Nitrogen in Organic Liquids
• Total or Dissolved Organic Carbon (TOC or DOC)
• Volatile Acids
• Chlorophyll (a)
• Oil and Grease
• COD
• BOD5

Inorganic Chemistry:

Some of our inorganic analysis capabilities include:

• Trace metals (low-level)
• Speciated metals, e.g., Cr (VI)
• Anions (Fluoride, Chloride, Nitrite, Nitrate, Bromide, Sulphate, and Phosphate)
• Cations (Na, Mg, Ca, Mg)
• Reactive Phosphate
• Nitrogen species package (Total-N, Ammonium, sTKN, Org-N, and Oxi-N)
• Total or Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (TIC or DIC)
• Nutrients
• pH
• Electrical Conductivity (EC)
• Oxidation Reduction Potential (ORP)
• Turbidity
• Total Hardness
• Total and Free Chlorine
• Colour
• Alkalinity
• Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)
• Total Suspended Solids (TSS)
• Volatile Suspended Solids (VSS)
• Suspended Fixed Solids
• Total Solids (% Solids)
• UV Transmittance
• Langelier Saturation Index (LSI)

Our Water Packages:

Whether you are purchasing a new home, opening a new daycare, monitoring the safety of your school drinking water, or seeking environmental compliance, we are here to help you with providing defensible and reliable water testing results. While you can choose from a wide range of parameters to be tested, we also offer two water testing packages as follows:

NALS Drinking Water Routine Package:

• Total Metals (25-Element Suite: Al, As, B*, Ba*, Ca, Cd*, Co*, Cr*, Cu, Fe*, K, Mg, Mn*, Mo, Na, Ni, P*, Pb*, S, Sb, Se, Sn*, U, V, Zn*)
• Bacteria (Total Coliforms* and E-coli*)
• Anions (Fluoride, Chloride, Bromide, Nitrite, Nitrate, Sulphate, Orthophosphate)
• Physical Parameters (Hardness, Turbidity, pH, and Electrical Conductivity)

NALS Comprehensive Water Package:

• Total Metals (25-Element Suite: Al, As, B*, Ba*, Ca, Cd*, Co*, Cr*, Cu, Fe*, K, Mg, Mn*, Mo, Na, Ni, P*, Pb*, S, Sb, Se, Sn*, U, V, Zn*)
• Bacteria (Total Coliforms*, E-coli*, and HPC)
• Anions (Fluoride, Chloride, Bromide, Nitrite, Nitrate, Sulphate, Orthophosphate)
• Physical Parameters (Hardness, Turbidity, pH, and Electrical Conductivity)
• Ammonium-N
• Organic-N
• Total Organic Carbon
• Total Suspended Solids
• Total Dissolved Solids
• Color
• Odor
• Alkalinity
• Langelier Saturation Index (LSI)

Parameters identified by an asterisk (*) beside them are under our Scope of Accreditation.

Analytical Instrumentation/Equipment List:

• Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES)
• Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)
• Quadrupole ICP-MS (ICP-QQQ)
• Ion Chromatography (IC)
• Total Organic and Inorganic Carbon Analyzer
• Segmented Continuous Flow Auto-analyzer
• Gas Chromatography Flame Ionization Detector (GC-FID)
• Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS)
• Tandem Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS/MS)
• UV-VIS Spectrophotometer
• Electrical Conductivity Meter
• pH Meter
• Turbidity Meter
• Chlorine Test Kit
• Dissolved CO₂ Meter
• Dissolved O₂ Meter