ALS Environmental are pleased to announce that our method for Automated Colour Scan using Shimadzu UV/Vis Spectrophotometer is now accredited for the analysis of Treated Sewage Effluent, Trade Effluent to Sewer and Trade Effluent to Controlled Waters to ISO/IEC 17025 and the MCERTS (waters) Performance Standard.

MCERTS is the Environment Agency’s Monitoring Certification Scheme and provides formal accreditation in accordance with European and international standards. It is an Environment Agency requirement that data assessed for regulatory purposes is accredited to the MCERTS Performance Standard. To achieve MCERTS accreditation, we are required to undertake a significant validation study to ensure that the method meets the stringent performance targets of the scheme.

Inorganics Manager at ALS Environmental, Christopher Law, comments:

“We are always looking to review our strong portfolio of UKAS and MCERTS accreditation to ensure that we cover our customers’ requirements. Being granted MCERTS accreditation for our Colour Scan method further strengthens our offering to the industry and the market as a whole.”

Most of the wastewater produced by the textile industry is coloured, with the nature of modern synthetic dyes leading to strict environmental regulations. Our Colour Scan method will allow monitoring of the residual colour of wastewater effluent as an indicator of water quality.

The addition of our colour to our MCERTS accreditation portfolio demonstrates our commitment to providing one of the highest quality services within the Environmental analysis sector. To download our latest UKAS Schedule for our Coventry laboratory please click here. Our MCERTS accredited portfolio also includes, but is not limited to:

• Metals
• USEPA PAH
• Turbidity
• Pesticides

By holding one of the broadest scopes of UKAS ISO 17025:2005 accreditation in the Environmental sector, ALS Environmental are your ideal analytical service partner.

If you have any queries about this, or any other analytical offering, please contact us or call 02476 421213.