Water analysis wastewater

The complete package for wastewater sampling.

Some types of wastewater facilities require you to take water samples to make sure that the wastewater is clean enough. Your sewerage permit will tell you if sampling is required, what samples you need to take and how often.

Values that are sampled are:
BOD7 (oxygen demanding substances in the water)
tot-P (amount of phosphorus in the water)
tot-N (amount of nitrogen in the water)
E. coli (bacteria)
INTAV

The samples are analyzed by an accredited laboratory Synlab. It usually takes about 2-3 weeks to get an answer. The analysis comes on PDF on your email.

How to do it:
The bottle with the white cork should be filled completely and the bottle with the blue cork should be filled to the “shoulders”, to 4/5ths. The labels on the containers are unique and you fill in your details.
Take the sample in the appropriate place. The provided cold packs should be frozen when you submit the sample.

If you have the possibility to measure the temperature, please do not measure in any of the sample containers. The sample label is a free text field so that you as a customer have the opportunity to write something specific to the sampling.

At SGS drop-off points, you can drop off pre-packed coolers that will be picked up the same day after the deadline and transported to the respective laboratory.

SGS distribution points can be found under files and media.

– The sample should arrive at the laboratory on the same day if it is submitted at an SGS agent.
– If sent by regular mail, the sample must be sent on Monday or Tuesday so that it is not left over the weekend.