State General Laboratory Annual Report 2018

36 State General laboratory Annual Report 2018 Water Drinking water, bottled water (including natural mineral water)  Physicochemical parameters / Anions / Cations (Conductivity, pH, Chlorides, Sulphates, Nitrates, Nitrites, Sodium, Boron, Ammonium, Fluorides, Total Organic Carbon, Cyanides), heavy metals (Lead, Cadmium, Chromium, Nickel, Arsenic, Selenium, Antimony, Mercury, Manganese, Copper, Aluminium, Iron, Barium)  Organic pollutants (THMs, pesticides, VOCs, PAHs, organic micropollutants)  Radioactivity levels (Gamma Radionuclides, Gross α/β- activity, Uranium radioisotopes)  Microbiological control (Total coliforms, Escherichia coli, Enterococci, Pseudomonas aeruginosa , Total Bacterial Count at 22 & 37 o C, Sulphite reducing clostridia, Clostridium perfringens , Legionella species). 2018 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Microbiological analysis of drinking water (2009-2018) Number of samples 0 2.000 4.000 6.000 8.000 9.000 10.000 7.000 5.000 3.000 1.000 Water for haemodyalisis Ships Bowsers Central reservoirs Springs/Bore holes Samples analysed for Endotoxins Samples analysed for Legionella Water dispensers Water supply Microbiological control of drinking water over the years 2009 - 2018  Determination of toxicity [Tap water: Microtox Test using Vibrio fischeri (EC10-TU10 measured at 5', 15' and 30' / Water from water refineries: {EC20-TU20 or (depending on the stage of the process) EC10-TU10 measured at 5', 15' and 30'}]. Also Thamnotox test using Thamnocephalus platyurus is applied on tap water and water from water refineries {LC50-TU50 measured at 24Hrs}). Surface and ground water (dams, rivers, freshwater, underground water, boreholes, salt lakes)  Chemical control (pH, Conductivity, Sodium, Potassium, Calcium, Magnesium, Chromium, Zinc, Copper, BOD5, COD, Mercury, Cadmium, Lead, Nickel, Boron, Barium, Iron, Maganese, Cobalt, Arsenic, Total Phosphorus, Free Ammonium, Total Ammonium, Chlorides, Sulfates, Fluorides, Silicates, Total Hardness Carbonates, Bicarbonates, Nitrites, Total Alkalinity, Total residual chlorine, Suspended solids, Total Organic Carbon (TOC), VOCs, Pesticides, PAHs, Organic micro- pollutants, PCBs, Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) and Nitrates)