Sample Collection Procedures
Instructions on how to collect water samples for different contaminants for Safe Drinking Water Act compliance at public water systems.
Videos
Pictures
- Sample Bottles (Environmental Laboratory Sampling and Analysis Guide) (PDF)
Written Instructions
- Arsenic (PDF) (November 2017)
- Arsenic Speciation (PDF) (January 2017)
- Asbestos (PDF) (January 2017)
- Disinfection Byproducts (PDF) (October 2019)
- EDB Ethylene Dibromide (PDF) (January 2017)
- Fluoride (PDF) (October 2017)
- IOC Metal, Mercury, and Free Cyanide (PDF) (October 2019)
- Lead and Copper
- Lead and Copper - Noncommunity Public Water Systems (PDF) (December 2018)
- Lead and Copper - Community Public Water Systems (PDF) (January 2019)
- Water System Responsibility for Lead and Copper Sampling (PDF) (January 2019)
- Water System Checklist for Lead and Copper Sampling (PDF) (January 2019)
- Selecting Lead & Copper Drinking Water Sample Sites (PDF) (June 2019)
- Nitrate (PDF) (January 2017)
- Nitrite (PDF) (October 2019)
- Ortho-phosphate, Total Phosphate (PDF) (August 2019)
- pH (Field) (PDF) (June 2017)
- Radium 226/228 and Gross Alpha (PDF) (January 2017)
- Silica (PDF) (June 2017)
- SOC Suite (Herbicide, BNA, Carbamate, and Glyphosate) (PDF) (February 2017)
- Sodium (PDF) (October 2017)
- Sulfate (PDF) (October 2017)
- SUVA (UV abs., UV Absorbance @ 254 nm, and Dissolved Organic Carbon [DOC]) (PDF) (June 2018)
- Total Alkalinity (PDF) (June 2017)
- Total Coliform (PDF) (January 2017)
- Total Organic Carbon (TOC) (PDF) (February 2017)
- VOC (PDF) (December 2019)
- Trip Blanks (PDF) (December 2019)
