Sample Collection Procedures
Instructions on how to collect water samples for different contaminants for Safe Drinking Water Act compliance at public water systems.
Videos
Written Instructions
- 1, 4-Dioxane (PDF) (July 2020)
- Arsenic (PDF) (March 2021)
- Asbestos (PDF) (October 2019)
- Diquat (PDF) (April 2022)
- Disinfection Byproducts - Bromate (PDF) (February 2021)
- Disinfection Byproducts - Chlorite (for Systems using Chlorine Dioxide) (PDF) (September 2021)
- Disinfection Byproducts (PDF) (April 2022)
- EDB Ethylene Dibromide (PDF) (April 2022)
- Endothall (PDF) (August 2021)
- Field Blanks (PDF) (April 2021)
- Fluoride (PDF) (March 2021)
- IOC Metal, Mercury, and Free Cyanide (PDF) (June 2022)
- Lead and Copper - Community Public Water Systems (PDF) (April 2022)
- Lead and Copper - Noncommunity Public Water Systems (PDF) (February 2021)
- Manganese (PDF) (July 2020)
- Nitrate (PDF) (March 2021)
- Nitrite (PDF) (March 2021)
- Ortho-phosphate, Total Phosphate (PDF) (March 2021)
- Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) (PDF) (August 2022)
- pH (Field) (PDF) (June 2018)
- Radium 226/228 and Gross Alpha (PDF) (March 2021)
- Silica (PDF) (March 2021)
- SOC Suite (Herbicide, BNA, Carbamate, and Glyphosate) (PDF) (September 2022)
- Sodium (PDF) (March 2021)
- Source and Water Quality Parameters (PDF) (July 2022)
- Sulfate (PDF) (April 2020)
- SUVA (UV abs., UV Absorbance @ 254 nm, and Dissolved Organic Carbon ([DOC]) (PDF) (April 2020)
- Total Alkalinity (PDF) (July 2021)
- Total Coliform (PDF) (September 2022)
- Total Organic Carbon (TOC) (PDF) (April 2020)
- Trip Blanks (PDF) (March 2021)
- Tritium (PDF) (March 2022)
- VOC (PDF) (April 2022)
- Water Stable Isotopes (PDF) (March 2022)
Forms
Resources
- Guidance for Successful Sample Submission (PDF)
- Sample Bottles: Visual (PDF)
- Environmental Laboratory Sampling and Analysis Guide with images of sample bottles can be found at Environmental Laboratory website.
