Sample Collection Procedures

Instructions on how to collect water samples for different contaminants for Safe Drinking Water Act compliance at public water systems.

Videos

• Haloacetic Acids
• Lead and Copper
• Nitrate
• Total Coliform
• Total Organic Carbon
• Trihalomethanes

Pictures

• Sample Bottles (Environmental Laboratory Sampling and Analysis Guide) (PDF)

Written Instructions

• Arsenic (PDF)
• Arsenic Speciation (PDF)
• Asbestos (PDF)
• Disinfection Byproducts (PDF)
• EDB Ethylene Dibromide (PDF)
• Fluoride (PDF)
• IOC Metal, Mercury, and Free Cyanide (PDF)
• Lead and Copper
  • Lead and Copper - Noncommunity Public Water Systems (PDF)
  • Lead and Copper - Community Public Water Systems (PDF)
    • Water System Responsibility for Lead and Copper Sampling (PDF)
    • Water System Checklist for Lead and Copper Sampling (PDF)
    • Selecting Lead & Copper Drinking Water Sample Sites (PDF)
• Nitrate (PDF)
• Nitrite (PDF)
• Ortho-phosphate, Total Phosphate (PDF)
• pH (Field) (PDF)
• Radium 226/228 and Gross Alpha (PDF)
• Silica (PDF)
• SOC Suite (Herbicide, BNA, Carbamate, and Glyphosate) (PDF)
• Sodium (PDF)
• Sulfate (PDF)
• SUVA (UV abs., UV Absorbance @ 254 nm, and Dissolved Organic Carbon [DOC]) (PDF)
• Total Alkalinity (PDF)
• Total Coliform (PDF)
  • Total Coliform Sample Collection Tips for Community Public Water Systems (PDF)
• Total Organic Carbon (TOC) (PDF)
• VOC (PDF)