Description
Water quality can be assessed in a number of different ways in terms of both physical and chemical contamination.
Physical contamination of water can include suspended solids and a characteristic known as total filterable matter, and generally refers to solid material present in the water sample.
Chemical purity of water is assessed for a wide variety of different chemicals depending on the type of water and applicable local legislation.
Chemical analysis of water can include testing for nitrogen compounds, dissolved heavy metals, and total and dissolved organic carbon.
Common water monitoring applications include:
- Determination of suspended solids in water using for example glass fiber filters.
- Chemical analyses of for example heavy metals, dissolved organic carbons (DOC), and ions.
- Microbiological
analyses using membrane based microfiltration methods
