WATER QUALITY ANALYSIS LABORATORY
The Water Quality Laboratory was
started with the inception of the Water Resource
Research Center in 1972. The laboratory's current
staffing includes a Laboratory Manager and one
full time Laboratory Technician. Part time research
assistants are hired as required by analysis work
loads.
The laboratory is equipped to perform
a variety of Water Quality/Environmental Analysis
in support of WERI research faculty, as well as
support of the teaching faculty in the Environmental
Science Program; Chemistry Department, College
of Arts and Sciences; the University of Guam Marine
Laboratory; and the College of Agriculture and
Life Sciences. In addition the laboratory is available
for student thesis projects.
Available Equipment:
Metals Analysis:
Varian Spectra AA 640Z Zeeman Furnace AAS
Perkin Elmer 560 Flame & Furnace AAS
EG&G Princeton 384B Polarographic Analyzer
Organic Analysis:
Varian 3400 Gas Chromatograph with ECD, NPD, and
FID detection
Perkin Elmer Sigma 300 Gas Chromatograph with
ECD, NPD and FID detection
Gow Mac Gas Chromatograph with PID and Coulson
detection
Varian 9100 HPLC with post column reactor with
Fluorescence and Diode Array Detection
Dionex SFE 703 Supercritical Fluid Extractor
Zymark Evaporator
The laboratory is equipped to perform a wide variety
of analysis in Water and other Environmental Matrixes.
Included are:
Environmental
Microbiology
Standard water quality analysis including minerals
and nutrients
Pesticides and Herbicides
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)
Trace Metals
For more information send e-mail
to Mr. Harold Wood: [email protected]
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