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Assess Potential Heavy Metal Contamination or Presence of Minerals.

At Alexin Labs, we offer specialized water testing services to accurately identify and quantify these key heavy metals or minerals in your water samples. Our analysis provides the data you need for environmental assessments, permit compliance, and ensuring the safety of water resources.

Why Metals Testing is Important

Comprehensive metals analysis using state of the art equipment to provide a general screening of your water. Listed below are common elements we routinely test for, if there are specific metals not listed, please call or email. In most cases we can send your sample to one of our certified subcontract labs for more specialized analysis.

Analyzing water for the presence and concentration of metals is vital for several reasons:

  • Environmental Monitoring

    Assessing potential contamination of groundwater and surface water near industrial facilities, landfills, and hazardous waste sites

  • Regulatory Compliance

    Meeting the monitoring requirements of RCRA permits and other environmental regulations.

  • Waste Characterization

    Determining if industrial wastewater or leachate exceeds limits for the RCRA 8 metals, which would classify it as hazardous waste. The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) identifies specific heavy metals that, if present above certain levels, can classify waste as hazardous due to their toxicity. Understanding the concentration of these "RCRA 8" metals in water is crucial for environmental monitoring, regulatory compliance, and assessing potential contamination from industrial activities or waste disposal sites.

  • Risk Assessment

    Evaluating the potential risks to human health and the environment from heavy metal contamination in water sources.

  • Remediation Efforts

    Monitoring the effectiveness of cleanup efforts at contaminated sites by tracking the levels of heavy metals in water.

  • Industrial Discharge Permitting

    Ensuring that industrial wastewater discharges comply with permitted levels for these regulated metals.

Heavy Metals We Test For:

We utilize advanced analytical techniques, such as Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) to provide accurate and reliable quantification of these metals in your water samples, often down to very low detection limits.

Our heavy metals water testing services include precise analysis for each of the following heavy metals:

  • Arsenic (As)

    A toxic metalloid that can occur naturally or from industrial sources.

  • Barium (Ba)

    Can be found in industrial wastewater and some natural deposits.

  • Cadmium (Cd)

    A highly toxic metal often associated with industrial processes.

  • Chromium (Cr)

    Can exist in different oxidation states, with some being highly toxic.

  • Lead (Pb)

    A neurotoxin that can leach from plumbing and industrial sources. (Note: We also offer dedicated lead testing pages).

  • Mercury (Hg)

    A highly toxic metal that can bioaccumulate in the environment.

  • Selenium (Se)

    An essential nutrient at low levels but toxic at higher concentrations, often associated with industrial and agricultural runoff.

  • Silver (Ag)

    Can be toxic to aquatic life and is regulated in industrial discharges.

Other metals and minerals we test for include Antimony, Arsenic, Barium, Beryllium, Cadmium, Calcium, Chromium, Copper, Lead, Magnesium, Manganese, Mercury, Molybdenum, Nickel, Potassium, Selenium, Silver, Thallium, Vanadium, and Zinc.

Testing Process for Metals & Minerals

Our comprehensive metals and minerals testing process consists of five simple steps:

  1. Project Consultation (Optional)

    We can discuss your specific project requirements, regulatory needs, and the types of water samples you need analyzed.

  2. Appropriate Sample Collection

    We provide guidance on proper sample collection techniques and the appropriate containers and preservatives required for heavy metals analysis to ensure sample integrity.

  3. Sensitive Laboratory Analysis

    Your samples are analyzed in our certified laboratory using state-of-the-art instrumentation and EPA-approved methods.

  4. Accurate and Detailed Reporting

    You will receive a comprehensive report detailing the concentration of each of the requested metals detected in your water sample, often presented in parts per million (ppm) or parts per billion (ppb). We can also compare your results to relevant regulatory limits.

  5. Expert Interpretation and Support

    Our experienced team can help you understand your results and provide guidance on potential next steps for environmental monitoring or remediation.

Assess potential heavy metal contamination – request metals testing today.

If you need to assess the levels of the minerals and heavy metals in your water for environmental monitoring, regulatory compliance, or waste characterization, Alexin Labs is here to provide you with accurate and reliable testing services.

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