Laboratory Service for Drinking Water Analysis (Radiological, SOC, Asbestos)

The purpose of this contract is to establish laboratory services with an Environmental Protection Agency approved laboratory for Safe Drinking Water Act water quality analysis for the state's public water systems. The analysis requested involves national primary drinking water standards for two major groups of analytes and one non-organic analyte. The groups include Radionuclides (Gross Alpha, Radium-226, Radium-228, and Uranium), the Synthetic Organic Contaminants (SOC) group including dioxin and PCB Method 508A, and the inorganic analyte Asbestos. The analysis for these particular contaminants cannot be performed by the Mississippi Public Health Laboratory as it is not certified to perform this analysis. These analyses are required for public water systems under the Safe Drinking Water Act.