Wastewater Testing
Laboratory Testing and Sample Collection Services
American, one of the country’s leading environmental laboratories, provides analytical services to clients throughout the Tri-State area. American has been providing its clientele with analytical laboratory services to support NPDES/SPDES permits, POTW/IPP’s and various wastewater discharge monitoring programs, studies and special projects for over 20 years.
Wastewater management encompasses a broad range of efforts that promote effective and responsible water use, treatment, and disposal and encourage the protection and restoration of our nation’s watersheds.
Under the Clean Water Act, American Analytical works in partnership with EPA Regions, states, local governments, private businesses, and non-governmental organizations to assist with regulations regarding discharges into surface waters, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure sustainability, and water efficiency.
Wastewater Customers:
American provides services to support many wastewater monitoring programs for the following industries:
- Automobile industry
- Chemical manufacturers
- Energy providers
- Local municipalities
- Industrial Manufacturers
Wastewater Analytical Capabilities
American offers a wide array of analytical capabilities including methods:
- Volatile Organic Compounds
- Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds
- PCBs
- Pesticides
- Wet Chemistry
- Metals
American also offers a wide range of general chemistry and inorganic parameters. We typically employ analytical protocols listed in 40 CFR, Part 136 for samples that are subject to the Clean Water Act, however other approved methods are also used.
Wastewater Program Support
- OSHA Trained Field Technicians
- Sampling Equipment for Composite and Grab Samples (ISCO Autosamplers)
- Sample Pick-up & Courier Services
- Full Service Analytical Testing
- Organic, Inorganic, Metals Analytes, Full Suite Classical Wet Chemistry Testing
- Specialty Testing Methods
Brownfields Program
Analytical Laboratory Services
Services for Brownfields Projects
Issues of contamination, material handling and environmental permitting are critical to environmental remediation , and federal and state agencies have taken serious initiatives to maintain and improve our communities. An in-depth understanding of regulatory programs allows us to develop successful strategies for cost effective and timely project completion.
American is experienced in supporting Brownfields projects for a diverse range of clients and communities. Our experience includes the analysis of soil, water, waste, and material samples for Volatile Organics, Semi Volatile Organics, Pesticides, Herbicides, PCB’s, Metals and General Wet Chemistry.
American performs analytical testing following EPA-approved and program-specific Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs). American is a NELAP-certified environmental testing laboratory, meeting the NELAC standards established for testing laboratories.
With a very experienced staff, extensive quality control, and state of the art computer and instrumentation, American offers the best in analytical services.
Our Brownfields Clients
The laboratory’s clientele covers a broad spectrum, from the top fortune 500 engineering firms to the world’s leading manufacturers and environmental consulting firms. These clients have elected to partner with American as their environmental laboratory because of a long-term commitment to service their needs and provide reliable and defensible analytical data.
Environmental Consulting Firms
Our Roots Go Deep
More than any of the other types of clientele it serves, American understands the difficult and challenging tasks that environmental consulting and engineering firms are faced with on a daily basis. American was born from an environmental engineering firm in the 1990s. It was this background that provided American with the base of services and commitment to quality that continues to shape our laboratory today.
Environmental Consulting Clients Across the Tri-State Region
Environmental consulting firms across the Tri-State region partner with American for many reasons.
- Nationally-recognized Quality Assurance/Quality Control Program
- NELAP, ELAP, and State Certifications
- Consistently high Performance Testing (PT) results
- Experience serving clients throughout the NY, NJ CT and PA region
- Diverse Analytical Data Reporting Options
- CLP-Like Analytical Data packages
- Extensive Electronic Data Deliverable (EDD) capabilities
- Dedicated Project Chemists
- Customized Sample Collection Kits
- Sample Courier Services
- Comprehensive Analytical Testing Capabilities
- Designation as a Small Business Enterprise (NAICS Code 541380)
- Flexibility in providing Expedited Turnaround Times
- One laboratory, one facility, one consistent work product
Industrial Manufacturing
Raw Materials Testing and Analytical Chemistry Consulting
American is experienced in supporting large and diverse industrial manufacturers. Our experience includes supporting corporate environmental laboratory programs for industrial manufacturers in a variety of industries. In each of these corporate laboratory programs, American provides services both directly for the contracting company and through environmental consulting/engineering firms, which represent the client. American has a sustained history of success partnering with many Fortune 500 companies.
Providing Laboratory Testing to Industrial Manufacturers in:
- Automobile Manufacturing
- Chemical Producers
- Pharmaceutical
- Food
- Consumer Goods
- Aviation and Aerospace
- Defense
- Transportation
- Building Materials
- Mining and Natural Resources
Landfill Monitoring
Experience and Reliability
Our landfill monitoring experience includes the support of monitoring programs for groundwater, wastewater and leachate samples. American routinely supports landfill detection and assessment monitoring activities, providing the level of consistency and expertise needed to produce reliable and defensible analytical data. Laboratory analysis is in strict compliance with NYSDEC Subpart 360-2 for Landfills and includes water quality analysis for Routine, Baseline and Expanded parameters.
We Make it Easy
Our landfill monitoring experience includes supporting weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual monitoring events. We provide our clients with sample collection kits that go one step further than most laboratories. Our sample kits are prepared and bagged for each sampling point, taking all of the guess work out of the field technician’s hands in determining the sample containers and preservatives that are needed for each monitoring point. We make it as easy as reaching into the cooler and grabbing the plastic bag with the unique sample monitoring ID. This individualized plastic bag will have all of the necessary sample containers for that individual sample location.
NELAP
American is a NELAP-accredited environmental testing laboratory, meeting the NELAC standards established for analytical testing laboratories.
Common Landfill Monitoring Methods We Perform:
Volatile Organic Compounds EPA 8260
Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds EPA 8270
Appendix IX Compounds
Organochlorine Pesticides EPA 8081
Specialty Pesticides EPA 8081
Chlorinated Hydrocarbons EPA 8081
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) EPA 8082
Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) EPA 8270
Herbicides EPA 8151
Heavy Metals EPA 6010
Mercury EPA 7470/7471
Hexavalent Chromium EPA 7196
Wet Chemistry Methods including Leachate Indicators – TKN, NH3, NO3, COD, BOD, TOC, TDS, SO4, Alkalinity, Phenols, Chloride, Bromide, Color and Hardness
Please contact American to learn more about how we can support your Landill Monitoring Program.