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All Tests and Price List

Prices in these tables include free sample bottles, loan of a chilly bin and detailed instructions. Prices are ex GST and exclude any freight of sample bottles to you and back to the ECan lab if applicable. Sample bottles can be collected free of charge from either the Christchurch or Timaru Office.

Unless otherwise indicated, detection limits are based on clean and uncoloured samples. We do not test trade waste water on a routine basis. Please contact us for more information. Tests for nitrogen, phosphorus and metals on sediments, sludge and soils can also be performed and prices are available on request. Please contact the ECan lab if you wish to do such tests.

If you are seeking a "Code of Compliance"; please contact your district council regarding the requirements as these can vary.

Methods used for the tests in the tables below are available on request.

Download, view and print request forms here:

PDF Document Comprehensive Drinking Water Quality Suite Request Form - 2007 File Size 42kB
PDF Document General Water Quality Request Form - 2007 File Size 36kB

Download and view a hard copy of the tests and price list that are listed below:

PDF Document Water Lab Tests and Price List - 2007 File Size 111kB


Drinking Water Quality Tests

Suite
Tests
Detection limit
Units
Price
(ex GST)

Comprehensive drinking water test

  • Total coliforms
  • E.coli
  • Arsenic
  • Chloride
  • Free carbon dioxide
  • Magnesium
  • Manganese
  • Nitrate Nitrogen
  • pH
  • Potassium
  • Alkalinity
  • Calcium
  • Copper
  • Iron
  • Sodium
  • Sulphate
  • Total Hardness
  • Turbidity
  • Zinc
See individual tests below See individual tests below $126
Limited drinking water suite
  • Total coliforms
  • E.coli
See individual tests below See individual tests below $25
Nitrates
  • Nitrate  Nitrogen (NO3)
0.1 mg/L $12

Swimming Pool Water Quality Tests

Suite

Tests

Detection limit

Units

Price
(ex GST)

Swimming pool suite

  • Staphylococcus
  • Pseudomonas
  • Faecal coliforms
  • Heterotrophic plate count

See individual tests below

See individual tests below

$60

Other Water Quality Tests

Category

Tests

Detection limit

Units

Price
(ex GST)

Microbiological analyses

Faecal Coliforms (FC)

1

CFU/100mL

$23

E. coli

1

MPN/100mL

$25

Total Coliforms and E.coli by Colilert

1

MPN/100mL

$25

Total Coliforms and Faecal Coliforms by MPN (Most Probable Number)

1

MPN/100mL

$30

Total Coliforms & E. coli by Presence/Absence

-

P/A

$15

Enterococcus

1

CFU/100mL

$23

Heterotrophic Plate Count @35°C (HPC)

1

CFU/mL

$21

Chemical analyses

pH

-

-

$6

Conductivity

2

-

$9

Turbidity

0.1

NTU

$9

Total Suspended Solids

depends on sample

mg/L

$17

Total Dissolved Solids

depends on sample

mg/L

$17

Total, Volatile. Solids

depends on sample

mg/L

$4

Acidity to pH 8.3

2

mg CaCO3/L

$13

Alkalinity (as HCO3 or as CaCO3)

4

mg/L

$13

Free CO2 - calculation from pH and Alkalinity

1

mg/L

$5

Langelier Saturation Index

-

-

$50

Absorbance 254 or 270 nm

0.005

AU

$10

Chlorine (residual or free, total combined)

0.1

mg/L

$25

Nutrients

Ammonia Nitrogen (NH3N)

0.005

mg/L

$12

Nitrate + Nitrite Nitrogen (NNN)

0.005

mg/L

$12

Dissolved Reactive Phosphorus (DRP)

0.001

mg/L

$12

Total Nitrogen (TN)

0.08

mg/L

$21

Total Phosphorus (TP)

0.003

mg/L

$21

Nitrate Nitrogen (NO3N) - Dirty samples

0.1

mg/L

$24

Nitrite Nitrogen (NO2N)

0.005

mg/L

$12

Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN)

0.08

mg/L

$34

Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen (DIN)

0.01

mg/L

$24

Anions

Fluoride (F)

0.2

mg/L

$10

Chloride (Cl)

0.1

mg/L

$10

Bromide (Br)

0.05

mg/L

$10

Nitrate Nitrogen (NO3N)

0.1

mg/L

$10

Ortho-Phosphate (PO4)

0.05

mg/L

$10

Sulphate - (SO4)

0.1

mg/L

$10

Boron (B)

0.03

mg/L

$15

Reactive Silica (RSi)

0.1

mg/L

$12

Metals

Calcium (Ca)

0.010 - 0.030

mg/L

$10

Chromium (Cr)

0.010 - 0.030

mg/L

$10

Copper (Cu)

0.010 - 0.030

mg/L

$10

Iron (Fe)

0.010 - 0.030

mg/L

$10

Lithium (Li)

0.010 - 0.030

mg/L

$10

Magnesium (Mg)

0.010 - 0.030

mg/L

$10

Manganese (Mn)

0.010 - 0.030

mg/L

$10

Potassium (K)

0.010 - 0.030

mg/L

$10

Sodium (Na)

0.010 - 0.030

mg/L

$10

Strontium (Sr)

0.010 - 0.030

mg/L

$10

Zinc (Zn)

0.010 - 0.030

mg/L

$10

Chrome (6) / Chrome (3) speciation

depends on sample

mg/L

POA

Total Hardness (Calcium and Magnesium Hardness) - calculation only

1.0

mg CaCO3/L

free

Ion Balance

-

% difference

free

Digestion

$15

Trace elements

Aluminium (Al)

0.002 - 0.003

mg/L

$24

Arsenic (As)

0.002 - 0.003

mg/L

$24

Cadmium (Cd)

0.002 - 0.003

mg/L

$24

Chromium (Cr)

0.002 - 0.003

mg/L

$24

Copper (Cu)

0.002 - 0.003

mg/L

$24

Lead (Pb)

0.002 - 0.003

mg/L

$24

Nickel (Ni)

0.002 - 0.003

mg/L

$24

Other tests

Chlorophyll A (plankton)

0.2 for 1L sample

μg/L

$30

Chlorophyll A (stone)

0.5 for 100cm2

μg/cm2

$30

Ash free Dry Wt

depends on sample

%

$17

Loss on Ignition

depends on sample

%

$35

Dissolved Oxygen by Meter/Winkler (DO)

0.5

mg/L

$6

Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD)

2

mg/L

$35

Biological Oxygen Demand (Soluble) (BOD)

2

mg/L

$70

  Rhodamine (dye tracing)1

0.0002

mg/L

$10

Colour

5

TCU

$10

% Transmission

%

$10

Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC)

0.2

mg/L

$25

         
         

 

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1 This test can be performed by the ECan lab but is not in the lab’s scope of accreditation. If you need to perform this test at an accredited lab we may be able to find an alternative accredited laboratory.

 

 

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