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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Oct 2, 2006 This Guide is intended to summarize the State Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory's ability to provide analytical support for the most recent EPA Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) requirements. The SDWA has undergone at least 8 major rule changes for analytical testing since its inception in 1975. Phase II and Phase V regulations increase the number of parameters monitored from 35 to 84 (including regulated and unregulated parameters) and significantly increase the technical complexity of the analytical procedures and instrumentation.
Currently the State of Maine HETL is not certified for Asbestos and Diquat. The State of Maine has been granted Waivers for Glyphosate, Dioxin, EDB, and DBCP. Other tests are available and may be listed in other testing guides: Private drinking water testing, Environmental, or special requests. Prices are the result of regulatory administrative procedures, either from individual price determination, or from the application of the approved regulated hourly rates.
________________________________________________________________ * TEST Conductivity $16.00 _________________________________________________________________ *TEST TNN $31.00 _________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________ * TEST E1 $165.00 (Test E2 with total coliform)¹ ¹IF EPA MANDATES ADDITIONAL DIGESTION, AN ADDITIONAL $17.00 IS NECESSARY * TEST E3 $154.00 _________________________________________________________________ * Test E4 LEAD & COPPER $30.00 _________________________________________________________________ * Test E5 Corrosion Treatment Parameters $66.00 _________________________________________________________________ * Test FLUORIDE $16.00 New Test Code TG ¹ The testing for total coliform now includes the EC MUG confirmation for fecal coliforms and E. Coli at no additional charge for all positive samples. _________________________________________________________________ New Test Code TG Example: TGR2, Two bottle recheck for total coliform $32.00. ¹ The testing for total coliform now includes the EC MUG confirmation for fecal coliforms and E. Coli at no additional charge for all positive samples. _________________________________________________________________ New Test Code Standard Plate Count _________________________________________________________________ New Test Code Turb _________________________________________________________________ New Test: UV Treatment $157.00 This must be done prior to installing UV Treatment as described in the Maine Drinking Water Program UV Light Policy and will test for: PH, Total Suspended Solids, Hydrogen Sulfide, E. Coli, Total Coliform, Iron Bacteria, Total Hardness, Dissolved Iron, Magnesium, Dissolved Manganese, Turbidity, & UV 254nm Transmittance.
________________________________________________________________ New Test Code Pest_CL_PCBS 508 NOTE: This test must be combined with Test O for Phase II and Phase V compliance, this test can not be ordered separately without Test O. PESTICIDE SCREEN- A method for the detection of selected Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Pesticides and PCB's that cannot be seen by method 525.2 at the EPA MCL's. Method: These compounds are extracted by 525.2 and analyzed by EPA Method 508. _________________________________________________________________ * TEST GROW $65.00 _________________________________________________________________ New Test Code HAA_552 ._________________________________________________________________ New Test Code VOC_524 Listed below are all the compounds routinely tested for using the HETL Volatile Organic Test (EPA Method 524.2). Fuel mixtures such as gasoline may also detected by this method; but are not quantitated. If a fuel mixture is detected in your sample we recommend that it be retested by the Volatile Petroleum Screen (GROW) which is specifically designed to test for fuel mixtures.
_______________________________________________________ New Test Code SVO_525 _________________________________________________________________ New Test Code THM_524 _________________________________________________________________ New Test Code Chlorinated Acids _________________________________________________________________ New Test Code Carbam_531
________________________________________________________________ New Test Code Gamma Scan _________________________________________________________________ New Test Code Radon Water _________________________________________________________________ New Test Code Tritium _________________________________________________________________ New Test Code Gross Alpha _________________________________________________________________ * TEST UX $99.00 _________________________________________________________________ * TEST V $215.00 _________________________________________________________________ New Test Code Radium 228 _________________________________________________________________ New Test Code Gross Beta NOTE: HETL ANALYSIS PROCEDURE FOR PHASE II AND V TESTING The HETL has agreed to send water collection kits to those systems identified by the DHE. These systems have been grouped in segments in order to allow better scheduling of complex tests. Sample containers are sent out using the DHE listing. If the water supply chooses not to use the HETL, the bottles should be sent back to the HETL along with a notification to DHE indicating the name of the certified laboratory that will perform the analysis. Filled water bottles should be sent to the HETL the day the sample is taken. Bottles (full or empty) that are not received within a 30 day time frame shall indicate non-compliance with mandatory testing. The names of systems not returning sample bottles will be reviewed by DHE and you will be assessed a restocking fee to cover materials and postage. |
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