EPA Regional Laboratories Summary of Inorganic Analytical Analysis Capabilities by Region
| Analyte / Group Name | Sample Media | Analytical Technique |
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| Acidity | Water | Titrametric | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| Alkalinity | Water | Titrametric | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Asbestos | Solids/Bulk material | PLM | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Asbestos | Soil/Sediment | PLM | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Anions | Water | IC | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Anions | Water | Titrametric | X | X | ||||||||
| Chromium, Hexavalent (Cr+6) | Water | Colorimetric | X | X | X | |||||||
| Chromium, Hexavalent (Cr+6) | Soil/Sediment | Colorimetric | X | |||||||||
| Chromium, Hexavalent (Cr+6) | Water | IC | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Chromium, Hexavalent (Cr+6) | Soil/Sediment | IC | X | X | X | |||||||
| Cyanide, Amenable | Water | Colorimetric | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Cyanide, Amenable | Soil/Sediment | Colorimetric | X | X | X | |||||||
| Cyanide, Total | Water | Colorimetric | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| Cyanide, Total | Soil/Sediment | Colorimetric | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
| Cyanide, Total | Waste | Colorimetric | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Fluoride | Water | ISE | X | X | X | |||||||
| Fluoride | Water | IC | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Hardness | Water | Colorimetric | ||||||||||
| Hardness | Water | Titrametric | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Hardness | Water | ICP/Calculation | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Mercury, Total | Water | CVAA | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Mercury, Total | Water | Direct Hg Analysis | X | X | ||||||||
| Mercury, Total | Soil/Sediment | CVAA | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Mercury, Total | Soil/Sediment | Direct Hg Analysis | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Mercury, Total | Tissue (fish &/or plant) | CVAA | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| Mercury, Total | Tissue (fish &/or plant) | Direct Hg Analysis | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Mercury, Total | Waste (oil, drum, etc..) | CVAA | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Mercury, Total | Waste (oil, drum, etc..) | Direct Hg Analysis | X | |||||||||
| Mercury (TCLP) | Soil/Waste (oil, drum, etc..) | CVAA | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
| Mercury (TCLP) | Soil/Waste (oil, drum, etc..) | Direct Hg Analysis | X | X | ||||||||
| Metals, Total | Water | ICP /AES | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Metals, Total | Soil /Sediment | ICP /AES | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Metals, Total | Tissue (fish &/or plant) | ICP /AES | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| Metals, Total | Waste (oil, drum, etc..) | ICP /AES | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Metals (TCLP) | Soil/Waste (oil, drum, etc..) | ICP /AES | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Metals, Total | Water | GFAA | ||||||||||
| Metals, Total | Soil/Sediment | GFAA | ||||||||||
| Metals, Total | Tissue (Fish &/or plant) | GFAA | ||||||||||
| Metals, Total | Waste (oil, drum, etc..) | GFAA | ||||||||||
| Metals (TCLP) | Soil/Waste (oil, drum, etc..) | GFAA | ||||||||||
| Metals, Total | Water | ICP/MS | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Metals, Total | Soil/Sediment | ICP/MS | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Metals, Total | Tissue (Fish &/or plant) | ICP/MS | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
| Metals, Total | Waste (oil, drum, etc..) | ICP/MS | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Metals (TCLP) | Soil/Waste (oil, drum, etc..) | ICP/MS | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Nitrogen (Ammonia) | Water | Colorimetric | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Nitrogen (Ammonia) | Soil/Sediment | Colorimetric | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Nitrogen (Ammonia) | Water | Electrode | X | |||||||||
| Nitrogen (NO3 &/or NO2) | Water | Colorimetric | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Nitrogen (NO3 &/or NO2) | Soil | Colorimetric | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Nitrogen (NO3 &/or NO2) | Water | IC | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Nitrogen (NO3 &/or NO2) | Soil | IC | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Nitrogen, Total Kjeldahl | Water | Colorimetric | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| Nitrogen, Total Kjeldahl | Soil | Colorimetric | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Perchlorate | Water | IC | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Perchlorate | Soil | IC | X | X | ||||||||
| Perchlorate | Water | IC with LC/MS confirmation | X | X | X | |||||||
| Perchlorate | Water | LC/MS | X | X | ||||||||
| Perchlorate | Soil/Sediment | LC/MS | X | X | ||||||||
| Perchlorate | Water | LC/MS/MS | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Phosphorus, Ortho | Water | Colorimetric | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Phosphorus, Ortho | Water | IC | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Phosphorus, Total | Water | Colorimetric | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Phosphorus, Total | Soil | Colorimetric | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Sulfate | Water | IC | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Sulfate | Soil | IC | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
| Sulfate | Water | Turbidimetric | X | X | ||||||||
| Sulfate | Soil | Turbidimetric | X | |||||||||
| Sulfide | Water | Colorimetric | X | X | ||||||||
| Sulfide | Soil | Colorimetric | ||||||||||
| Sulfide | Water | IC, Turbidimetric | X | |||||||||
| Sulfide | Water | Titrametric | X | X | ||||||||
| Sulfide | Soil | IC | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Sulfide | Water | IC | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |