ANALYTIKUM Umweltlabor GmbH subsidiary Dessau (former ANALYTIK LABOR Dr. Kluda) has been active in the field of environmental analysis since the year 1990, specializing in soil and water analysis. The laboratory has a quality management system in place and regularly takes part successfully in interlaboratory proficiency tests.

Fields of Service

Drinking Water, Groundwater, Wastewater

• Drinking water sampling and testing in accordance with the German Drinking Water Regulation of 2001, without radiological parameters
• Analysis of groundwater, surface water, and leachate
• Water testing for swimming pools and bathing water
• Wastewater analysis
• Testing for small water treatment plants (COD, BOD5)
• Groundwater and surface water testing for concrete and steel aggressiveness

Cooling Water

• Microbiological and chemical analyses
• Testing in accordance with the 42nd German Federal Emission Protection Act (42. BImSchV)
• Testing in accordance with VDI 2047-2

Soil, Recycled Materials, Contaminated Sites

• Testing in accordance with the German Federal Soil Protection Act
• Testing in accordance with LAGA Soil and LAGA building rubble & recycled materials
• Analysis of contaminated sites for identification and declarations
• Testing and analysis in accordance with the guidelines for the recovery of mineral waste in road construction
• Soil and sludge testing in accordance with the German Sewage Sludge Regulation (AbfKlärV)
• Testing in accordance with the German Construction Waste Act
• Testing old ballast according to the German Railway Standards of 2001 (Bahn-Norm 2001)
• Testing road construction material, asphalt, and classification into utilization categories

Waste

• Analyses in accordance with the German Landfill Regulation (DepV) including biodegradability, determined by means of AT4
• Identification and declaration analyses
• Analytical monitoring of landfill sites
• Classification and analyses of wastes, waste chemicals
• Testing of waste oil, transformer oil

Compost, Soil Substrate

• Analysis of compost and plant substrates in accordance with the quality control and testing specifications for compost provided by the Bundesgütegemeinschaft Kompost e.V.
• Determination of plant nutrients
• Detection of phytotoxic properties (cress test)

Analytical Methods

Chemical and Chemical-Physical Tests

• GC-MS: Gas chromatography with mass spectrometry coupling
• GC-FID: Gas chromatography with flame ionization detector
• HPLC (UV, DAD): High-performance liquid chromatography with UV/VIS-detector and DAD (diode array detector)
• ICP-OES: Optical emission spectrometry with inductive coupled plasma
• TOC, TIC, TC: total organic carbon, total inorganic carbon, total carbon
• AOX, EOX: adsorbable organic halides, extractable organic halogenated hydrocarbons
• IC: Ion chromatography
• Photometry (spectral photometer): ammonia, nitrite, phosphate, iron (II), chrome VI, COD (cuvette test), phenol index, anionic surfactants, sulfide (H2S), cyanide

Chemical-Biological Tests

• BSB5: Biochemical oxygen demand in 5 days
• Luminescent bacteria test: Determination of the inhibitory effect of wastewater or water samples on the light emission of luminescent bacteria (Vibrio fischeri)
• Chlorophyll/pheophytin: Photometric determination with methanol extraction
• AT4: Respiration activity after 4 days, microbiologically degradable portion
• Zahn-Wellens Test: Determination of the biodegradability of wastewater by means of DOC measurement.

Microbiological Test in Accordance with the German Drinking Water Ordinance (TrinkwV)

• Colony count 22°C / 36°C
• Escherichia Coli / Coliform bacteria
• Intestinal Enterococci
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa
• Legionella
• Total plate count

Cooling Water Tests in Accordance with 42. BImSchV and VDI 2047-2

• Colony count 22°C / 36°C
• Legionella
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa
• Chemical analysis of cooling water