Environmental Laboratory Fees

~ Acidity

$31.65

Alkalinity

$23.33

~ Anionic Surfactants (MBAS)

cBOD5

$65.18

cBODf (filtered)

$69.89

~ Chlorate

$42.28

Chloride

$30.23

COD

$34.13

CODf (filtered)

$38.83

CODff (flocculated and filtered)

$68.27

* Colour (True Hazen)

$25.39

Conductivity @ 25°C

$15.50

Dissolved oxygen

$15.50

~ Fluoride

$24.09

* Free Available Chlorine (FAC)

$30.23

~ Halogenated Acetic Acids

$231.30

~ Hardness (dissolved Ca + dissolved Mg)

$46.53

pH

$15.50

* Settleability (SVI)

$20.55

~ Silica Dissolved

$37.68

~ Silica Reactive

$30.23

~ Sulphate

$30.23

~ Sulphide

$67.79

~ Sulphite

$83.15

* Total Available Chlorine

$30.23

~ Total Sulphur

$38.50

* Transmissivity (UV absorbance @ 254 nm)

$17.95

~ Trihalomethanes

$115.65

Turbidity

$15.50

* Volatile Fatty Acids (VFA)

$96.69

Total Nitrogen (TN)

$50.97

Ammoniacal-nitrogen

$30.23

Total Oxidised Nitrogen (TOXN, DIN, NNN)

$30.23

Nitrite-nitrogen

$30.23

Nitrate-nitrogen (TOXN - Nitrite-nitrogen)

calculated

*Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN) calculation (TN - TOXN)

calculated

Total Phosphorus (TP)

$38.90

Dissolve Reactive Phosphorus (DRP, orthophsophate)

$30.23

*Total Dissolved Phosphorus (TDP, filtered and digested)

$38.90

Courier per batch up to 5kg - Outer area 1

$14.17

Courier fee per batch up to 5kg - Shorthaul 2

$17.72

Courier fee per batch up to 5kg - Longhaul 3

$24.80

Courier fee per batch up to 5kg - Inter-island

$44.88

Courier fee per batch over 5kg

Actual costs

Sample preparation fee for MST (per sample)

$76.44

Sample handling fee for outsourced analysis (per sample)

$5.91

Sampling fee for onsite samples (per sample)

$15.50

Sampling fee for offsite samples

Time + travel

Time - Hourly rate for Laboratory Technician

$136.59

Travel - Vehicle rate per kilometre 6

$1.35

After-hours fee (per day) 4

$273.18

Data entry fee per item 5

$4.85

Total suspended solids (TSS)

$25.62

Total dissolved solids (TDS)

$25.62

Total solids (TS)

$25.62

Volatile solids (% VS)

$38.32

Volatile suspended solids (% VSS)

$38.32

~ Total metals digestion fee (per sample)

$16.77

~ Total metals (each, excl. Hg)

$15.08

~ Total mercury (Hg)

$52.79

~ Dissolved metals filtration fee (per sample)

$15.12

~ Dissolved metals (each, excl. Hg)

$15.71

E.coli & Total Coliforms (MPN) (<1 - >2,400)

$54.98

E.coli & Total Coliforms (MPN) (<1 - >240,000)

$76.52

E.coli & Total Coliforms (MPN) (<1 - >24,000,000)

$98.05

E.coli & Total Coliforms (MPN) (single dilution)

$54.98

Faecal Coliforms (MPN) (single dilution)

$54.98

* Heterotrophic Plate Count (HPC)

$54.98

~ Enterococci

$53.15

~ Pseudomonas aeruginosa

$49.60

~ Salmonella

$79.13

~ Staphylococcus aureus

$41.93

~ Microbial source tracking (MST)

Actual costs

~ Total Organic Carbon (TOC)

$54.21

~ Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC)

$72.40

~ Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons

$106.06

~ Oil & Grease (OAG)

$98.38

~ Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)

$210.23

~ Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds (SVOC)

$294.08

~ Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH)

$271.64

~ Total Phenols

$83.15

~ Formaldehyde

$203.14

E.coli (MPN), pH, total suspended solids, ammoniacal-nitrogen, nitrate-nitrogen, chloride, arsenic, boron, copper, iron, manganese, zinc, includes courier and handling fees.

$347.90

E.coli (MPN), pH, chloride, copper, zinc, lead, includes courier and handling fees

$186.35