Wastewater, Sludge, and Biosolids

As States transition from statewide drinking water surveys to looking for sources of PFAS in their region, the focus turns to wastewater and the accompanying biosolids. Municipalities are burdened with identifying which industries might be discharging PFAS to them. Industrial dischargers are faced with identifying what if any PFAS are in their processes, where they are, and how to remove them. All of these investigations include complex matrices with wide ranges of concentrations, potentially high levels of matrix interferences, and this has to be balanced against ultra-trace screening levels or action limits.

With over 20 years of experience and 500,000 samples analyzed, Eurofins has the knowledge and expertise to navigate these murky waters and knows how to generate defensible and meaningful data for the wastewater industry.

• You can request analysis for PFOS and PFOA only, or up to 75 compounds depending upon your objectives
• For more comprehensive characterization of wastewater or biosolids, Eurofins offers advance tools like the TOP Assay, Total Organic Fluorine (TOF/AOF/EOF), and Non-Targeted Analysis
• Eurofins employs Isotope Dilution quantitation, the most robust and accurate analytical approach, especially for complex matrices
• The standard turnaround time is 10 business days, when other laboratories can take up to 4 or 5 weeks
• Testing on a rush basis can provide results in 24 hours