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RECORD NUMBER: 1078 OF 2451Main Title | Manual for the certification of laboratories analyzing drinking water : criteria and procedures, quality assurance. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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CORP Author | Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH. Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, Technical Support Center, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Published | 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Report Number | EPA 815-R-05-004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock Number | PB2005-104921 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
OCLC Number | 60492792 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subjects | Drinking water--Testing--Standards--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc ; Drinking water--Analysis--Standards--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc ; Testing laboratories--Accreditation--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Laboratories ; Certification ; Potable water ; Drinking water ; Water analysis ; Water pollution detection ; Chemical analysis ; Microbiology ; Analytical methods ; Laboratory procedures ; Certification ; Regulations ; Implementation ; Quality control ; Quality assurance ; Criteria ; Procedures ; Manuals ; Standards compliance ; National Primary Drinking Water Standards ; Safe Drinking Water Act | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edition | 5th ed. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Collation | 1 v. (various pagings) ; 28 cm. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abstract | Since 1978, the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has implemented a certification program for laboratories performing drinking water analyses for compliance with regulations issued pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act. These laboratories include EPA Regional laboratories, certain Federal laboratories, Tribal Nation laboratories, principal State laboratories in primacy States, and drinking water laboratories in non-primacy States. This manual describes criteria and procedures that EPA uses in evaluating laboratories for certification. EPA has concluded that laboratories that adopt the approaches discussed in this manual will generate reliable analytical data. Consequently, EPA recommends that States follow these procedures and criteria in their certification decisions. This document is the fifth edition of the manual, describing the program's implementation procedures and technical criteria. It supersedes the Manual for the Certification of laboratories Analyzing Drinking Water, EPA-851-B-97-001 (March 1997). |
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Notes | "January 2005." "Supercedes EPA/570/9-90/008, April 1990, EPA-814B-92-002, September 1992, and EPA 570/9-90-008A, October 1991, EPA 815-B-97-001, March 1997." |