Environmental Laboratory

Environmental Laboratory: types of samples or matrices analysed

Water: inland (both surface and ground), waste, drinking and marine water.
Air quality: sampling support in emissions from stationary sources and ambient air.
Waste: waste for disposal in landfills, for agricultural use, sewage sludge, technosol and leachate.
Soil: potentially contaminated soil and related groundwater.
Sediments.
Biota: fish, molluscs and other indicators.

Environmental Laboratory: testing / analysis parameters

The technical capacity, experience and qualification of the staff in our environmental laboratory allows us to fulfil the analytical needs of the sector:

Global and physical properties
Non-metallic inorganics
Global indicators of organic pollution
Main elements
Metals andelementalanalysis
Organic pollutants: VOCs, BTX, PAHs, PCBs, Pesticides, Phenols, Aldehydes, etc.
Hydrocarbons
Microbiological
Toxicity

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Environmental laboratory accreditations

Our environmental laboratory has been accredited by the Entidad Nacional de Acreditación (ENAC) (National Accreditation Body) as an environmental test laboratory (Accreditation no. 286/LE486).

The ENAC accreditation has been complemented by the ISO9001 Certification incluir logo and the related homologations by several Public Administrations, among them: collaborating entity of the Hydraulic Administration ECAH(incluir logo),test laboratory in air pollution control by the Government of Cataluña, private and independent lab for the analysis and health control of food, water and drinks in the Principality of Asturias.

Specialization and main activity fields

In the last years, EUROFINS ENVIRA Ingenieros Asesores’ environmental laboratoryhas specialized, among others, in different fields of environmental interest, some of which are listed below:

Analysis of polluted SOIL, including groundwater and associated gases: laboratory specialized in HYDROCARBONS.
Analytical characterization of WASTE, classification and studies on acceptance at landfills, DECISION 2003/33/CE.
Specific control in THERMOSOLAR PLANTS: analysis of HTF and other related components.
Control of industrial plants in accordance with the ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORIZATIONS.
Testing for the ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING of Environmental Integrated Authorizations (AAI) and in building works.
Support laboratory to environmental INSPECTION BODIES.
Tests for the control of Automatic Measurement Systems, SAM (UNE-EN 14181).
Analysis of AIR QUALITY sampling supports, ROYAL DECREE 102/201.
Analysis of DRINKING WATER, ROYAL DECREE 140/2003.
Control based on ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS (EQS) for water, sediments and biota, R.D. 60/2011and R.D. 817/2015.
Dredging control accordance with the criteria established by the Centre for Studies and Experimentation on Public Works (CEDEX)
Analytical control in Waste Water Treatment Plants.

Differentiators

Consulting:The environmental laboratoryoffers our clients a specialized team with extensive experience in the control of environmental quality, not only in field works but also in tests, analytical methodologies, updating of methods and knowledge about environmental law (European Union and State laws), giving them the best consulting possible.

Direct treatment:The direct and personal treatment towards our clients is our ” identity marker”. Direct access to the technical or management staff for consulting and solving any doubt. Personalized response to urgencies, unexpected events or specific requirements. Alerts of non-compliances or surpasses of reference values when performing the tests. Consulting on the implementation of improvement processes to avoid non-compliances.

Supply of materials for sampling and samples collection at the sites:The environmental laboratory offersthe possibility to carry out an integral management of the packages and supply of the supports needed for the collection of samples by the clients, as well as mobile coolers and data logger for controlling the temperature. Our logistic senableus to reach most of the territory of Spain and Portugal, both as regards sending the materials to thesitesas well as collecting field samples.

Developmentof newmethodologies: The environmental laboratory offers to our clients our complete equipment and the experience of our staff to develop new test methods for meeting specific needs or new legal requirements, depending on the needs of the client.

On line Queries:The website of the environmental laboratory offers an application to search information about samples analytics. With this application, the client can monitor, almost in real time, the evolution of the samples: reception, track record, results, alerts of reference limits, data exportation to several formats (Excel, Word, PDF, etc.), as well as downloading of test reports in pdf. Data are stored in a webserver, administered by EUROFINS ENVIRA Ingenieros Asesores, S.L., which guarantees the security and confidentiality of the information

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Innovation andevolution

The environmental laboratory, through the specialization in the environmental area, innovation and technological development, is constantly improving its services and widening thescope of its activity to new areas of increasing interest.

Projects integrating Health and the Environment.
Room air quality.
Occupational Health.
Food Safety.