SAMPLE CONTAINERS AND PRESERVATION
   
ANALYSES Sample Container Preservative
Biochemical Oxygen Demand P, 1000-ml Cool, 4 deg C
Carbonaceous Biochemical Oxygen Demand P, 1000-ml Cool, 4 deg C
     
Total Alkalinity P, 1000-ml Cool, 4 deg C
Chloride    
Chloride by Selective Electrode    
Specific Conductance    
Color, Visual Comparison    
Density    
Fluoride    
Nitrite + Nitrate, as Nitrogen    
Nitrite, as Nitrogen    
NOX, as Nitrogen    
Nitrogen, Total    
Phosphorus, Ortho    
Sulfate    
   
Solids, Total Suspended P, 1000-ml Cool, 4 deg C
Solids, Volatile Suspended    
Solids, Total Dissolved    
Solids, Total    
Solids, Volatile    
   
Chemical Oxygen Demand P, 1000-ml Cool, 4 deg C   H2SO4 to pH<2
Total Organic Carbon    
Ammonia, as Nitrogen    
Nitrogen, Total Kjeldahl    
Nitrogen, Organic    
Phosphorus, Total    
   
Cyanide, Total P, 1000-ml Cool, 4 deg C   NaOH to pH>12
Cyanide Amenable to Chlorination    
Cyanide, Total ( by IC)    
Cyanide Amenable to Chlorination (by IC)    
Cyanide,  Weak Acid Dissociable    
Cyanide,  Weak Acid Dissociable (by IC)    
   
pH P, 250-ml Analyze Immediately
   
Chlorine Residual P, 1000-ml Analyze Immediately
Sulfite P, 1000-ml Analyze Immediately
   
Oil and Grease, Gravimetric G, 1000-ml Cool, 4 deg C   HCl  to pH<2
   
Paraquat P, 1000-ml amber Cool, 4 deg C
   
Phenolics, Total Recoverable G, 1000-ml amber Cool, 4 deg C   H2SO4 to pH<2
   
Specific Oxygen Uptake Rate P, 1000-ml Cool, 4 deg C
     
Sulfides P, 125-ml Cool, 4 deg C        zinc acetate + NaOH to pH>9
   
Fecal Enterococci P, 100-ml sterile Cool, 4 deg C
   
Fecal Coliform P, 100-ml sterile Cool, 4 deg C
   
%  Caustic P,100-ml None  Req.
   
Cation Exchange Capacity P, 250-ml None  Req.
   
Metals P,1000-ml Cool, 4 deg C    HNO3 to pH<2
   
Hexavalent Chromium P, 375-ml Cool, 4 deg C   
   
VOA (EPA Mthd 624) G, 12 x 40-ml amber Cool, 4 deg C
  G, 8 x 40-ml amber Cool, 4 deg C   HCl to pH<2
   
Semi-Volatiles Analyses (EPA Mthd 625) G, 4 x 1000-ml amber Cool, 4 deg C
     
PCB's / Pesticides (EPA Mthd 608) G, 4 x 1000-ml amber Cool, 4 deg C

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