Specifications include, but are not limited to: Our goal is to have laboratory resources for compliance analysis of all of the chemicals regulated by EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act and have lab capacity to analyze all of the samples required to be collected in the State of Delaware under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Examples are: Inorganic compounds (IOCs), including asbestos Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), including Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) Disinfection Byproducts (DBPs) Synthetic Organic Compounds (SOCs) Radiological Compounds Microbiological Contaminants 1. Disinfection Byproducts a. The work will supplement and/or be a backup to the Delaware Public Health Lab b. Less than 50 VOC samples anticipated per year c. Most of the samples will be collected and analyzed during the warmest summer months (June through September) d. Analyzed using EPA Safe Drinking Water Act approved method(s) and reporting below the method specified detection limit. 2. Synthetic Organic Compounds a. The work will replace the Delaware Public Health Lab for Pesticides. b. Need primary laboratory services for all synthetic organic compounds (SOC) sampled in Delaware c. About 150 SOC samples are anticipated per year d. Need primary laboratory services for approximately 6 dioxin samples e. Analyzed using EPA Safe Drinking Water Act approved method(s) and reporting below the method specified detection limit. f. Below is list of the regulated SOC analytes and their EPA detection limit. Provide us with a list of test methods for each analyte that you are certified for that will get below the method specified detection limit. 3. Radiological Compounds a. Includes Gross Alpha particle radioactivity, Radium 226/228, Beta particle and photon activity, Strontium, Tritium and Uranium levels. b. There may be a request for Radium 224 (no more than 5 samples) c. About 100 Radium 226 and 228 samples per year d. About 100 Gross Alpha samples per year e. Analyzed using EPA Safe Drinking Water Act approved method(s) and reporting below the method specified detection limit. 4. Inorganic Compounds (Trace Metals) including Asbestos a. The work will supplement and/or be a backup to the Delaware Public Health Lab b. Less than 50 trace metals samples anticipated per year c. Need primary laboratory services for approximately 24 asbestos samples d. Analyzed using EPA Safe Drinking Water Act approved method(s) and reporting below the method specified detection limit. 5. Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) including MTBE a. The work will supplement and/or be a backup to the Delaware Public Health Lab b. Less than 50 VOC samples anticipated per year c. Analyzed using EPA Safe Drinking Water Act approved method(s) and reporting below the method specified detection limit.
