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AQA 23-11 and AQA 23-12 trade waste water program*

June 2023

Sample

Analytes

Approximate Conc. Range (µg/L)**

Price***
AUD $

AQA 23-11
S1

100 mL
Waste water
preserved in
2% HNO3   (v/m) and  0.01% HCl  (v/m)
for
total elements

As

1-40

FOR NATIONAL
PARTICIPANTS

Any single participation
sample
$580

Any additional participation 
sample
$240

 

 

FOR INTERNATIONAL
PARTICIPANTS

Any single participation
sample
$790

Any additional
participation sample
$265

 

Be

1-40

Bi

1-40

Cd

5-200

Cr

10-400

Cu

100-1000

Hg

0.5-20

Li

1-40

Mo

15-500

Ni

10-400

Pb

10-400

Sb

50-2000

Se

50-2000

Sn

5-200

Tl

1-40

V

50-2000

Zn

100-40000

AQA 23-11
S2

100 mL
Waste water
preserved in
2% HNO3 (v/m)
for
total elements

Al

200-8000

As

50-2000

B

200-8000

Ba

200-8000

Ca

200-8000

Co

25-1000

Fe

200-8000

La

1-40

Mn

50-2000

P

200-8000

Pb

50-2500

S

75-1500

Sr

25-1000

Th

1-40

U

50-2500

Zn

100-2000

AQA 23-11
S3
750 mL
Waste water

 

mg/L

TDS, TSS and TS (dried at 103-105ºC), Turbidity (NTU)

10-500

AQA 23-12
S1

400 mL
Waste water

Bromide, Chloride, Fluoride

TBA

Chemical Oxygen Demand

TBA

Dissolved Organic Carbon as (dNPOC)

TBA

Ammonia-N, Nitrate-N

TBA

Total Dissolved Nitrogen

TBA

Total Dissolved Phosphorus

TBA

Orthophosphate-P, Sulphate

TBA

AQA 23-12
S2

400 mL
Waste water

Total: B, Ca, K, Mg, Na, P

TBA

Colour, apparent (Pt-Co units)

TBA

EC (µS/cm), pH (at 25°C)

TBA

AQA 23-12
S3

200 mL
Waste water

Kjeldahl nitrogen, total (TKN)

TBA

Nitrogen, total

TBA

Phosphorus, total

TBA

*This program will also include AQA 23-10 Organic Compounds and Pesticides in Waste Water.

** As these samples are real samples, the values given are indicative, based on the range of materials used in previous rounds. These ranges will be readjusted in the dispatch letter.

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