Current through Register 1537, December 20, 2024
Qualified applicants may be certified in one or more of the
following matrices, disciplines and categories:
(1)
Potable Water.
Certification in this matrix applies to analyses of drinking water supplies for
purposes of, but not limited to, determining compliance with
310 CMR
22.00: Drinking Water Regulations.
Certification in this matrix may be obtained in any or all of the
following disciplines and categories:
(a)
Microbiology. Certification in this discipline may be
obtained in any or all of the following categories:
1. Total Coliform (Water Treatment and
Distribution);
2.
Escherichia coli (Water Treatment and Distribution);
3. Heterotrophic Plate Count;
4. Total Coliform in Source Water;
5. Fecal Coliform in Source Water;
6.
Escherichia coli in
Source Water;
7. Enterococci in
Source Water.
(b)
Chemistry. Certification in this discipline may be
obtained in any or all of the following categories:
9. Residual Free Chlorine;
12. Total Dissolved Solids;
14. Polychlorinated biphenyls;
16. Pesticides:
h. Hexachlorocyclopentadiene;
21. Volatile Organic Compounds (including
vinyl chloride);
22.
1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP) and 1,2-Dibromoethane (EDB);
33. Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl substances
(PFAS).
(c)
Radiochemistry. Certification in this discipline may
be obtained in any or all of the following categories:
(2)
Non-potable Water. Certification in this matrix
applies to analyses of water conducted in accordance with 40 CFR Part 136,
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants
under the Clean Water Act. Certification in this matrix may be
obtained in any or all of the following disciplines and categories:
(a)
Microbiology.
Certification in this discipline may be obtained in any or all of the following
categories:
(b)
Chemistry.
Certification in this discipline may be obtained in any or all of the following
categories:
2. Minerals:
b. Specific Conductivity;
c. Total Dissolved Solids;
d. Total Hardness (as Calcium
carbonate);
i. Total Alkalinity (as Calcium
carbonate);
4. Demand:
a. Chemical Oxygen Demand;
b. Biochemical Oxygen Demand;
6. Residue, Non-filterable (Total Suspended
Solids);
7. Total Residual
Chlorine;
10. Volatile Organic Compounds
(VOCs):
11. Pesticides:
c. alpha-BHC
(alpha-Hexachlorocyclohexane);
d.
beta-BHC (beta-Hexachlorocyclohexane);
e. gamma-BHC
(gamma-Hexachlorocyclohexane);
f.
delta-BHC (delta-Hexachlorocyclohexane);
12. Polychlorinated biphenyls
(water);
13. Polychlorinated
biphenyls (oil);
15. Semi-Volatile
Organic Compounds (SVOCs):
b. Base/Neutral
Extractables.