(a) American public health
association ,
American water works association, and water environment federation
"Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater," 24th edition, 2023. The
full text of this document is available in electronic format at:
http://www.standardmethods.org/.
Standard methods include the following:
(i)
9221 "Multi-Tube Fermentation Technique for Members of the Coliform
Group."
(ii) 9222 "Membrane Filter
Technique for Members of the Coliform Group."
(iii) 9223 "Enzyme Substrate Coliform
Test."
(iv) 9260 "Detection of
Pathogenic Bacteria."
(b) Association of official analytical
chemists (AOAC) , "Official Methods of Analysis,"
22nd edition, 2023. Available for
purchase at
http://www.aoac.org.
(c) Ohio environmental protection agency,
"Rainwater and Land Development Manual"; March 2023. The full text is
available in electronic format at:
https://epa.ohio.gov/divisions-and-offices/surface-water/guides-manuals/rainwater-and-land-development.
(d) North central region (NCR) document:
"Recommended Chemical Soil Test Procedures for the North Central Region,"
(Missouri agricultural experiment station SB 1001, Pub. No. 221, (revised)
2015). The full text is available in electronic format at:
https://extension.missouri.edu/publications/sb1001.
(e) U.S. composting council document: "Test
Methods for Evaluation of Compost and Composting (TMECC)," April, 2002.
Available for purchase at
http://compostingcouncil.org/tmecc/.
TMECC methods include the following:
(i)
03.08-A "Classification of inerts."
(ii) 04.01-A "Combustion with CO2
detection."
(iii) 04.02-A "Total
kjeldahl nitrogen, semi-micro kjeldahl technique."
(iv) 04.02-D "Total nitrogren by
combustion."
(v) 04.03-A "Total
phosphorus."
(vi) 04.04-A "Total
potassium."
(viii) 04.06-As
"Arsenic."
(xiii) 04.06-Se
"Selenium."
(xv) 04.10-A "1:5 slurry
method, mass basis."
(xvi) 04.11-A
"1:5 slurry pH."
(xvii) 05.08-A
"SOUR: Specific oxygen uptake rate."
(xviii) 05.08-B "Carbon dioxide evolution
rate."
(xix) 05.08-C "In-situ
oxygen refresh rate."
(xx) 05.08-D
"Dewar self-heating test."
(xxi)
05.08-E "Solvita maturity index."
(xxii) 05.08-F "Biologically available
carbon."