{"id":38,"date":"2026-02-10T23:59:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T23:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecosphere-analytics.be\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2026-04-06T08:55:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T08:55:41","slug":"water-analysis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ecosphere-analytics.be\/index.php\/water-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to ecotoxicology, we provide a\u00a0<strong>comprehensive suite of physico\u2011chemical analyses<\/strong>\u00a0to characterise water and substance quality. These combined approaches deliver a complete understanding of both chemical properties and biological effects. Our integrated expertise ensures reliable, science\u2011based guidance for environmental safety and compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>PACKAGE<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>PARAMETERS<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Alkalinity &#8211; as CaCO<sub>3<\/sub> &#8211; Water                 <\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">BOD5 &#8211; Biochemical Oxygen Demand &#8211; Water<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">BOD<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">C &#8211; DIC (Dissolved Inorganic Carbon) &#8211; Water<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">C &#8211; DIC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">C &#8211; DOC (Dissolved Organic Carbon) &#8211; Water<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">C &#8211; DOC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">C &#8211; NPOC (Non-Purgable Organic Carbon) &#8211; Water<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">C &#8211; NPOC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Elements (&gt; 20ppb) &#8211; Macronutrients &#8211; ICP-OES &#8211; Water<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Ca, K, Mg, Na, P, S<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Elements (&gt; 5ppb) &#8211; ICP-OES &#8211; Water<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Elements trace &#8211; Hg &#8211; Mercury &#8211; HR-ICP-MS &#8211; Water<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Hg<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Elements trace (&gt; 5ppt) &#8211; HR-ICP-MS &#8211; Water<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">N\/P &#8211; Kjeldahl-N\/Total P &#8211; Water<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Kj-N, Total P<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">NUTRIENTS &#8211; NH4-N, NO3-N (conservation with acid, analysis &gt;24h) &#8211; Water<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">NO<sub>3<\/sub><sup>&#8211;<\/sup>, NH<sub>4<\/sub><sup>+<\/sup><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">NUTRIENTS &#8211; NH4-N, NO3-N, NO2-N, PO4-P (analysis &lt;24h) &#8211; Water<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">NO<sub>2<\/sub><sup>&#8211;<\/sup>, NO<sub>3<\/sub><sup>&#8211;<\/sup>, NH<sub>4<\/sub><sup>+<\/sup>, PO<sub>4<\/sub><sup>3-<\/sup><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">P &#8211; PO<sub>4<\/sub> &#8211; Water<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">PO<sub>4<\/sub><sup>3-<\/sup><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">pH &amp; Conductivity &#8211; Water<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">pH, EC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">PFAS (package 29 compounds) &#8211; Water\/Vegetation\/Soil\/Tissue<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">PFAS (package 42 compounds) &#8211; Water\/Vegetation\/Soil\/Tissue<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">pH &amp; Conductivity &#8211; Water<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">pH, EC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Si &#8211; Biogenic Silica &#8211; Filter Extraction &#8211; Water &#8211; (1h, 2h, 3h)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">B-Si<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">SO<sub>4<\/sub>\/Cl &#8211; Sulfate &amp; Chloride &#8211; Water<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">SO4<sup>2-<\/sup>, Cl<sup>&#8211;<\/sup><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">SPM &#8211; Suspended Particulate Matter &#8211; Water<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">SPM<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">SPM &amp; LOI &#8211; Suspended Particulate Matter &amp; Loss On Ignition &#8211; Water<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">SPM\/LOI<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Water Hardness<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For detailed information and pricing, please contact&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uantwerpen.be\/en\/staff\/freddy-dardenne\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Freddy Dardenne<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to ecotoxicology, we provide a\u00a0comprehensive suite of physico\u2011chemical analyses\u00a0to characterise water and substance quality. These combined approaches deliver a complete understanding of both chemical properties and biological effects. Our integrated expertise ensures reliable, science\u2011based guidance for environmental safety and compliance. PACKAGE PARAMETERS Alkalinity &#8211; as CaCO3 &#8211; Water BOD5 &#8211; Biochemical Oxygen Demand &#8211; Water BOD C &#8211; DIC (Dissolved Inorganic Carbon) &#8211; Water C &#8211; DIC C &#8211; DOC (Dissolved Organic Carbon) &#8211; Water C &#8211; DOC C &#8211; NPOC (Non-Purgable Organic Carbon) &#8211; Water C &#8211; NPOC Elements (&gt; 20ppb) &#8211; Macronutrients &#8211; ICP-OES &#8211; Water&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-38","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecosphere-analytics.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecosphere-analytics.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecosphere-analytics.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecosphere-analytics.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecosphere-analytics.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/ecosphere-analytics.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184,"href":"https:\/\/ecosphere-analytics.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38\/revisions\/184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecosphere-analytics.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}