WATER CHARACTERISTICS

Chemical and physical properties

• pH (method: electrochemistry, procedure PB-01)
• electrical conductivity (method: electrochemistry, procedure PB-02)
• salinity (method: electrochemistry)
• NH₄⁺ content (method: spectrophotometry, procedure PB-03)
• alkalinity, HCO₃^2- (method: spectrophotometry, procedure PB-07)
• colour measurements (method: spectrophotometry, procedure PB-11)
• nitrates content, total nitrogen content (method: spectrophotometry, procedure PB-30)
• cyanides content (method: continuous flow analysis with UV detection)
• phenol index (method: spectrophotometry)
• total hardness (method: calculations)
• TOC (method: spectrophotometry, procedure PB-09)
• anionic detergents content (method: spectrophotometry)
• fine particles suspension content (method: spectrophotometry)
• COD (method: spectrophotometry, procedure PB-10)
• fluorides content (method: ionic selective electrode, procedure PB-08)
• mineralization/dissolved mineral compounds (method: calculations)
• turbidity (method: nephelometry)
• dissolved substances content (method: electrochemistry or calculations)

Anions

(method: ion chromatography, procedure PB-04)

• bromides Br^-
• chlorides Cl^-
• fluorides F^-
• nitrites NO₂^-
• nitrates NO₃-
• sulphates SO₄^2-
• orthophosphates HPO₄^2-
• iodides I^-

Elements

• Hg (method: mercury analysis AMA, procedure PB-06)
• Al, B, Ba, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Li, Mg, Mn, Mo, Na, Ni, P, Pb, Si, Sr, Ti, V, Zn
  (method: inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry, procedure PB-42)
• Ag, Al, As, B, Ba, Be, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Li, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb, Sb, Se, Sn, Sr, Tl, U, V, Zn
  (method: inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, procedure PB-37)

Volatile aromatic hydrocarbons

(method: gas chromatography with headspace analysis and mass spectrometry detection, procedure PB-21)

• benzene
• toluene
• ethylbenzene
• 1,4-dimethylbenzene (p-xylene)
• 1,3-dimethylbenzene (m-xylene)
• 1,2-dimethylbenzene (o-xylene)
• styrene
• naphthalene
• chlorobenzene
• 1-chloro-2-methylbenzene
• 1-chloro-4-methylbenzene
• 1,4-dichlorobenzene
• 1,3-dichlorobenzene
• 1,2-dichlorobenzene
• 1,3,5-trichlorobenzene
• 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene
• 1,2,3-trichlorobenzene
• 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene
• 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene
• tert-butylbenzene
• sec-butylbenzene
• 1-isopropyl-4-methylbenzene
• n-butylbenzene
• bromobenzene
• isopropylbenzene
• n-propylbenzene

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)

(method: gas chromatography with mass spectrometry detection, procedure PB-15)

acenaphthylene

• acenaphthene
• fluorene
• phenanthrene
• anthracene
• fluoranthene
• pyrene
• benzo[a]anthracene
• chrysene
• benzo[b]fluoranthene
• benzo[k]fluoranthene
• benzo[e]pyrene
• benzo[a]pyrene
• perylene
• indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene
• dibenz[ah]anthracene
• benzo[ghi]perylene

Phenols

(method: gas chromatography with mass spectrometry detection)

• 2,4,6-trichlorophenol
• pentachlorophenol
• 2-chlorophenol
• 2-nitrophnol
• 2,4-dimethylphenol
• 2,4-dichlorophenol
• 4-chloro-3-methylphenol
• 4-nitrophenol

Amount of mineral oils

(method: infrared spectroscopy, procedure PB-39)

Volatile haloalkanes

(method: gas chromatography with headspace analysis and mass spectrometry detection, procedure PB-19)

• dichloromethane
• bromomethane
• dibromomethane
• bromochloromethane
• dibromochloromethane
• tribromomethane
• trichloromethane
• bromodichloromethane
• tetrachloromethane
• chloroethane
• 1,2-dichloroethane
• 1,1-dichloroethane
• 1,1,2-trichloroethane
• 1,1,1-trichloroethane
• 1,1,1,2-tetrachloroethane
• 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane
• chloroethene
• 1,2-dichloroethene
• trans-1,2-dichloroethene
• cis-1,2-dichloroethene
• trichloroethene
• tetrachloroethene
• 1,2-dichloropropane
• 1,3-dichloropropane
• 2,2-dichloropropane
• 1,2,3-trichloropropane
• 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane
• 1,1-dichloropropene
• trans-1,3-dichloropropene
• cis-1,3-dichloropropene
• 1,3-hexachlorobutadiene

Organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

(method: gas chromatography with electron capture detection, procedure PB-31)

• α-HCH
• β-HCH
• γ-HCH
• δ-HCH
• hexachlorobenzene
• heptachlor
• aldrin
• heptachlor epoxide
• γ-chlordan
• endosulfan I
• α-chlordan
• dieldrin
• p,p’-DDE
• endrin
• endosulfan II
• p,p’-DDD 
• endrin aldehyde
• endosulfan sulfate
• p,p’-DDT
• endrin ketone
• methoxychlor
• PCB 28 (2,4,4'-trichlorobiphenyl)
• PCB 52 (2,2',5,5'-tetrachlorobiphenyl)
• PCB 101 (2,2',4,5,5'-pentachlorobiphenyl)
• PCB 118 (2,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl)
• PCB 153 (2,2',4,4',5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl)
• PCB 138 (2,2',3,4,4',4',5-hexachlorobiphenyl)
• PCB 180 (2,2',3,4,4',5,5'-heptachlorobiphenyl)

Organophosphorus pesticides

(method: gas chromatography with nitrogen phosphorus detection, procedure PB-17)

• chlorfenvinphos
• diazinon
• dichlorvos
• fenitrothion
• fentihon
• malathion
• mevinphos
• parathion-ethyl
• parathion-methyl
• thiometon