🇨🇿 Výzkumný ústav vodohospodářský T. G. Masaryka, veřejná výzkumná instituce PL
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Výzkumný ústav vodohospodářský T. G. Masaryka, veřejná výzkumná instituce is a laboratory accredited by ČIA under number 1492 (Praha 6 - Dejvice, Czech Republic). Its accreditation scope covers 56 test methods in the following areas: Water & wastewater, Microbiology, Environment. Test objects include: Waste water, surface, drinking and ground water, Surface, drinking water, rainwater and ground water, Waste water, surface, drinking, ground water and rainwater, Surface, drinking and ground water. Most frequently used techniques: by spectrophotometry, by gravimetric method, membrane filtration method.
At a glance
- Accreditation number: ČIA 1492
- Methods in scope: 56
- Types of test objects: 33
- Techniques used: 28
- City: Praha 6 - Dejvice, Czech Republic
- Valid until: 21-11-2029
- Accreditation number
- 1492
- Accreditation body
- ČIA
- Address
- Podbabská 2582/30, 160 00 Praha 6 - Dejvice
- City
- Praha 6 - Dejvice, Czech Republic
- Division
- Laboratorium Badawcze Technologii i Komponentów Środowiska VÚV TGM, v.v.i.
- Valid until
- 21-11-2029
What this laboratory tests (33)
- Waste water, surface, drinking and ground water — 8 methods
- Surface, drinking water, rainwater and ground water — 4 methods
- Waste water, surface, drinking, ground water and rainwater — 4 methods
- Surface, drinking and ground water — 3 methods
- Waste, surface water, rainwater, drinking and ground water, water leach — 3 methods
- Drained sludge, compost, sediments — 2 methods
- Waste water — 2 methods
- Waste water, sludge — 2 methods
- Waste water, surface and ground water — 2 methods
- Waste water, surface, drinking water, rainwater and ground water, water leach — 2 methods
- Waste, surface and ground water — 2 methods
- Drinking, ground water, bathing water — 1 method
- Drinking, surface and ground water — 1 method
- Drinking, surface, ground water and rainwater and waste water, water leach — 1 method
- Liquid sludge — 1 method
- and 18 more
Analytical techniques used (28)
- by spectrophotometry — 8 methods
- by gravimetric method — 5 methods
- membrane filtration method — 5 methods
- by microscopic method — 2 methods
- by titration — 2 methods
- direct inoculation method — 2 methods
- emanometry — 2 methods
- ICP-OES method — 2 methods
- scintillation method — 2 methods
- chemiluminescence — 1 method
- electrochemical method — 1 method
- electrochemically using dilution method and method for undiluted samples — 1 method
- ETA-AAS method — 1 method
- gamma-ray spectrometry using germanium detector with high energy resolution in combination with a multichannel analyser — 1 method
- gas flow proportional detector — 1 method
- and 13 more
Laboratory sections (5)
- Basic Chemical Analysis Department — 20 methods
- Department of Water Microbiology and Hydrobiology — 12 methods
- Department of Radioecology — 10 methods
- Department of Hydrochemistry — 7 methods
- Water Plant Testing Laboratory — 7 methods
Laboratory locations
- Laboratorium badań urządzeń gospodarki wodnej — Podbabská 2582/30
- Dział podstawowej analizy chemicznej — Podbabská 2582/30
- Dział hydrochemii — Podbabská 2582/30
- Dział mikrobiologii wody i hydrobiologii — Podbabská 2582/30
- Dział radioekologii — Podbabská 2582/30
Certificate information
- Certificate date
- 21.11.2024
Accreditation scope — test methods (56)
| No. | Test object | Methodology / Parameters | Technique | Reference document | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water Plant Testing Laboratory | |||||
| 1 | Waste water, sludge | Determination of suspended solids by gravimetric method and calculation of treatment efficiency of WWTP from measured values of specified parameters calculation of treatment efficiency of WWTP from measured values of specified parameters (calculated) Regulated area: Water Plant Testing Laboratory |
by gravimetric method | ZLVZ1 (ČSN EN 12566-3+A2:2014 příloha B; ČSN EN 12566-3, příloha B; ČSN EN 872) | |
| 2 | Waste water, sludge | Determination of suspended solids by gravimetric method and calculation of second level treatment efficiency of WWTP from measured values of specified parameters calculation of second level treatment efficiency of WWTP from measured values of specified parameters (calculated) Regulated area: Water Plant Testing Laboratory |
by gravimetric method | ZLVZ4 (ČSN EN 12566-6:2013, příloha A; ČSN EN 12566-6, příloha A; ČSN EN 872) | |
| 3 | Waste water | Manual waste water sampling Regulated area: Sampling |
VZ1a (ČSN EN ISO 5667-1; ČSN EN ISO 5667-3; ČSN ISO 5667-10; ČSN EN ISO 5667-14; ČSN 75 7315; ČSN EN ISO 19458) | ||
| 4 | Waste water | Automatic waste water sampling Regulated area: Sampling |
VZ1b (ČSN EN ISO 5667-1; ČSN EN ISO 5667-3; ČSN ISO 5667-10; ČSN EN ISO 5667-14; ČSN 75 7315) | ||
| 5 | Surface water | Surface water sampling Regulated area: Sampling |
VZ2 (ČSN EN ISO 5667-1; ČSN EN ISO 5667-3; ČSN ISO 5667-4; ČSN EN ISO 5667-6; ČSN EN ISO 5667-14; ČSN EN ISO 19458) | ||
| 6 | Liquid sludge | Sampling of liquid sludge Regulated area: Sampling |
VZ3 (ČSN EN ISO 5667-1; ČSN EN ISO 5667-3; ČSN EN ISO 5667-13; ČSN EN ISO 5667-14; ČSN EN ISO 5667-15) | ||
| 7 | Solid sludge, sediments | Sampling of solid sludge and sediments Regulated area: Sampling |
VZ6 (ČSN EN ISO 5667-1; ČSN ISO 5667-12; ČSN EN ISO 5667-13; ČSN EN ISO 5667-14; ČSN EN ISO 5667-15) | ||
| Basic Chemical Analysis Department | |||||
| 8 | Waste water, surface and ground water | Determination of chemical oxygen demand (CODCr) by spectrophotometric method Regulated area: Basic Chemical Analysis Department |
by spectrophotometry | ZCH1 (ČSN ISO 15705) | |
| 9 | Waste water, surface and ground water | Determination of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5) electrochemically using dilution method and method for undiluted samples Regulated area: Basic Chemical Analysis Department |
electrochemically using dilution method and method for undiluted samples | ZCH2 (ČSN EN ISO 5815-1; ČSN EN 1899-2) | |
| 10 | Waste water, surface, drinking and ground water, liquid sludge and sediments | Determination of suspended solids (SS105, SS550) and loss of ignition of suspended solids by gravimetric method Regulated area: Basic Chemical Analysis Department |
by gravimetric method | ZCH3 (ČSN EN 872; ČSN 75 7350) | |
| 11 | Waste water, surface, drinking, ground water and rainwater | Determination of ammonium (NH4+) by spectrophotometric method and ammonia nitrogen (N-NH4+), undissociated (free) ammonia (NH3) and inorganic nitrogen (Ninorg.) by calculation from measured values ammonia nitrogen (N-NH4+), undissociated (free) ammonia (NH3) and inorganic nitrogen (Ninorg.) by calculation from measured values (calculated) Regulated area: Basic Chemical Analysis Department |
by spectrophotometry | ZCH4 (ČSN ISO 7150-1; FISH. RES. BOARD 1975; Emerson et al) | |
| 12 | Waste water, surface, drinking and ground water | Determination of nitrite (NO2-) by spectrophotometry and calculation of nitrite nitrogen (N-NO2-) from measured values nitrite nitrogen (N-NO2-) from measured values (calculated) Regulated area: Basic Chemical Analysis Department |
by spectrophotometry | ZCH5 (ČSN EN 26777) | |
| 13 | Waste water, surface, drinking, ground water and rainwater | Determination of nitrate (NO3-) by spectrophotometry and nitrate nitrogen (N-NO3-) by calculation from measured values nitrate nitrogen (N-NO3-) by calculation from measured values (calculated) Regulated area: Basic Chemical Analysis Department |
by spectrophotometry | ZCH6 (ČSN ISO 7890-3) | |
| 14 | Waste water, surface, drinking, ground water and rainwater | Determination of phosphate (PO43-) and total phosphorus (Pt) by spectrophotometry and calculation of phosphate phosphorus (P-PO43-) from measured values phosphate phosphorus (P-PO43-) from measured values (calculated) Regulated area: Basic Chemical Analysis Department |
by spectrophotometry | ZCH8 (ČSN EN ISO 6878, kap. 4 a kap. 7) | |
| 15 | Waste water, surface, drinking, ground water and liquid sludge, water leach | Determination of pH by potentiometric method Regulated area: Basic Chemical Analysis Department |
potentiometric method | ZCH9 (ČSN ISO 10523) | |
| 16 | Waste water, surface, drinking water, rainwater and ground water, water leach | Determination of electrical conductivity Regulated area: Basic Chemical Analysis Department |
ZCH10 (ČSN EN 27888) | ||
| 17 | Waste water, surface, drinking water, rainwater and ground water, water leach | Determination of dissolved solids (DS105, DS550 and DIS) by gravimetric method Regulated area: Basic Chemical Analysis Department |
by gravimetric method | ZCH11 (ČSN 75 7346; ČSN 75 7347) | |
| 18 | Waste water, surface, drinking water and ground water, liquid sludge | Determination of dissolved oxygen by electrochemical method Regulated area: Basic Chemical Analysis Department |
electrochemical method | ZCH12 (ČSN EN ISO 5814) | |
| 19 | Surface, drinking water, rainwater and ground water | Determination of absorbance (A254) by spectrophotometry Regulated area: Basic Chemical Analysis Department |
by spectrophotometry | ZCH14 (ČSN 75 7360) | |
| 20 | Surface, drinking water, rainwater and ground water | Determination of turbidity by turbidimetric method Regulated area: Basic Chemical Analysis Department |
turbidimetric method | ZCH15 (ČSN EN ISO 7027-1, kap. 5.4) | |
| 21 | Surface, drinking water, rainwater and ground water | Determination of chemical oxygen demand by permanganate (CODMn) by titration Regulated area: Basic Chemical Analysis Department |
by titration | ZCH16 (ČSN EN ISO 8467) | |
| 22 | Waste water, surface, drinking water, rainwater and ground water | Determination of acid neutralizing capacity (ANC4,5 and ANC8,3) by titration Regulated area: Basic Chemical Analysis Department |
by titration | ZCH20 (ČSN EN ISO 9963-1) | |
| 23 | Waste water, surface, drinking and ground water and liquid sludge | Determination of water temperature Regulated area: Basic Chemical Analysis Department |
ZCH26 (ČSN 75 7342) | ||
| 24 | Waste water, surface water, ground water and rainwater | Determination of chemical oxygen demand (CODCr) using HACH set Regulated area: Basic Chemical Analysis Department |
using HACH set | ZCH27 (firemní návod HACH) | |
| 25 | Surface, drinking water, rainwater and ground water | Determination of dissolved oxygen by luminescent method Regulated area: Basic Chemical Analysis Department |
luminescent method | ZCH30 (ČSN ISO 17289; firemní návod HACH; firemní návod WTW) | |
| 26 | Waste water, surface, rain, drinking and ground water | Determination of colour by spectrophotometry Regulated area: Basic Chemical Analysis Department |
by spectrophotometry | ZCH34 (ČSN EN ISO 7887) | |
| 27 | Soil, dirt, sludge, sediments | Determination of dry matter and loss of ignition by gravimetric method Regulated area: Basic Chemical Analysis Department |
by gravimetric method | ZCH37 (ČSN EN 12880; ČSN ISO 11465; ČSN EN 15934; ČSN EN 15935) | |
| Department of Hydrochemistry | |||||
| 28 | Waste, surface water, rainwater, drinking and ground water, water leach | Determination of fluoride, chloride, sulfate and nitrate by method of ion chromatography and calculation of nitrate nitrogen (N-NO3) from measured values nitrate nitrogen (N-NO3) from measured values (calculated) Regulated area: Department of Hydrochemistry |
ion chromatography | ZCH31 (ČSN EN ISO 10304-1) | |
| 29 | Waste, surface water, rainwater, drinking and ground water, water leach | Determination of total nitrogen by chemiluminescence and organic nitrogen (Norg) by calculation from measured values organic nitrogen (Norg) by calculation from measured values (calculated) Regulated area: Department of Hydrochemistry |
chemiluminescence | ZCH32 (ČSN EN ISO 20236) | |
| 30 | Waste, surface water, rainwater, drinking and ground water, water leach | Determination of content of metals by ICP-OES method and the sum of Ca + Mg by calculation from measured values Silver (Ag) Aluminium (Al) Arsenic (As) Boron (B) Barium (Ba) Beryllium (Be) Calcium (Ca) Cadmium (Cd) Cobalt (Co) Chromium (Cr) Copper (Cu) Iron (Fe) Potassium (K) Lithium (Li) Magnesium (Mg) Manganese (Mn) Molybdenum (Mo) Sodium (Na) Nickel (Ni) Phosphorus (P) Lead (Pb) Antimony (Sb) Selenium (Se) Silicon (Si) Tin (Sn) Strontium (Sr) Thallium (Tl) Vanadium (V) Zinc (Zn) the sum of Ca + Mg by calculation from measured values (calculated) Regulated area: Department of Hydrochemistry |
ICP-OES method | SAA2 (ČSN EN ISO 11885) | |
| 31 | Sludge, industrial compost, soil, dirt, sediments | Determination of content of metals by ICP-OES method Silver (Ag) Aluminium (Al) Arsenic (As) Boron (B) Barium (Ba) Beryllium (Be) Calcium (Ca) Cadmium (Cd) Cobalt (Co) Chromium (Cr) Copper (Cu) Iron (Fe) Potassium (K) Lithium (Li) Magnesium (Mg) Manganese (Mn) Molybdenum (Mo) Sodium (Na) Nickel (Ni) Phosphorus (P) Lead (Pb) Antimony (Sb) Selenium (Se) Silicon (Si) Tin (Sn) Strontium (Sr) Thallium (Tl) Vanadium (V) Zinc (Zn) Regulated area: Department of Hydrochemistry |
ICP-OES method | SAA3 (ČSN EN ISO 22036) | |
| 32 | Drinking, surface, ground water and rainwater and waste water, water leach | Determination of content of metals by ETA-AAS method Silver (Ag) Arsenic (As) Beryllium (Be) Cadmium (Cd) Cobalt (Co) Chromium (Cr) Copper (Cu) Molybdenum (Mo) Nickel (Ni) Lead (Pb) Antimony (Sb) Tin (Sn) Selenium (Se) Vanadium (V) Regulated area: Department of Hydrochemistry |
ETA-AAS method | SAA6 (ČSN EN ISO 15586) | |
| 33 | Waste, surface and ground water | Determination of selected illicit drugs using liquid chromatography coupled to positive electrospray tandem mass spectrometry Regulated area: Department of Hydrochemistry |
liquid chromatography coupled to positive electrospray tandem mass spectrometry | SOA24 (Anal. Chem., 2008, 80(9); Očenášková et al., CEMC, 2015; Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 2013, 27) | |
| 34 | Waste, surface and ground water | Determination of selected illicit drugs using liquid chromatography coupled to negative electrospray tandem mass spectrometry Regulated area: Department of Hydrochemistry |
liquid chromatography coupled to negative electrospray tandem mass spectrometry | SOA25 (Anal. Chem., 2008, 80(9); LCGC North America, 2011, 29(7)) | |
| Department of Water Microbiology and Hydrobiology | |||||
| 35 | Waste water, surface, drinking and ground water | Detection and enumeration of coliform bacteria by membrane filtration method Regulated area: Department of Water Microbiology and Hydrobiology |
membrane filtration method | MB1 (ČSN 75 7837) | |
| 36 | Drinking, ground water, bathing water | Detection and enumeration of coliform bacteria and Escherichia coli by membrane filtration method Regulated area: Department of Water Microbiology and Hydrobiology |
membrane filtration method | MB2 (ČSN EN ISO 9308-1) | |
| 37 | Waste water, surface, drinking and ground water | Detection and enumeration of thermo tolerant coliform bacteria and Escherichia coli by membrane filtration method Regulated area: Department of Water Microbiology and Hydrobiology |
membrane filtration method | MB3 (ČSN 75 7835) | |
| 38 | Waste water, surface, drinking, ground water and bathing water | Detection and enumeration of intestinal enterococci by membrane filtration method Regulated area: Department of Water Microbiology and Hydrobiology |
membrane filtration method | MB4 (ČSN EN ISO 7899-2) | |
| 39 | Surface, drinking and ground water, soils | Enumeration of culturable microorganism at 22 °C and 36 °C by inoculation in a nutrient agar culture medium Regulated area: Department of Water Microbiology and Hydrobiology |
inoculation in a nutrient agar culture medium | MB7 (ČSN EN ISO 6222) | |
| 40 | Surface and drinking water | Enumeration of Clostridium perfringens by membrane filtration method Regulated area: Department of Water Microbiology and Hydrobiology |
membrane filtration method | MB8 (Vyhláška č. 252/2004 Sb., příloha 6) | |
| 41 | Drained sludge, compost, sediments | Detection and enumeration of thermo tolerant coliform bacteria and Escherichia coli by direct inoculation method Regulated area: Department of Water Microbiology and Hydrobiology |
direct inoculation method | MB10 (AHEM 7/2001; AHEM 1/2008) | |
| 42 | Drained sludge, compost, sediments | Detection and enumeration of enterococci by direct inoculation method Regulated area: Department of Water Microbiology and Hydrobiology |
direct inoculation method | MB11 (AHEM 7/2001; AHEM 1/2008 | |
| 43 | Drinking, surface and ground water | Enumeration of coliform bacteria and Escherichia coli by most probable number method Regulated area: Department of Water Microbiology and Hydrobiology |
most probable number method | MB17 (ČSN EN ISO 9308-2) | |
| 44 | Surface, drinking and ground water | Qualitative and quantitative determination of bioseston by microscopic method including determination of physiological status of organisms and determination of saprobic index by calculation saprobic index by calculation (calculated) Regulated area: Department of Water Microbiology and Hydrobiology |
by microscopic method | HB1 (ČSN 75 7712; ČSN 75 7716) | |
| 45 | Surface, drinking and ground water | Determination of abioseston by microscopic method Regulated area: Department of Water Microbiology and Hydrobiology |
by microscopic method | HB3 (ČSN 75 7713) | |
| 46 | Surface and drinking water, biofilms and culture of autotrophic microorganisms | Determination of chlorophyll-a and phaeopigments by spectrophotometric method Regulated area: Department of Water Microbiology and Hydrobiology |
by spectrophotometry | HB4 (ČSN ISO 10260) | |
| Department of Radioecology | |||||
| 47 | Surface, drinking and ground water | Determination of gross alpha activity by scintillation method Regulated area: Department of Radioecology |
scintillation method | RA1 (ČSN 75 7611) | |
| 48 | Waste water, surface, drinking and ground water | Determination of gross beta activity by gas flow proportional detector Regulated area: Department of Radioecology |
gas flow proportional detector | RA2 (ČSN 75 7612) | |
| 49 | Waste water, surface, drinking and ground water | Determination of radon-222 activity concentration by emanometry Regulated area: Department of Radioecology |
emanometry | RA3 (ČSN 75 7624) | |
| 50 | Waste water, surface, drinking and ground water | Determination of radium-226 activity concentration by emanometry Regulated area: Department of Radioecology |
emanometry | RA5 (ČSN 75 7623) | |
| 51 | Waste water, surface, drinking and ground water, sediments, sludge, WTP sand, water plants and water organisms | Determination of radionuclides emitting gamma rays by gamma-ray spectrometry using germanium detector with high energy resolution in combination with a multichannel analyser Regulated area: Department of Radioecology |
gamma-ray spectrometry using germanium detector with high energy resolution in combination with a multichannel analyser | RA6 (ČSN EN ISO 10703) | |
| 52 | Waste water, surface, drinking, ground water and rainwater | Determination of tritium activity concentration by liquid scintillation spectrometry Regulated area: Department of Radioecology |
liquid scintillation spectrometry | RA7 (ČSN EN ISO 9698) | |
| 53 | Waste water, surface, drinking and ground water | Determination of polonium-210 activity concentration by scintillation method Regulated area: Department of Radioecology |
scintillation method | RA8 (ČSN 75 7626) | |
| 54 | Waste water, surface, ground water, sediments, water plants and water organisms | Determination of strontium-90 activity concentration by oxalate method, measuring the daughter product of ytrium-90 by gas flow proportional detector Regulated area: Department of Radioecology |
oxalate method, measuring the daughter product of ytrium-90 by gas flow proportional detector | RA9 (Metody radiochemického rozboru vod, 1973) | |
| 55 | Waste water, surface, drinking and ground water | Determination of uranium by phosphorescence method Regulated area: Department of Radioecology |
phosphorescence method | RA12 (firemní návod Lumex) | |
| 56 | Surface, ground and waste water | Determination of gross alpha activity – measurement of annealing residue by a proportional counter Regulated area: Department of Radioecology |
measurement of annealing residue by a proportional counter | RA16 (ČSN 75 7611) | |
Reference standards (131)
AHEM 1/2008
AHEM 7/2001
Anal. Chem., 2008, 80(9)
Emerson et al
FISH. RES. BOARD 1975
HB1
HB3
HB4
LCGC North America, 2011, 29(7)
MB1
MB10
MB11
MB17
MB2
MB3
MB4
MB7
MB8
Metody radiochemického rozboru vod, 1973
Očenášková et al., CEMC, 2015
RA1
RA12
RA16
RA2
RA3
RA5
RA6
RA7
RA8
RA9
Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 2013, 27
SAA2
SAA3
SAA6
SOA24
SOA25
VZ1a
VZ1b
VZ2
VZ3
VZ6
Vyhláška č. 252/2004 Sb., příloha 6
ZCH1
ZCH10
ZCH11
ZCH12
ZCH14
ZCH15
ZCH16
ZCH2
ZCH20
ZCH26
ZCH27
ZCH3
ZCH30
ZCH31
ZCH32
ZCH34
ZCH37
ZCH4
ZCH5
ZCH6
ZCH8
ZCH9
ZLVZ1
ZLVZ4
firemní návod HACH
firemní návod Lumex
firemní návod WTW
ČSN 75 7315
ČSN 75 7342
ČSN 75 7346
ČSN 75 7347
ČSN 75 7350
ČSN 75 7360
ČSN 75 7611
ČSN 75 7612
ČSN 75 7623
ČSN 75 7624
ČSN 75 7626
ČSN 75 7712
ČSN 75 7713
ČSN 75 7716
ČSN 75 7835
ČSN 75 7837
ČSN EN 12566-3+A2:2014 příloha B
ČSN EN 12566-3, příloha B
ČSN EN 12566-6, příloha A
ČSN EN 12566-6:2013, příloha A
ČSN EN 12880
ČSN EN 15934
ČSN EN 15935
ČSN EN 1899-2
ČSN EN 26777
ČSN EN 27888
ČSN EN 872
ČSN EN ISO 10304-1
ČSN EN ISO 10703
ČSN EN ISO 11885
ČSN EN ISO 15586
ČSN EN ISO 19458
ČSN EN ISO 20236
ČSN EN ISO 22036
ČSN EN ISO 5667-1
ČSN EN ISO 5667-13
ČSN EN ISO 5667-14
ČSN EN ISO 5667-15
ČSN EN ISO 5667-3
ČSN EN ISO 5667-6
ČSN EN ISO 5814
ČSN EN ISO 5815-1
ČSN EN ISO 6222
ČSN EN ISO 6878, kap. 4 a kap. 7
ČSN EN ISO 7027-1, kap. 5.4
ČSN EN ISO 7887
ČSN EN ISO 7899-2
ČSN EN ISO 8467
ČSN EN ISO 9308-1
ČSN EN ISO 9308-2
ČSN EN ISO 9698
ČSN EN ISO 9963-1
ČSN ISO 10260
ČSN ISO 10523
ČSN ISO 11465
ČSN ISO 15705
ČSN ISO 17289
ČSN ISO 5667-10
ČSN ISO 5667-12
ČSN ISO 5667-4
ČSN ISO 7150-1
ČSN ISO 7890-3