🇵🇱 GŁÓWNY INSPEKTORAT OCHRONY ŚRODOWISKA PL
Water & wastewaterEnvironment
GŁÓWNY INSPEKTORAT OCHRONY ŚRODOWISKA is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 188 (Warszawa, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 76 test methods in the following areas: Water & wastewater, Environment. Test objects include: Water, Wastewater, Wastewater, Water, Soil. Most frequently used techniques: Continuous flow analysis (CFA) with spectrophotometric detection, Electrochemical method, Potentiometric method.
At a glance
- Accreditation number: PCA AB 188
- Methods in scope: 76
- Types of test objects: 12
- Techniques used: 18
- City: Warszawa, Poland
- Accreditation number
- AB 188
- Accreditation body
- PCA
- Address
- ul. Chmielna 132/134, 00-805 Warszawa, CENTRALNE LABORATORIUM BADAWCZE, ODDZIAŁ W KATOWICACH
- City
- Warszawa, Poland
What this laboratory tests (12)
- Water, Wastewater — 39 methods
- Wastewater — 7 methods
- Water — 7 methods
- Soil — 5 methods
- Groundwater — 4 methods
- Surface waters — 4 methods
- Surface waters (dam reservoirs) — 3 methods
- General environment - noise from installations, equipment and industrial plants — 2 methods
- General environment - noise from roads, railway lines, tram lines — 2 methods
- Sewage sludge — 1 method
- Soils — 1 method
- Waste — 1 method
Analytical techniques used (18)
- Continuous flow analysis (CFA) with spectrophotometric detection — 9 methods
- Electrochemical method — 7 methods
- Potentiometric method — 7 methods
- Gravimetric method — 6 methods
- Spectrophotometric method — 6 methods
- Conductometric method — 5 methods
- Gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID) — 5 methods
- Titrimetric method — 5 methods
- Ion chromatography with conductometric detection (IC-CD) — 4 methods
- Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) — 3 methods
- Direct measurement method — 2 methods
- Atomic absorption spectrometry with amalgamation technique — 1 method
- Cold vapour atomic fluorescence spectrometry (CVAFS) — 1 method
- Flow analysis (FIA) with spectrophotometric detection — 1 method
- High-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (HPLC-FLD) — 1 method
- and 3 more
Accreditation scope — test methods (76)
| No. | Test object | Methodology / Parameters | Technique | Reference document | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test methods | |||||
| 1 | Water, Wastewater | pH Range 2,0 – 10,0 |
Potentiometric method | PN-EN ISO 10523:2012 | |
| 2 | Water, Wastewater | Electrical conductivity Range (80 – 20000) μS/cm |
Conductometric method | PN-EN 27888:1999 | |
| 3 | Water, Wastewater | Biochemical oxygen demand BOD5 Range (5,0 – 1000) mg/l O2 |
Electrochemical method | PN-EN ISO 5815-1:2019-12 | |
| 4 | Water, Wastewater | Biochemical oxygen demand BOD5 Range (0,5 – 6,0) mg/l O2 |
Electrochemical method | PN-EN 1899-2:2002 | |
| 5 | Water, Wastewater | Chemical oxygen demand COD-Cr Range (30 – 10000) mg/l O2 |
Titrimetric method | PN-ISO 6060:2006 | |
| 6 | Water, Wastewater | Nitrite nitrogen concentration Range (0,003 – 1) mg/l |
Continuous flow analysis (CFA) with spectrophotometric detection | PN-EN ISO 13395:2001 | |
| 7 | Water, Wastewater | Nitrate nitrogen concentration Range (0,10 – 300) mg/l |
Ion chromatography with conductometric detection (IC-CD) | PN-EN ISO 10304-1:2009 + AC:2012 | |
| 8 | Water, Wastewater | Kjeldahl nitrogen concentration Range (0,20 – 1000) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PB-14/KA wydanie 2 z dnia 25.04.2025 | |
| 9 | Water, Wastewater | Kjeldahl nitrogen concentration Range (2,0 – 1000) mg/l |
Titrimetric method | PB-13/KA wydanie 2 z dnia 25.04.2025 | |
| 10 | Water, Wastewater | Total nitrogen concentration (calculated) | PB-15/KA wydanie 2 z dnia 25.04.2025 | ||
| 11 | Water, Wastewater | Phosphate concentration Range (0,016 – 4) mg/l |
Continuous flow analysis (CFA) with spectrophotometric detection | PN-EN ISO 15681-2:2019-02 | |
| 12 | Water, Wastewater | Chloride concentration Range (1,0 – 10000) mg/l |
Ion chromatography with conductometric detection (IC-CD) | PN-EN ISO 10304-1:2009+AC:2012 | |
| 13 | Water, Wastewater | Sulfate concentration Range (1,0 – 1500) mg/l |
Ion chromatography with conductometric detection (IC-CD) | PN-EN ISO 10304-1:2009+AC:2012 | |
| 14 | Water, Wastewater | Total dissolved solids (TDS) Range (100 – 25 000) mg/l |
Gravimetric method | PN-EN 15216:2022-03 | |
| 15 | Water, Wastewater | Total suspended solids (TSS) Range (4,0 – 7000) mg/l |
Gravimetric method | PN-EN 872:2007+Ap1:2007 | |
| 16 | Water, Wastewater | Benzene and homologues concentration benzene toluene o-xylene ethylbenzene Range (2,5 – 1200) μg/l (m+p)xylene Range (5,0 – 2400) μg/l |
Gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID) | PB-76/KA wydanie 2 z dnia 25.04.2025 | |
| 17 | Water, Wastewater | Mineral oil index Range (0,050 – 30) mg/l |
Gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID) | PN-EN ISO 9377-2:2003 | |
| 18 | Water, Wastewater | Phenol index Range (0,003 – 1,0) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-ISO 6439:1994 | |
| 19 | Water, Wastewater | Ammonium nitrogen concentration Range (2,0 – 1000) mg/l |
Titrimetric method | PN-ISO 5664:2002 | |
| 20 | Water, Wastewater | Total and free cyanide concentration Range (0,005 – 50) mg/l |
Continuous flow analysis (CFA) with spectrophotometric detection | PN-EN ISO 14403-2:2012 | |
| 21 | Water, Wastewater | Combined cyanide concentration (calculated) | PN-EN ISO 14403-2:2012 | ||
| 22 | Water, Wastewater | Concentration of anionic surfactants Range (0,05 – 20) mg/l |
Continuous flow analysis (CFA) with spectrophotometric detection | PB-27/KA wydanie 2 z dnia 25.04.2025 | |
| 23 | Water | Mercury concentration Range (0,015 – 0,100) μg/l |
Cold vapour atomic fluorescence spectrometry (CVAFS) | PN-EN ISO 17852:2009 | |
| 24 | Water | Dissolved oxygen concentration Range (1,0 – 15,0) mg/l O2 |
Electrochemical method | PN-EN ISO 5814:2013 | |
| 25 | Water | Chemical oxygen demand COD-Cr Range (3 – 200) mg/l O2 |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-ISO 15705:2005 | |
| 26 | Water | Element concentration arsenic (0,050 – 5) mg/l barium (0,010 – 5) mg/l boron (0,080 – 5) mg/l aluminium (0,050 – 5) mg/l cadmium (0,005 – 5) mg/l calcium (5,0 – 200) mg/l chromium (0,003 – 5) mg/l cobalt (0,005 – 5) mg/l copper (0,005 – 5) mg/l iron (0,020 – 5) mg/l lead (0,010 – 5) mg/l magnesium (2,0 – 50) mg/l manganese (0,020 – 5) mg/l molybdenum (0,005 – 5) mg/l nickel (0,005 – 5) mg/l potassium (2,0 – 50) mg/l selenium (0,050 – 5) mg/l silver (0,005 – 5) mg/l sodium (2,0 – 50) mg/l titanium (0,010 – 5) mg/l vanadium (0,010 – 5) mg/l zinc (0,010 – 5) mg/l |
Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) | PN-EN ISO 11885:2009 | |
| 27 | Water | Ammonium nitrogen concentration Range (0,04 – 10) mg/l |
Continuous flow analysis (CFA) with spectrophotometric detection | PN-EN ISO 11732:2007 | |
| 28 | Water | Total phosphorus concentration Range (0,03 – 10) mg/l |
Continuous flow analysis (CFA) with spectrophotometric detection | PN-EN ISO 15681-2:2019-02 | |
| 29 | Water | Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) naphthalene acenaphthene fluorene phenanthrene anthracene fluoranthene pyrene benzo(a)anthracene chrysene benzo(b)fluoranthene benzo(k)fluoranthene benzo(a)pyrene dibenzo(a,h)anthracene benzo(ghi)perylene indeno(1,2,3,-cd)pyrene Range (0,002 – 0,2) μg/l |
High-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (HPLC-FLD) | PN-EN ISO 17993:2005 | |
| 30 | Wastewater | Total phosphorus concentration Range (0,03 – 30) mg/l |
Continuous flow analysis (CFA) with spectrophotometric detection | PN-EN ISO 15681-2:2019-02 | |
| 31 | Wastewater | Element concentration arsenic (0,050 – 5) mg/l barium (0,010 – 5) mg/l boron (0,080 – 5) mg/l aluminium (0,050 – 5) mg/l cadmium (0,005 – 5) mg/l chromium (0,003 – 5) mg/l cobalt (0,005 – 5) mg/l copper (0,005 – 5) mg/l iron (0,020 – 5) mg/l lead (0,010 – 5) mg/l manganese (0,020 – 5) mg/l molybdenum (0,005 – 5) mg/l nickel (0,005 – 5) mg/l selenium (0,050 – 5) mg/l silver (0,005 – 5) mg/l titanium (0,010 – 5) mg/l vanadium (0,010 – 5) mg/l zinc (0,010 – 5) mg/l |
Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) | PN-EN ISO 11885:2009 | |
| 32 | Wastewater | Chemical oxygen demand COD-Cr Range (10 – 1500) mg/l O2 |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-ISO 15705:2005 | |
| 33 | Wastewater | Ammonium nitrogen concentration Range (0,20 – 10) mg/l |
Continuous flow analysis (CFA) with spectrophotometric detection | PN-EN ISO 11732:2007 | |
| 34 | Soil | Aromatic hydrocarbons (BTEX) concentration benzene (0,250 – 100) mg/kg toluene (0,250 – 100) mg/kg ethylbenzene (0,250 – 100) mg/kg o-xylene (0,250 – 100) mg/kg (m+p)-xylene (0,500 – 200) mg/kg |
Gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID) | PB-69/KA wydanie 1 z dnia 26.03.2024 | |
| 35 | Soil | Sum of hydrocarbons C6-C12 (gasoline content) Range (1 – 500) mg/kg |
Gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID) | PB-91/KA wydanie 1 z dnia 26.03.2024 | |
| 36 | Soil | Sum of hydrocarbons C12-C35 (mineral oil content) Range (40-10000) mg/kg |
Gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID) | PB-91/KA wydanie 1 z dnia 26.03.2024 | |
| 37 | Water, Wastewater | Electrical conductivity Range 25 μS/cm – 10 mS/cm |
Conductometric method | PN-EN 27888:1999 | |
| 38 | Water, Wastewater | pH Range 2,0 – 12,0 |
Potentiometric method | PN-EN ISO 10523:2012 | |
| 39 | Water, Wastewater | Total suspended solids (TSS) Range (5,0 – 4000) mg/l |
Gravimetric method | PN-EN 872:2007+Ap1:2007 | |
| 40 | Water, Wastewater | Total dissolved solids (TDS) Range (100 – 5000) mg/l |
Gravimetric method | PN-EN 15216:2022-03 | |
| 41 | Water, Wastewater | Chemical oxygen demand COD-Cr Range (20 – 2000) mg/l O2 |
Titrimetric method | PB-7/KA wydanie 2 z dnia 25.04.2025 | |
| 42 | Water, Wastewater | Biochemical oxygen demand BOD5 Range (6 – 1000) mg/l O2 |
Electrochemical method | PN-EN ISO 5815-1:2019-12 | |
| 43 | Water, Wastewater | Biochemical oxygen demand BOD5 Range (1,5 – 6,0) mg/l O2 |
Electrochemical method | PN-EN 1899-2:2002 | |
| 44 | Water, Wastewater | Total organic carbon concentration (TOC) Range (1,0 – 700) mg/l |
Spectrometry method in the infrared range (IR) | PN-EN 1484:1999 | |
| 45 | Water, Wastewater | Nitrite nitrogen concentration Range (0,010 – 300) mg/l |
Flow analysis (FIA) with spectrophotometric detection | PN-EN ISO 13395:2001 | |
| 46 | Water, Wastewater | Total phosphorus concentration Range (0,03 – 100) mg/l |
Continuous flow analysis (CFA) with spectrophotometric detection | PN-EN ISO 15681-2:2019-02 | |
| 47 | Water, Wastewater | Kjeldahl nitrogen concentration Range (0,70 – 250) mg/l |
Titrimetric method | PB-4/KA wydanie 2 z dnia 25.04.2025 | |
| 48 | Water, Wastewater | Total nitrogen concentration (calculated) | PB-5/KA wydanie 2 z dnia 25.04.2025 | ||
| 49 | Water, Wastewater | Phenol index Range (0,050 – 50) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-ISO 6439:1994 Metoda B | |
| 50 | Water, Wastewater | Free cyanide concentration Range (0,10 – 100) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-80/C-04603/01 | |
| 51 | Water, Wastewater | Concentration of substances extractable with petroleum ether Range (20 – 200) mg/l |
Gravimetric method | PB-6/KA wydanie 2 z dnia 25.04.2025 | |
| 52 | Water, Wastewater | Element concentrations: zinc (0,010 – 10) mg/l copper (0,010 – 10) mg/l cadmium (0,010 – 10) mg/l nickel (0,010 – 10) mg/l lead (0,010 – 10) mg/l manganese (0,010 – 10) mg/l iron (0,010 – 10) mg/l chromium (0,010 – 10) mg/l |
Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) | PB-18/KA wydanie 2 z dnia 25.04.2025 | |
| 53 | Water, Wastewater | Anion concentrations: fluorides (0,3 – 1000) mg/l chlorides (1 – 1000) mg/l nitrate nitrogen (0,3 – 1000) mg/l sulfates (2 – 1000) mg/l |
Ion chromatography with conductometric detection (IC-CD) | PN-EN ISO 10304-1:2009+AC:2012 | |
| 54 | Wastewater | Mercury concentration Range (0,001 – 0,1) mg/l |
Atomic absorption spectrometry with amalgamation technique | PB-19/KA wydanie 2 z dnia 25.04.2025 | |
| 55 | Soil | Dry matter/water content Range (5,0 – 95) % |
Gravimetric method | PN-ISO 11465:1999 | |
| 56 | Soil | pH Range 2,0 – 10,0 |
Potentiometric method | PN-EN ISO 10390:2022-09 | |
| 57 | Surface waters | Sampling for chemical, physical testing Temperature of the collected water sample Range (1,0 – 25,0) °C |
Manual method | PN-EN ISO 5667-6:2016-12 | PB-17/KA wydanie 2 z dnia 25.04.2025 | |
| 58 | Surface waters | Dissolved oxygen concentration Range (1,0 – 15,0) mg/l O2 |
Electrochemical method | PN-EN ISO 5814:2013-04 | |
| 59 | Surface waters | pH Range 2,0 – 12,0 |
Potentiometric method | PN-EN ISO 10523:2012 | |
| 60 | Surface waters | Electrical conductivity Range (100 – 10 000) μS/cm |
Conductometric method | PN-EN 27888:1999 | |
| 61 | Surface waters (dam reservoirs) | Sampling for chemical and physical testing Temperature of the water sample taken Range (1,0 – 25,0) °C |
PN-ISO 5667-4:2017-10 | PB-17/KA wydanie 2 z dnia 25.04.2025 | ||
| 62 | Surface waters (dam reservoirs) | pH Range 2,0 – 12,0 |
Potentiometric method | PN-EN ISO 10523:2012 | |
| 63 | Surface waters (dam reservoirs) | Electrical conductivity Range (100 - 10 000) μS/cm |
Conductometric method | PN-EN 27888:1999 | |
| 64 | Groundwater | Sampling for chemical and physical testing Measurement of the temperature of the water sample Range (1,0 – 25,0) oC |
PN-ISO 5667-11:2017-10 z wył. pkt. 5.2, 6.2, 6.3 | PB-17/KA wydanie 2 z dnia 25.04.2025 | ||
| 65 | Groundwater | Dissolved oxygen concentration Range (1,0 – 15,0) mg/l O2 |
Electrochemical method | PN-EN ISO 5814:2013-04 | |
| 66 | Groundwater | pH Range 2,0 – 12,0 |
Potentiometric method | PN-EN ISO 10523:2012 | |
| 67 | Groundwater | Electrical conductivity Range (100 – 10 000) μS/cm |
Conductometric method | PN-EN 27888:1999 | |
| 68 | Wastewater | Sampling for chemical and physical testing Temperature of the collected wastewater sample Range (1,0 – 25,0) °C |
Manual and automatic method | PN-ISO 5667-10:2021-11 | PB-17/KA wydanie 2 z dnia 25.04.2025 | |
| 69 | Wastewater | pH Range 2,0 – 12,0 |
Potentiometric method | PN-EN ISO 10523:2012 | |
| 70 | Soils | Sampling for physical and chemical testing | PN-ISO 10381-4:2007 | PN-ISO 10381-5:2009 | ||
| 71 | Sewage sludge | Sampling for physical and chemical testing | PN-EN ISO 5667-13:2011 z wyłączeniem punktów 6.3.3; 6.3.4; 6.3.5; 6.3.7 | ||
| 72 | Waste | Intervention testing (according to Programme DAB-11) | PB-11/CLB wydanie 1 z dnia 25.09.2023 | ||
| 73 | General environment - noise from roads, railway lines, tram lines | A-weighted equivalent sound level A-weighted sound exposure level Range (30 – 130) dB |
Direct measurement method | Załącznik nr 3 do rozporządzenia Ministra Środowiska z dnia 16.06.2011 r. (tj. Dz.U. z 2011 r., nr 140, poz. 824 i nr 288, poz. 1697) z wyłączeniem pkt. H | |
| 74 | General environment - noise from roads, railway lines, tram lines | A-weighted equivalent sound pressure level for the reference time T expressed by the indicators LAeqD and LAeqN (calculated) | Załącznik nr 3 do rozporządzenia Ministra Środowiska z dnia 16.06.2011 r. (tj. Dz.U. z 2011 r., nr 140, poz. 824 i nr 288, poz. 1697) z wyłączeniem pkt. H | ||
| 75 | General environment - noise from installations, equipment and industrial plants | A-weighted equivalent sound pressure level Range (30 – 130) dB |
Direct measurement method | Załącznik nr 7 do rozporządzenia Ministra Klimatu i Środowiska z dnia 07.09.2021 r. (tj. Dz. U. z 2023 r., poz. 1706) z wyłączeniem punku F | |
| 76 | General environment - noise from installations, equipment and industrial plants | A-weighted equivalent sound pressure level for the reference time T expressed by the indicators LAeqD and LAeqN (calculated) | Załącznik nr 7 do rozporządzenia Ministra Klimatu i Środowiska z dnia 07.09.2021 r. (tj. Dz. U. z 2023 r., poz. 1706) z wyłączeniem punku F | ||
Reference standards (51)
PB-11/CLB wydanie 1 z dnia 25.09.2023
PB-13/KA wydanie 2 z dnia 25.04.2025
PB-14/KA wydanie 2 z dnia 25.04.2025
PB-15/KA wydanie 2 z dnia 25.04.2025
PB-17/KA wydanie 2 z dnia 25.04.2025
PB-18/KA wydanie 2 z dnia 25.04.2025
PB-19/KA wydanie 2 z dnia 25.04.2025
PB-27/KA wydanie 2 z dnia 25.04.2025
PB-4/KA wydanie 2 z dnia 25.04.2025
PB-5/KA wydanie 2 z dnia 25.04.2025
PB-6/KA wydanie 2 z dnia 25.04.2025
PB-69/KA wydanie 1 z dnia 26.03.2024
PB-7/KA wydanie 2 z dnia 25.04.2025
PB-76/KA wydanie 2 z dnia 25.04.2025
PB-91/KA wydanie 1 z dnia 26.03.2024
PN-80/C-04603/01
PN-EN 1484:1999
PN-EN 15216:2022-03
PN-EN 1899-2:2002
PN-EN 27888:1999
PN-EN 872:2007+Ap1:2007
PN-EN ISO 10304-1:2009 + AC:2012
PN-EN ISO 10304-1:2009+AC:2012
PN-EN ISO 10390:2022-09
PN-EN ISO 10523:2012
PN-EN ISO 11732:2007
PN-EN ISO 11885:2009
PN-EN ISO 13395:2001
PN-EN ISO 14403-2:2012
PN-EN ISO 15681-2:2019-02
PN-EN ISO 17852:2009
PN-EN ISO 17993:2005
PN-EN ISO 5667-13:2011 z wyłączeniem punktów 6.3.3; 6.3.4; 6.3.5; 6.3.7
PN-EN ISO 5667-6:2016-12
PN-EN ISO 5814:2013
PN-EN ISO 5814:2013-04
PN-EN ISO 5815-1:2019-12
PN-EN ISO 9377-2:2003
PN-ISO 10381-4:2007
PN-ISO 10381-5:2009
PN-ISO 11465:1999
PN-ISO 15705:2005
PN-ISO 5664:2002
PN-ISO 5667-10:2021-11
PN-ISO 5667-11:2017-10 z wył. pkt. 5.2, 6.2, 6.3
PN-ISO 5667-4:2017-10
PN-ISO 6060:2006
PN-ISO 6439:1994
PN-ISO 6439:1994 Metoda B
Załącznik nr 3 do rozporządzenia Ministra Środowiska z dnia 16.06.2011 r. (tj. Dz.U. z 2011 r., nr 140, poz. 824 i nr 288, poz. 1697) z wyłączeniem pkt. H
Załącznik nr 7 do rozporządzenia Ministra Klimatu i Środowiska z dnia 07.09.2021 r. (tj. Dz. U. z 2023 r., poz. 1706) z wyłączeniem punku F