🇵🇱 GŁÓWNY INSPEKTORAT OCHRONY ŚRODOWISKA PL

PCA AB 794 • Warszawa, Poland • 72 methods

Water & wastewaterEnvironmentMaterials & polymers

GŁÓWNY INSPEKTORAT OCHRONY ŚRODOWISKA is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 794 (Warszawa, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 72 test methods in the following areas: Water & wastewater, Environment, Materials & polymers. Test objects include: Water, wastewater, Water, General environment - noise from installations, equipment and indus…, General environment - noise from roads, railway lines, tram lines. Most frequently used techniques: Spectrophotometric method, Titrimetric method, Electrochemical method.

At a glance

  • Accreditation number: PCA AB 794
  • Methods in scope: 72
  • Types of test objects: 7
  • Techniques used: 22
  • City: Warszawa, Poland
Accreditation number
AB 794
Accreditation body
PCA
Address
ul. Chmielna 132/134, 00-805 Warszawa, CENTRALNE LABORATORIUM BADAWCZE, ODDZIAŁ W GDAŃSKU, ul. Trakt Św. Wojciecha 293
City
Warszawa, Poland

What this laboratory tests (7)

Analytical techniques used (22)

Accreditation scope — test methods (72)

No. Test object Methodology / Parameters Technique Reference document
Test methods
1 Soil, sewage sludge Mercury content
Range (0,001 – 6) mg/kg
Atomic absorption spectrometry with amalgamation technique PB-58/GD wydanie 2, 20 marca 2020 r.
2 Soil, sewage sludge Metal content
As (5 – 5000) mg/kg Ba (1 – 10000) mg/kg Cd (0,5 – 10000) mg/kg Cu (1 – 10000) mg/kg Cr (1 – 10000) mg/kg Fe (1 – 10000) mg/kg Mn (1 – 10000) mg/kg Mo (1 – 10000) mg/kg Ni (1 – 10000) mg/kg Pb (2 – 10000) mg/kg V (1 – 10000) mg/kg Zn (1 – 10000) mg/kg
Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) PN-EN ISO 11885 : 2009 | PN-ISO 11466:2002 | PN-EN 13346:2002
3 Water, wastewater Total phosphorus concentration
Range (0,02 – 10) mg/l
Continuous flow analysis (CFA) with spectrophotometric detection PN-EN ISO 15681-2:2019-02
4 Water, wastewater Total phosphorus concentration
Range (0,05 – 100) mg/dm3
Spectrophotometric method PN-EN ISO 6878:2006 + Ap1:2010 + Ap2:2010
5 Water, wastewater Ammonium nitrogen concentration
Range (0,020 – 7,0) mg/dm3 Ammonium ion concentration (calculated)
Spectrophotometric method PN-ISO 7150-1:2002
6 Water, wastewater Concentration of the sum of nitrate nitrogen and nitrite nitrogen
Range (0,020 – 150) mg/dm3
Flow injection analysis (FIA) with spectrophotometric detection PN-EN ISO 13395:2001
7 Water, wastewater Anion concentrations
Cl-, SO42 (0,10 – 200) mg/dm3 F ̅ (0,10 – 10) mg/dm3 NO3 (0,040 – 400) mg/dm3
Ion chromatography with conductometric detection (IC-CD) PN-EN ISO 10304-1:2009 + AC:2012
8 Water, wastewater Nitrate nitrogen concentration (calculated) PN-EN ISO 10304-1:2009 + AC:2012
9 Water, wastewater Nitrate nitrogen concentration (calculated) PB-66/GD wydanie 2, 20 marca 2020 r.
10 Water, wastewater Phosphate concentration
Range (0,02 – 300) mg/dm3 Phosphorus concentration (calculated)
Spectrophotometric method PN-EN ISO 6878:2006 + Ap1:2010 + Ap2:2010
11 Water, wastewater Metal concentrations
Ca (0,5 – 1000) mg/dm3 K (0,1 – 150) mg/dm3 Mg (0,1 – 100) mg/dm3 Na (0,1 – 200) mg/dm3
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PB-49/GD wydanie 2, 20 marca 2020 r.
12 Water, wastewater Electrical conductivity
Range 10 μS/cm – 20 mS/cm
Conductometric method PN-EN 27888:1999
13 Water, wastewater Total Kjeldahl nitrogen concentration (calculated) PB-75/GD wydanie 1, 06 marca 2025
14 Water, wastewater Total nitrogen concentration
Range (0,05 – 150) mg/dm3
Flow injection analysis (FIA) with spectrophotometric detection PN-EN ISO 11905-1:2001
15 Water, wastewater Metal concentrations
Ag (0,00100 – 10,00) mg/dm3 Al (0,0050 – 10,0) mg/dm3 As (0,0050 – 10,0) mg/dm3 B (0,0100 – 10,0) mg/dm3 Ba (0,00100 – 10,0) mg/dm3 Be (0,00100 – 10,0) mg/dm3 Ca (0,050 – 1000) mg/dm3 Cd (0,00050 – 10,0) mg/dm3 Co (0,00100 – 10,0) mg/dm3 Cr (0,00100 – 10,0) mg/dm3 Cu (0,00100 – 10,0) mg/dm3 Fe (0,0050 – 1000) mg/dm3 K (0,050 – 1000) mg/dm3 Mg (0,050 – 1000) mg/dm3 Mn (0,00100 – 10,0) mg/dm3 Mo (0,00100 – 10,00) mg/dm3 Na (0,050 – 1000) mg/dm3 Ni (0,00100 – 10,0) mg/dm3 Pb (0,00200 – 10,0) mg/dm3 Sb (0,00100 – 10,0) mg/dm3 Se (0,0050 – 10,0) mg/dm3 Si (0,100 – 100) mg/dm3 Sn (0,0100 – 10,0) mg/dm3 Ti (0,0050 – 10,0) mg/dm3 Tl (0,0050 – 10,0) mg/dm3 V (0,00100 – 10,0) mg/dm3 Zn (0,00100 – 10,0) mg/dm3
Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) PN-EN ISO 11885:2009
16 Water, wastewater Metal concentrations
Ag (0,000100 – 10,0) mg/dm3 Al (0,00100 – 10,0) mg/dm3 As (0,000100 – 10,0) mg/dm B (0,0100 – 10,0) mg/dm3 Ba (0,000100 – 10,0) mg/dm3 Be (0,000100 – 10,0) mg/dm3 Ca (0,050 – 1000) mg/dm3 Cd (0,0000100 – 10,0) mg/dm3 Co (0,000050– 10,0) mg/dm3 Cr (0,000050 – 10,0) mg/dm3 Cu (0,000050 – 10,0) mg/dm3 Fe (0,00100 – 1000) mg/dm3 K (0,0100 – 1000) mg/dm3 Li (0,00100 – 10,0) mg/dm3 Mg (0,0100 – 1000) mg/dm3 Mn (0,000100 – 10,0) mg/dm3 Mo (0,000100 – 10,0) mg/dm3 Na (0,0100 – 1000) mg/dm3 Ni (0,000050 – 10,0) mg/dm3 Pb (0,0000100 – 10,0) mg/dm3 Sb (0,000050 – 10,0) mg/dm3 Se (0,00100 – 10,0) mg/dm3 Sn (0,00100 – 10,0) mg/dm3 Sr (0,000100 – 10,0) mg/dm3 Ti (0,000100 – 10,0) mg/dm3 Tl (0,0000100 – 10,0) mg/dm3 V (0,000100 – 10,0) mg/dm3 Zn (0,000100 – 10,0) mg/dm3
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) PN-EN ISO 17294-2:2024-04
17 Water, wastewater Ammonium nitrogen concentration
Range (0,5 – 1000) mg/dm3
Titrimetric method PN-ISO 5664:2002
18 Water, wastewater Ammonium ion concentration (calculated) PN-ISO 5664:2002
19 Water, wastewater Nitrite nitrogen concentration
Range (0,002 – 2,00) mg/dm3
Spectrophotometric method PN-EN 26777:1999
20 Water, wastewater Nitrite concentration (calculated) PN-EN 26777:1999
21 Water, wastewater Total nitrogen concentration (calculated) PB-26/CLB wydanie 1 z dnia 16.01.2026 r.
22 Water, wastewater Total Kjeldahl nitrogen concentration
Range (0,50 – 1000) mg/dm3
Titrimetric method PN-EN 25663:2001
23 Water, wastewater Total Kjeldahl nitrogen concentration
Range (0,50 – 100) mg/dm3
Titrimetric method PB-68/GD wydanie 2, 20 marca 2020 r.
24 Water, wastewater Biochemical oxygen demand
BOD5 Range (0,5 – 6) mg/dm3 O2
Electrochemical method PN-EN 1899-2:2002
25 Water, wastewater Biochemical oxygen demand
BOD5 Range (1 – 6000) mg/dm3 O2
Electrochemical method PN-EN ISO 5815-1:2019-12
26 Water, wastewater Chemical oxygen demand - COD
Range 5 mg/dm3– 20 g/dm3 O2
Spectrophotometric method PN-ISO 15705:2005
27 Water, wastewater Chloride concentration
Range (5 – 1000) mg/dm3
Titrimetric method PN-ISO 9297:1994
28 Water, wastewater Mineral oil index
Range (0,05 – 100) mg/dm3
Gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID) PN-EN ISO 9377-2:2003
29 Water, wastewater pH
Range 2,0 – 12,0
Potentiometric method PN-EN ISO 10523:2012
30 Water, wastewater Total carbon concentration
organic (TOC) Concentration of dissolved carbon organic (DOC) Range (0,5 – 1000) mg/dm3
Spectrometry method in the infrared range (IR) PN-EN 1484:1999
31 Water, wastewater Mercury concentration
Range (20 – 600) ng/dm3
Atomic fluorescence spectrometry PB-6/GD wydanie 2, 20 marca 2020 r.
32 Water, wastewater Sum of aliphatic hydrocarbons
Range (0,1 – 30) mg/dm3
Spectrometry method in the infrared range (IR) PB-32/GD wydanie 2, 20 marca 2020 r.
33 Water, wastewater Total suspended solids (TSS)
Range (2,0 – 1000) mg/dm3
Gravimetric method PN-EN 872:2007+Ap1:2007
34 Water, wastewater PAH concentration: acenaphthene
fluorene phenanthrene anthracene fluoranthene pyrene benzo(a)anthracene chrysene benzo(a)fluoranthene benzo(b)fluoranthene benzo(k)fluoranthene benzo(a,h)anthracene Range (0,001 – 2,0) μg/dm3 benzo(a)pyrene Range (0,00006 – 2) μg/dm3 benzo(g,h,i)perylene indeno (1,2,3-c,d)piren Range (0,0003 – 2) μg/dm3
High-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (HPLC - FLD) PB-10/GD wydanie 2, 20 marca 2020 r.
35 Water Volatile organic compound (VOC) concentration
dichloromethane (1,0 – 100) μg/dm3 trichloromethane (0,50 – 100) μg/dm3 tetrachloromethane (1,0 – 100) μg/dm3 Range 1,2-dichloroetan (1,0 – 100) μg/dm3 benzene (1,0 – 100) μg/dm3 toluene (1,0 – 100) μg/dm3 ortho-xylene (1,0 – 100) μg/dm3 (meta+para)-xylene (1,0 – 100) μg/dm3 ethylbenzene (1,0 – 100) μg/dm3 trichloroethene (1,0 – 100) μg/dm3 tetrachloroethene (1,0 – 100) μg/dm3 hexachlorobutadiene (0,030 – 100) μg/dm3 naphthalene (0,50 – 100) μg/dm3
Gas chromatography with purge and trap technique (Purge & Trap) and mass spectrometry detection (P&T GC-MS) PN-EN ISO 15680:2008
36 Water Dissolved oxygen concentration
Range (0,5 – 20) mg/dm3 O2 Percentage saturation Range (3 – 200) %
Electrochemical method PN-EN ISO 5814:2013-04
37 Water Total content of calcium and magnesium (total hardness)
Range (5 – 1000) mg/dm3 CaCO3
Titrimetric method PN-ISO 6059:1999
38 Water Dissolved solids
Range (100 – 10000) mg/dm3
Gravimetric method PN-EN 15216:2022-03
39 Water Pesticide concentration
alpha-HCH (0,00017 – 0,020) μg/dm3 beta-HCH (0,00017 – 0,020) μg/dm3 gamma-H (0,00017 – 0,020) μg/dm3 delta-HCH (0,00017 – 0,020) μg/dm3 aldrin (0,00017 – 0,020) μg/dm3 dieldrin (0,00008 – 0,020) μg/dm3 endrin (0,00017 – 0,020) μg/dm3 isodrin (0,00008 – 0,020) μg/dm3 alpha-endosulfan Range (0,00008 – 0,020) μg/dm3 beta-endosulfan (0,00008 – 0,020) μg/dm3 hexachlorobenzene (0,00017 – 0,020) μg/dm3 pentachlorobenzene (0,00017 – 0,020) μg/dm3
Gas chromatography with electron capture detection (GC-ECD) PB-64/GD wydanie 2, 20 marca 2020 r.
40 Water Pesticide concentration
alpha-HCH (0,001 – 0,20) μg/dm3 beta-HCH (0,001 – 0,20) μg/dm3 gamma-HCH (0,001 – 0,20) μg/dm3 delta-HCH (0,001 – 0,20) μg/dm3 p,p-DDT isomer Range (0,001 – 0,20) μg/dm3 o,p-DDT isomer (0,001 – 0,20) μg/dm3 p,p-DDD isomer (0,001 – 0,20) μg/dm3 p,p-DDE isomer (0,001 – 0,20) μg/dm3 aldrin (0,001 – 0,20) μg/dm3 dieldrin (0,0005 – 0,20) μg/dm3 endrin (0,001 – 0,20) μg/dm3 isodrin (0,0005 – 0,20) μg/dm3 alpha-endosulfan (0,0005 – 0,20) μg/dm3 beta-endosulfan (0,0005 – 0,20) μg/dm3 hexachlorobenzene (0,001 – 0,20) μg/dm3 pentachlorobenzene (0,001 – 0,20) μg/dm3 trifluralin (0,010 – 0,20) μg/dm3 1,2,3-trichlorobenzene (0,005 – 0,20) μg/dm3 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene (0,005 – 0,20) μg/dm3 1,3,5-trichlorobenzene (0,005 – 0,20) μg/dm3 alachlor (0,030 – 0,30) μg/dm3
Gas chromatography with electron capture detection (GC-ECD) PN-EN ISO 6468:2002
41 Water Total content of calcium and magnesium (total hardness)
Range ( 10 – 1000) mg/dm3 CaCO3
Titrimetric method PN-ISO 6059:1999
42 Water Ammonium nitrogen concentration
Range (0,025 – 5,0 )mg/dm3
Spectrophotometric method PN-ISO 7150-1: 2002
43 Water Ammonium ion concentration (calculated) PN-ISO 7150-1: 2002
44 Water Total dissolved solids concentration
Range (100 – 10000) mg/dm3
Gravimetric method PN-EN 15216:2022-03
45 Water Anion concentrations
F (0,10 – 10) mg/dm3 Cl (1,0 – 100) mg/dm3 NO3 (1,0 – 100) mg/dm3 SO42 (1,0 – 100) mg/dm3
Ion chromatography with conductometric detection (IC-CD) PN-EN ISO 10304-1:2009+AC:2012
46 Water Nitrate nitrogen concentration (calculated) PN-EN ISO 10304-1:2009+AC:2012
47 Water, wastewater Concentration of the sum of nitrate nitrogen and nitrite nitrogen
Range (0,020 – 50) mg/dm3
Continuous flow analysis (CFA) with spectrophotometric detection PN-EN ISO 13395:2001
48 Water, wastewater Nitrate nitrogen concentration (calculated) PB-66/GD wydanie 2, 20 marca 2020 r.
49 Water, wastewater Nitrite nitrogen concentration
Range (0,0020 – 2,0) mg/dm3
Spectrophotometric method PN-EN 26777:1999
50 Water, wastewater Nitrite concentration (calculated) PN-EN 26777:1999
51 Water, wastewater Total Kjeldahl nitrogen concentration
Range (0,50 – 1000) mg/dm3
Titrimetric method PN-EN 25663:2001
52 Water, wastewater Total nitrogen concentration (calculated) PB-26/CLB wydanie 1 z dnia 16.01.2026 r.
53 Water, wastewater Total nitrogen concentration
Range (0,10 – 50) mg/dm3
Continuous flow analysis (CFA) with spectrophotometric detection PN-EN ISO 11905-1:2001
54 Water, wastewater Phosphate concentration
Range (0,020 – 16,0) mg/dm3
Spectrophotometric method PN-EN ISO 6878:2006 pkt 4 + Ap1:2010 + Ap2:2010
55 Water, wastewater Phosphorus concentration (calculated) PN-EN ISO 6878:2006 pkt 4 + Ap1:2010 + Ap2:2010
56 Water, wastewater Total phosphorus concentration
Range (0,007– 5,20) mg/dm3
Spectrophotometric method PN-EN ISO 6878:2006 pkt 7, 8 +Ap1:2010+Ap2:2010
57 Water, wastewater Phosphate concentration (calculated) PN-EN ISO 6878:2006 pkt 7, 8 +Ap1:2010+Ap2:2010
58 Water, wastewater Chemical oxygen demand - COD
Range (5 – 4000) mg/dm3 O2
Spectrophotometric method PN-ISO 15705:2005
59 Water, wastewater Dissolved oxygen concentration
Range (0,5 – 20) mg/dm3 O2
Electrochemical method PN-EN ISO 5814:2013-04
60 Water, wastewater Biochemical oxygen demand - BOD5
Range (0,5 – 6) mg/dm3 O2
Electrochemical method PN-EN 1899-2:2002
61 Water, wastewater Biochemical oxygen demand - BOD5
Range (1 – 6000) mg/dm3 O2
Electrochemical method PN-EN ISO 5815-1:2019-12
62 Water, wastewater Total suspended solids (TSS)
Range (2,0 – 1000) mg/dm3
Gravimetric method PN-EN 872:2007+Ap1:2007
63 Water Sampling for chemical and physical testing Temperature
Range (0 – 30) °C
PN-ISO 5667-4:2017-10 | PN-EN ISO 5667-6:2016-12 | PN-ISO 5667-9:2005 | PN-ISO 5667-11:2017-10 z wyłączeniem pkt. 5.2, 6.2 | PN-77/C-04584
64 Wastewater Sampling for chemical and physical testing
Temperature Range (0 – 30) °C
Manual and automatic method PN-ISO 5667-10:2021-11 | PN-77/C-04584
65 Water, wastewater pH
Range 4,0 – 10,0
Potentiometric method PN-EN ISO 10523:2012
66 Water, wastewater Electrical conductivity
Range (84 – 20 000) μS/cm
Conductometric method PN-EN 27888:1999
67 Water, wastewater Dissolved oxygen concentration
Range (0,5 – 20) mg/l O2 Percentage saturation Range (3 – 200) %
Optical method ISO 17289:2014
68 Soil Sampling for chemical and physical testing PN-ISO 10381-4:2007 | PN-ISO 10381-5:2009
69 General environment - noise from installations, equipment and industrial plants A-weighted equivalent sound pressure level
Range (25 – 135) dB
Direct measurement method Załącznik nr 7 do Rozporządzenia Ministra Klimatu i Środowiska z dnia 7.09.2021 r. (t. j. Dz.U. z 2023 r., poz. 1706) z wyłączeniem punktu F
70 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 7.09.2021 r. (t. j. Dz.U. z 2023 r., poz. 1706) z wyłączeniem punktu F
71 General environment - noise from roads, railway lines, tram lines A-weighted equivalent sound level A-weighted sound exposure level
Range (30 – 135) dB
Direct measurement method Załącznik nr 3 do Rozporządzenia Ministra Środowiska z dnia 16.06.2011 r. (Dz.U. 2011 Nr 140, poz. 824) z wyłączeniem punktu H (Dz.U. 2011 Nr 288, poz. 1697)
72 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. (Dz.U. 2011 Nr 140, poz. 824) z wyłączeniem punktu H (Dz.U. 2011 Nr 288, poz. 1697)

Reference standards (53)

ISO 17289:2014
PB-10/GD wydanie 2, 20 marca 2020 r.
PB-26/CLB wydanie 1 z dnia 16.01.2026 r.
PB-32/GD wydanie 2, 20 marca 2020 r.
PB-49/GD wydanie 2, 20 marca 2020 r.
PB-58/GD wydanie 2, 20 marca 2020 r.
PB-6/GD wydanie 2, 20 marca 2020 r.
PB-64/GD wydanie 2, 20 marca 2020 r.
PB-66/GD wydanie 2, 20 marca 2020 r.
PB-68/GD wydanie 2, 20 marca 2020 r.
PB-75/GD wydanie 1, 06 marca 2025
PN-77/C-04584
PN-EN 13346:2002
PN-EN 1484:1999
PN-EN 15216:2022-03
PN-EN 1899-2:2002
PN-EN 25663:2001
PN-EN 26777:1999
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 10523:2012
PN-EN ISO 11885 : 2009
PN-EN ISO 11885:2009
PN-EN ISO 11905-1:2001
PN-EN ISO 13395:2001
PN-EN ISO 15680:2008
PN-EN ISO 15681-2:2019-02
PN-EN ISO 17294-2:2024-04
PN-EN ISO 5667-6:2016-12
PN-EN ISO 5814:2013-04
PN-EN ISO 5815-1:2019-12
PN-EN ISO 6468:2002
PN-EN ISO 6878:2006 + Ap1:2010 + Ap2:2010
PN-EN ISO 6878:2006 pkt 4 + Ap1:2010 + Ap2:2010
PN-EN ISO 6878:2006 pkt 7, 8 +Ap1:2010+Ap2:2010
PN-EN ISO 9377-2:2003
PN-ISO 10381-4:2007
PN-ISO 10381-5:2009
PN-ISO 11466:2002
PN-ISO 15705:2005
PN-ISO 5664:2002
PN-ISO 5667-10:2021-11
PN-ISO 5667-11:2017-10 z wyłączeniem pkt. 5.2, 6.2
PN-ISO 5667-4:2017-10
PN-ISO 5667-9:2005
PN-ISO 6059:1999
PN-ISO 7150-1: 2002
PN-ISO 7150-1:2002
PN-ISO 9297:1994
Załącznik nr 3 do Rozporządzenia Ministra Środowiska z dnia 16.06.2011 r. (Dz.U. 2011 Nr 140, poz. 824) z wyłączeniem punktu H (Dz.U. 2011 Nr 288, poz. 1697)
Załącznik nr 7 do Rozporządzenia Ministra Klimatu i Środowiska z dnia 7.09.2021 r. (t. j. Dz.U. z 2023 r., poz. 1706) z wyłączeniem punktu F