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Water Pollutants

The Delaware Public Health Laboratory Environmental Chemistry section performs tests for the following pollutants in public and private water sources:

Inorganics:

  • Alkalinity
  • Chloride
  • Cyanide
  • Fluoride
  • Nitrate
  • Nitrite
  • Sulfate
  • Total dissolved solids
  • Antimony
  • Arsenic
  • Barium
  • Beryllium
  • Cadmium
  • Chromium
  • Calcium hardness
  • Copper
  • Iron
  • Lead
  • Manganese
  • Mercury
  • Nickel
  • Selenium
  • Sodium
  • Thallium
  • Uranium
  • Zinc

Organics:

  • Pesticides
    • Hexachlorocyclopentadiene
    • Hexachlorobenzene
    • Lindane
    • Simazine
    • Atrazine
    • Heptachlor
    • Heptachlor expoxide
    • Atrazine
    • Alachlor
    • Dieldrin
    • Endrin
    • Methoxychlor
    • Toxaphene
    • Chlordane
    • PCBs
  • Volatile organics (such as Benzene and MTBE)
  • Disinfectants, also known as Trihalomethanes (such as Chloroform and Bromoform)

The Environmental Chemistry section performs tests for the following pollutants in private well water sources:

  • Alkalinity
  • Chloride
  • Fluoride
  • Nitrate
  • Nitrite
  • Sulfate
  • Calcium hardness
  • Iron
  • Sodium

Return to the Environmental Chemistry section page.

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Last Updated: Thursday September 06 2007
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