Food and beverage

E. coli, coliforms and total colony counts. Ideal for checking UV sterilisation equipment and food-production settings. Does not test chemical contamination.

For businesses discharging process or waste water to the sewer or a watercourse. The determinands a water company's trade effluent consent typically sets limits on: BOD, COD, suspended and settleable solids, dissolved solids, sulphate, conductivity, pH, copper and zinc. Results you can put in front of the water authority.

Laboratory culture for Legionella bacteria from a hot tub, spa pool, shower, tank or outlet. The quarterly check HSG282 asks of spa-pool operators, and the periodic test landlords and businesses need under their legionella risk assessment.