Institute for Sanitary Engineering, Water Quality and Solid Waste ...

Chair of Hydrochemistry and Hydrobiology
AQS Baden-Württemberg
AQS Baden-Württemberg (analytical quality control
Baden-Württemberg)
The Institute for Sanitary Engineering, Water Quality
and Solid Waste Management is one of the largest proficiency
test (PT) provider for chemical water analysis
in Europe. These Pts are organized on behalf of the
ministry of environment and the ministry of nutrition
and rural affairs in Baden-Württemberg.
Three PT rounds for the analysis drinking water and
usually two rounds for analysis of waste water are
conducted per year for officially notified laboratories
in Germany. Besides that one PT round for rapid test
analysis in waster treatment plants and one round in
the framework of a large groundwater monitoring programme
are organized.
Client:
Water authorities and chemical laboratories
Scientitic director:
Dr.-Ing. Michael Koch
Technical director:
Dr.-Ing. Frank Baumeister (TGZ AQS-BW)
Secretary´s office:
Heidemarie Sanwald (TGZ AQS-BW)
Further informations:
http://www.aqsbw.de
The actual programme can be found on http://www.
aqsbw.de.
Chemicals used for the production of PT samples
High-precision balances for the net weight of chemicals
and solutions
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