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

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