Water Quality Open House to be held Oct. 6 at PSIEE water quality lab

Water Quality Open House to be held Oct. 6 at PSIEE water quality lab

A water quality open house is being held by the Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment (PSIEE) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 6, in the PSIEE Water Quality Lab, located in Room 137 of the Land and Water Research Building on the University Park campus. The open house will showcase the newly remodeled and expanded facilities, which feature state-of-the-art analytical equipment for analyzing cations, anions, nutrients, metals and trace elements in water samples. For more information, visit the lab, email sda1@psu.edu or kec1@psu.edu, or call 814-863-0158.

PSIEE's newly expanded mission emphasizes helping students, faculty and staff with advancing their research capability. The lab offers skilled and experienced analytical technicians to assist you in chemical analyses, classroom instruction and methods training. Competitive rates and flexibility allow researchers to submit samples for analysis and receive results in a timely manner. Students may receive training and perform their own analyses at reduced rates.

The facility utilizes Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater as a basis for analytical techniques. In addition, third-party quality-control standards are included in all analytical runs. Precision and accuracy are tested by participation in biannual round-robin comparisons with national labs. Quality assurance data are provided to  lab users along with detailed results for their water samples.

For more information about services and rates, visit http://www.psiee.psu.edu/research/labs_facilites.asp.