British Columbia Environmental Laboratory

BCEPD. 1994a. Section F. Toxicity test methods. British Columbia Environmental Laboratory Manual For for the Analysis of Water, Wastewater, Sediment and Biological Materials, 1994 ed. Laboratory Services, Environmental Protection Department, Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Province of British Columbia, B.C., Canada, pp. F-l to F-13. 

Water samples to be analyzed should be collected in sterilized 1 L plastic bottles or borosilicate glass precleaned and rinsed with distilled or deionized water. Samples should be unfiltered and unpreserved, except if chlorinated in which case 0.01% v/v sodium thiosulfate should be added. The sample should be kept at 4°C until it is ready for analysis usually within 24 h of collection. Information on equipment to be used for bacteriological analysis, types of media to use, and their methods of preparation and storage can be found in APHA [2] and the British Columbia Environmental Laboratory Manual [16]. 

British Columbia Environmental Laboratory Manual (2005). Section E Microbiological Examination. Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of British Columbia. 101pp. 

Pawliszyn J (2002) Sampling and Sample Preparation for Field and Laboratory. In Barcelo D (ed.) Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry, vol. 37. Amsterdam Elsevier. Shang DY, MacDonald RW, and Ikonomou MG (1999) Persistence of nonylphenol ethoxylate surfactants and their primary degradation products in sediments from near a municipal outfall in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada. Environmental Science and Technology 33 1366-1372. 

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