Provision of a support service to the EPA to undertake a scoping (measurement) survey of candidate WFD River Basin Specific Pollutants in Irish surface water bodies

Descriptions

The proposed project is essentially in four parts:•Sampling, including some basic on-site physico-chemical measurements, and transport to a competent laboratory/laboratories of water samples from 24 locations on a monthly basis;•Analysis of the samples for:-a set list of substances using targeted screening methods, and -other potential non-prescriptive substances using non-targeted screening methods.•Reporting of the analysis to the EPA within 25 working days of sampling;•Preparation of a final report summarising the results of the analysis and a statistical analysis and interpretation of all results in the context of identifying those that are most prevelant.