FAQ

If you receive unreliable data, it can cost a project by imposing headaches and more money down the road to gather new data and redirect the project if necessary – investing in reliability now can prevent costly mistakes later.

Contact Colorado Department of Health at (303) 692-3291 or visit their website www.colorado.gov/environment.htm – Give them your location and they will inform you of which parameters to test for.

We are NOT certified by Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). However, the State only certifies laboratories for drinking water analysis. The State does not require certifications for other programs such as wastewater, underground storage tanks, and ground water. So, unless you are testing drinking water for CDPHE, your project does not require Colorado State certification.

No. We only provide the concentrations of the analytes of concern. Drinking water is regulated by the Safe Drinking Water act and administered locally by the State. Please contact your state authority and request maximum contamination levels for your area.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published a list of containers and the corresponding holding times for approved testing methods. The sampling guide is a comprehensive guidance for your testing needs. Please note that ECS does not perform all of the listed methods.

We provide sample containers at no extra charge. We will ship them to you via courier or parcel delivery for a delivery charge.

Our standard turn-around-time is 5 working days, however, should we complete the project ahead of schedule, we will report to you then at no extra charge. Also, we offer quick turn-around-time of analyses, including same day, for an extra charge.

Most samples require preservation such as temperature, chemical or both. The preservatives prevent the loss of analytes of concern. We provide pre-preserved sample containers with the exception of ice. Most organic tests require temperature preservation at 4 degrees Celsius. The client is responsible for providing ice or blue ice.

Holding times are a non-scientific time range for the time a sample is taken and the time the sample is analyzed. Contact Customer Service for a list of tests and their related holding times.

8(a) certification is a business development program for Small Disadvantaged Business’ (SDB) administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). 8(a) certification allows us to compete for federally funded projects with special consideration. There are many benefits to our clients who compete for federally funded work and use SDB’s. For more information about the 8(a) program and how our certification can help you please visit www.sba.gov.

We hold several certifications designating us as a small minority owned business. We are CDPHE approved for low-level TO-15 SIM analysis for indoor Air Quality Testing. We are recognized by the State of Colorado as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE). We are certified by the City and County of Denver as a Small Business Enterprise (SBE), Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE), Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), and an Emerging Business Enterprise (EBE).