🇵🇱 Miejskie Przedsiębiorstwo Wodociągów i Kanalizacji Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością PL
Water & wastewaterMicrobiology
Miejskie Przedsiębiorstwo Wodociągów i Kanalizacji Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 1965 (Żywiec, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 45 test methods in the following areas: Water & wastewater, Microbiology. Test objects include: Water, water intended for human consumption, Water, water intended for human consumption, wastewater, Wastewater, Water, wastewater. Most frequently used techniques: Spectrophotometric method, Titrimetric method, Electrochemical method.
At a glance
- Accreditation number: PCA AB 1965
- Methods in scope: 45
- Types of test objects: 6
- Techniques used: 13
- City: Żywiec, Poland
- Valid until: 15-04-2030
- Accreditation number
- AB 1965
- Accreditation body
- PCA
- Address
- ul. Bracka 66, 34-300 Żywiec
- City
- Żywiec, Poland
- Valid until
- 15-04-2030
What this laboratory tests (6)
- Water, water intended for human consumption — 24 methods
- Water, water intended for human consumption, wastewater — 9 methods
- Wastewater — 4 methods
- Water, wastewater — 4 methods
- Water — 3 methods
- Water intended for human consumption — 1 method
Analytical techniques used (13)
- Spectrophotometric method — 12 methods
- Titrimetric method — 4 methods
- Electrochemical method — 3 methods
- Gravimetric method — 2 methods
- Membrane filtration method — 2 methods
- MPN method — 2 methods
- Plate method (pour plate) — 2 methods
- Qualitative method — 2 methods
- Simplified and full paired method, non-forced choice — 2 methods
- Conductometric method — 1 method
- Manual and automatic method — 1 method
- Nephelometric method — 1 method
- Potentiometric method — 1 method
Laboratory sections (2)
- Laboratory Analysis Department; Central Laboratory; Bracka 66, 34-300 Żywiec — 35 methods
- Laboratory Analysis Department; SUW Laboratory; Kopernika 83a, 34-300 Żywiec — 10 methods
Laboratory locations
- Miejskie Przedsiębiorstwo Wodociągów i Kanalizacji Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością (main site) — ul. Bracka 66, 34-300 Żywiec
- Laboratory Analysis Department — Bracka 66, 34-300 Żywiec
- Central Laboratory — Bracka 66, 34-300 Żywiec
- SUW (Water Treatment Plant) Laboratory — Kopernika 83a, 34-300 Żywiec
Certificate information
- Issue date
- 16.04.2026
- Issue no.
- 1
Accreditation scope — test methods (45)
| No. | Test object | Methodology / Parameters | Technique | Reference document | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laboratory Analysis Department; Central Laboratory; Bracka 66, 34-300 Żywiec | |||||
| 1 | Wastewater | Sampling for chemical and physical testing | Manual and automatic method | PN-ISO 5667-10:2021-11 | |
| 2 | Wastewater | Temperature Range (1,0 – 50,0) °C |
PN-77/C-04584 | ||
| 3 | Wastewater | Total phosphorus concentration Range (0,050 – 64,0) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN ISO 6878:2006 +Ap1:2010+Ap2:2010 cl. 8 | |
| 4 | Wastewater | Kjeldahl nitrogen concentration Range (0,500 – 400) mg/l |
Titrimetric method | PN-EN 25663:2001 | |
| 5 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Sampling for chemical and physical testing, including sensory | PN-ISO 5667-5:2017-10 | PN-EN ISO 5667-6:2016-12 excluding cl. 7.5, 7.6, 8.2 | ||
| 6 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Temperature Range (1,0 – 50,0) °C |
PN-77/C-04584 | ||
| 7 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Sampling for microbiological testing | PN-EN ISO 19458:2007 excluding cl. 4.4.2, 4.4.3 | ||
| 8 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Temperature Range (1,0 – 50,0) °C |
PN-77/C-04584 | ||
| 9 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Turbidity Range (0,10 – 400) NTU |
Nephelometric method | PN-EN ISO 7027-1:2016-09 | |
| 10 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Electrical conductivity Range (50 – 2700) µS/cm |
Conductometric method | PN-EN 27888:1999 | |
| 11 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Colour Range (2 – 200) mg/l Pt |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN ISO 7887:2012 +Ap1:2015-06 Method C | |
| 12 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Total iron concentration Range (0,020 – 5,00) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-ISO 6332:2001+Ap1:2016-06 cl. 7.1.1 | |
| 13 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Free chlorine concentration Range (0,05 – 2,00) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PB/37 issue 01/2011-01-03 based on the HACH method No. 8021 | |
| 14 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Total content of calcium and magnesium (total hardness) Range (20 – 500) mg/l CaCO3 |
Titrimetric method | PN-ISO 6059:1999 | |
| 15 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Presence of foreign taste | Qualitative method | PN-EN 1622:2006 | |
| 16 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Taste threshold number TFN Range 1 – 2 |
Simplified and full paired method, non-forced choice | PN-EN 1622:2006 | |
| 17 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Presence of foreign odour | Qualitative method | PN-EN 1622:2006 | |
| 18 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Odour threshold number TON Range 1 – 32 |
Simplified and full paired method, non-forced choice | PN-EN 1622:2006 | |
| 19 | Water | Kjeldahl nitrogen concentration Range (0,300 – 400) mg/l |
Titrimetric method | PN-EN 25663:2001 | |
| 20 | Water | Biochemical oxygen demand - BOD5 Range (0,50 – 6,0) mg/l O2 |
Electrochemical method | PN-EN 1899-2:2002 | |
| 21 | Water | Dissolved oxygen concentration Range (2 – 200) % |
Electrochemical method | PN-EN ISO 5814:2013-04 | |
| 22 | Water intended for human consumption | Aluminium concentration Range (20 – 300) µg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PB/63 issue 01/2014-12-01 based on HACH test LCK301 | |
| 23 | Water, water intended for human consumption, wastewater | pH Range 4,0 – 10,0 |
Potentiometric method | PN-EN ISO 10523:2012 | |
| 24 | Water, water intended for human consumption, wastewater | Nitrite nitrogen concentrations Range (0,004 – 4,00) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN 26777:1999 | |
| 25 | Water, water intended for human consumption, wastewater | Nitrite concentrations Range (0,013 – 13,2) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN 26777:1999 | |
| 26 | Water, water intended for human consumption, wastewater | Nitrate nitrogen concentration Range (0,175 – 40,0) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-82/C-04576/08 | |
| 27 | Water, water intended for human consumption, wastewater | Nitrate concentrations Range (0,775 – 177) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-82/C-04576/08 | |
| 28 | Water, water intended for human consumption, wastewater | Ammonium nitrogen concentration Range (0,040 – 100) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-ISO 7150-1:2002 | |
| 29 | Water, water intended for human consumption, wastewater | Ammonium ion concentration Range (0,052 – 129) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-ISO 7150-1:2002 | |
| 30 | Water, water intended for human consumption, wastewater | Sulfate concentration Range (10 – 1000) mg/l |
Gravimetric method | PN-ISO 9280:2002 | |
| 31 | Water, water intended for human consumption, wastewater | Chloride concentration Range (5 – 3500) mg/l |
Titrimetric method | PN-ISO 9297:1994 | |
| 32 | Water, wastewater | Total nitrogen concentration (calculated) | PN-73/C-04576/14 | ||
| 33 | Water, wastewater | Biochemical oxygen demand - BOD5 Range (1 – 2000) mg/l O2 |
Electrochemical method | PN-EN ISO 5815-1:2019-12 | |
| 34 | Water, wastewater | Chemical oxygen demand - COD-Cr Range (10,0 – 10000) mg /l O2 |
Spectrophotometric method | PN ISO 15705:2005 | |
| 35 | Water, wastewater | Total suspended solids (TSS) Range (5,0 – 1000) mg/l |
Gravimetric method | PN-EN 872:2007+Ap1:2007 | |
| Laboratory Analysis Department; SUW Laboratory; Kopernika 83a, 34-300 Żywiec | |||||
| 36 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Sampling for microbiological testing | PN-EN ISO 19458:2007 excluding cl. 4.4.2, 4.4.3 | ||
| 37 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Temperature Range (1,0 – 50,0) °C |
PN-77/C-04584 | ||
| 38 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Sampling for chemical and physical testing, including sensory | PN-ISO 5667-5:2017-10 | PN-EN ISO 5667-6:2016-12 excluding cl. 7.5, 7.6, 8.2 | ||
| 39 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Temperature Range (1,0 – 50,0) °C |
PN-77/C-04584 | ||
| 40 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Total viable count at 22°C | Plate method (pour plate) | PN-EN ISO 6222:2004 | |
| 41 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Total viable count at 36°C | Plate method (pour plate) | PN-EN ISO 6222:2004 | |
| 42 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Most probable number of coliform bacteria | MPN method | PN-EN ISO 9308-2:2014-06 | |
| 43 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Most probable number of Escherichia coli | MPN method | PN-EN ISO 9308-2:2014-06 | |
| 44 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Enterococci count | Membrane filtration method | PN-EN ISO 7899-2:2004 | |
| 45 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Clostridium perfringens count (including spores) | Membrane filtration method | PN-EN ISO 14189:2016-10 | |
Reference standards (31)
PB/37 issue 01/2011-01-03 based on the HACH method No. 8021
PB/63 issue 01/2014-12-01 based on HACH test LCK301
PN ISO 15705:2005
PN-73/C-04576/14
PN-77/C-04584
PN-82/C-04576/08
PN-EN 1622:2006
PN-EN 1899-2:2002
PN-EN 25663:2001
PN-EN 26777:1999
PN-EN 27888:1999
PN-EN 872:2007+Ap1:2007
PN-EN ISO 10523:2012
PN-EN ISO 14189:2016-10
PN-EN ISO 19458:2007 excluding cl. 4.4.2, 4.4.3
PN-EN ISO 5667-6:2016-12 excluding cl. 7.5, 7.6, 8.2
PN-EN ISO 5814:2013-04
PN-EN ISO 5815-1:2019-12
PN-EN ISO 6222:2004
PN-EN ISO 6878:2006 +Ap1:2010+Ap2:2010 cl. 8
PN-EN ISO 7027-1:2016-09
PN-EN ISO 7887:2012 +Ap1:2015-06 Method C
PN-EN ISO 7899-2:2004
PN-EN ISO 9308-2:2014-06
PN-ISO 5667-10:2021-11
PN-ISO 5667-5:2017-10
PN-ISO 6059:1999
PN-ISO 6332:2001+Ap1:2016-06 cl. 7.1.1
PN-ISO 7150-1:2002
PN-ISO 9280:2002
PN-ISO 9297:1994