🇵🇱 POWIATOWA STACJA SANITARNO-EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA W ZAWIERCIU PL
Water & wastewaterMicrobiology
POWIATOWA STACJA SANITARNO-EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA W ZAWIERCIU is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 626 (Zawiercie, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 29 test methods in the following areas: Water & wastewater, Microbiology. Test objects include: Water, Water, Water intended for human consumption, Swimming pool water, Water (including swimming pool water). Most frequently used techniques: Membrane filtration method, Spectrophotometric method, Plate method, pour plate.
At a glance
- Accreditation number: PCA AB 626
- Methods in scope: 29
- Types of test objects: 6
- Techniques used: 11
- City: Zawiercie, Poland
- Accreditation number
- AB 626
- Accreditation body
- PCA
- Address
- ul. 11 Listopada 15, 42-400 Zawiercie
- City
- Zawiercie, Poland
What this laboratory tests (6)
- Water — 8 methods
- Water, Water intended for human consumption — 8 methods
- Swimming pool water — 7 methods
- Water (including swimming pool water) — 3 methods
- Faeces — 2 methods
- Water intended for human consumption — 1 method
Analytical techniques used (11)
- Membrane filtration method — 10 methods
- Spectrophotometric method — 6 methods
- Plate method, pour plate — 3 methods
- Potentiometric method — 2 methods
- Titrimetric method — 2 methods
- Colorimetric method — 1 method
- Conductometric method — 1 method
- Culture method supplemented with biochemical and serological tests — 1 method
- Method: paired, unforced choice, simplified — 1 method
- Nephelometric method — 1 method
- Serological method — 1 method
Laboratory sections (2)
- Laboratory Department; Environmental Hygiene Testing Section — 27 methods
- Laboratory Department; Infectious Diseases and Infections Testing Section — 2 methods
Laboratory locations
- POWIATOWA STACJA SANITARNO-EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA W ZAWIERCIU (main site) — ul. 11 Listopada 15, 42-400 Zawiercie
- Laboratory Department — ul.11 Listopada 15, 42-400 Zawiercie
- Environmental Hygiene Testing Section — ul.11 Listopada 15, 42-400 Zawiercie
- Infectious Diseases and Infections Testing Section — ul.11 Listopada 15, 42-400 Zawiercie
Certificate information
- Issue date
- 22.07.2026
- Issue no.
- 21
Accreditation scope — test methods (29)
| No. | Test object | Methodology / Parameters | Technique | Reference document | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laboratory Department; Environmental Hygiene Testing Section | |||||
| 1 | Water | Chloride concentration Range (5,0 – 400) mg/l |
Titrimetric method | PN-ISO 9297:1994 | |
| 2 | Water | Nitrite nitrogen concentration Range (0,003 – 0,25) mg/l Nitrite concentration Range (0,01 – 0,80) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN 26777:1999 | |
| 3 | Water | Ammonium nitrogen concentration Range (0,04 – 2,0) mg/l Ammonium ion concentration Range (0,05 – 2,6) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-C-04576-4:1994 | |
| 4 | Water | Total manganese concentration Range (0,015 – 2,0) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | Spectroquant test manufacturer's instructions No. 14770, Merck, edition: July 2024 | |
| 5 | Water | Colour Range (2-70) mg/l Pt |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN ISO 7887:2012+ Ap1:2015-06 Method C | |
| 6 | Water | Total iron concentration Range (0,03 – 2,0) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | Spectroquant test manufacturer's instructions No. 14761, Merck, edition: March 2024 | |
| 7 | Water | Total concentration of calcium and magnesium (total hardness) Range (5,0 – 500) mg/l CaCO3 |
Titrimetric method | PN-ISO 6059:1999 | |
| 8 | Water | Electrical conductivity Range (100 – 2 500) µS/cm |
Conductometric method | PN-EN 27888:1999 | |
| 9 | Water intended for human consumption | Threshold flavour number (TFN) Threshold odour number (TON) Range 1-2 |
Method: paired, unforced choice, simplified | PN-EN 1622:2006 | |
| 10 | Water (including swimming pool water) | pH Range 4,0 – 10,0 |
Potentiometric method | PN-EN ISO 10523:2012 | |
| 11 | Water (including swimming pool water) | Turbidity Range (0,10 – 40) NTU |
Nephelometric method | PN-EN ISO 7027-1:2016-09 | |
| 12 | Water (including swimming pool water) | Nitrate nitrogen concentration Range (0,1 – 20,0) mg/l Nitrate concentration Range (0,4 – 90,0) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-82/C-04576/08 | |
| 13 | Swimming pool water | Free chlorine concentration Range (0,10 – 2,00) mg Cl2/l Total chlorine concentration Range (0,10 – 2,00) mg Cl2/l Combined chlorine concentration (calculated) |
Colorimetric method | OL/PB-06 issue 2 of 02.01.2020 | based on the Hanna Instruments test HI 96711-11 total chlorine, HI 96701-11 free chlorine | |
| 14 | Swimming pool water | Oxidising-reducing (redox) potential ref. to Ag/AgCl 3,5 mol/l KCl Range (200 – 1000) mV |
Potentiometric method | OL/PB-07 issue 2 of 02.01.2020 | |
| 15 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Coliform bacteria count | Membrane filtration method | PN-ISO 9308-1:1999 | |
| 16 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Count of thermotolerant coliform bacteria, Escherichia coli | Membrane filtration method | PN-ISO 9308-1:1999 | |
| 17 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Total viable count at 36 °C | Plate method, pour plate | PN-EN ISO 6222:2004 | |
| 18 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Total viable count at 22 °C | Plate method, pour plate | PN-EN ISO 6222:2004 | |
| 19 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Enterococci count | Membrane filtration method | PN-EN ISO 7899-2:2004 | |
| 20 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Coliform bacteria count | Membrane filtration method | PN-EN ISO 9308 -1:2014-12+ A1:2017- 04 | |
| 21 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Escherichia coli count | Membrane filtration method | PN-EN ISO 9308 -1:2014-12 +A1:2017 -04 | |
| 22 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Number of Legionella bacteria, Matrix B: Procedure 7 – Medium C (GVPC) | Membrane filtration method | PN-EN ISO 11731:2017-08 + Ap1:2019-12 | |
| 23 | Swimming pool water | Escherichia coli count | Membrane filtration method | PN-EN ISO 9308 -1:2014-12 +A1:2017 -04 | |
| 24 | Swimming pool water | Total viable count at 36 °C | Plate method, pour plate | PN-EN ISO 6222:2004 | |
| 25 | Swimming pool water | Count of coagulase-positive staphylococci | Membrane filtration method | OL/PB-02 issue 2 of 02.01.2020 based on the PZH guidelines PZH methodology ZHK:2007 | |
| 26 | Swimming pool water | Pseudomonas aeruginosa count | Membrane filtration method | PN – EN ISO 16266:2009 | |
| 27 | Swimming pool water | Number of Legionella bacteria, Matrix B: Procedure 7 – Medium C (GVPC) | Membrane filtration method | PN-EN ISO 11731:2017-08 + Ap1:2019-12 | |
| Laboratory Department; Infectious Diseases and Infections Testing Section | |||||
| 28 | Faeces | Presence of Salmonella spp. and Shigella spp. rods | Culture method supplemented with biochemical and serological tests | OL/PB-03 issue 3 of 19.11.2020, based on “Etiologia, obraz kliniczny i diagnostyka ostrych zakażeń i zarażeń przewodu pokarmowego oraz zatruć pokarmowych” (Aetiology, clinical picture and diagnosis of acute gastrointestinal infections and infestations and food poisoning), edited by Marek Jagielski, Warsaw 2010 | |
| 29 | Faeces | Identification of Salmonella Enteritidis rods. | Serological method | OL/PB-03 issue 3 of 19.11.2020, based on “Etiologia, obraz kliniczny i diagnostyka ostrych zakażeń i zarażeń przewodu pokarmowego oraz zatruć pokarmowych” (Aetiology, clinical picture and diagnosis of acute gastrointestinal infections and infestations and food poisoning), edited by Marek Jagielski, Warsaw 2010 | |
Reference standards (24)
Spectroquant test manufacturer's instructions No. 14761, Merck, edition: March 2024
Spectroquant test manufacturer's instructions No. 14770, Merck, edition: July 2024
OL/PB-02 issue 2 of 02.01.2020 based on the PZH guidelines PZH methodology ZHK:2007
OL/PB-03 issue 3 of 19.11.2020, based on “Etiologia, obraz kliniczny i diagnostyka ostrych zakażeń i zarażeń przewodu pokarmowego oraz zatruć pokarmowych” (Aetiology, clinical picture and diagnosis of acute gastrointestinal infections and infestations and food poisoning), edited by Marek Jagielski, Warsaw 2010
OL/PB-06 issue 2 of 02.01.2020
OL/PB-07 issue 2 of 02.01.2020
PN – EN ISO 16266:2009
PN-82/C-04576/08
PN-C-04576-4:1994
PN-EN 1622:2006
PN-EN 26777:1999
PN-EN 27888:1999
PN-EN ISO 10523:2012
PN-EN ISO 11731:2017-08 + Ap1:2019-12
PN-EN ISO 6222:2004
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 -1:2014-12 +A1:2017 -04
PN-EN ISO 9308 -1:2014-12+ A1:2017- 04
PN-ISO 6059:1999
PN-ISO 9297:1994
PN-ISO 9308-1:1999
based on the Hanna Instruments test HI 96711-11 total chlorine, HI 96701-11 free chlorine