🇵🇱 GŁÓWNY INSPEKTORAT OCHRONY ŚRODOWISKA PL
Water & wastewaterEnvironment
GŁÓWNY INSPEKTORAT OCHRONY ŚRODOWISKA is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 805 (Warszawa, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 78 test methods in the following areas: Water & wastewater, Environment. Test objects include: Water, wastewater, Water, Environment: – electromagnetic field in the vicinity of radiocommun…, General environment – noise from installations, equipment and indus…. Most frequently used techniques: Titrimetric method, Spectrophotometric method, Gravimetric method.
At a glance
- Accreditation number: PCA AB 805
- Methods in scope: 78
- Types of test objects: 6
- Techniques used: 16
- City: Warszawa, Poland
- Accreditation number
- AB 805
- Accreditation body
- PCA
- Address
- ul. Chmielna 132/134, 00-805 Warszawa, CENTRALNE LABORATORIUM BADAWCZE, ODDZIAŁ W OLSZTYNIE
- City
- Warszawa, Poland
What this laboratory tests (6)
- Water, wastewater — 45 methods
- Water — 25 methods
- Environment: – electromagnetic field in the vicinity of radiocommunication installations: broadband measurements — 2 methods
- General environment – noise from installations, equipment and industrial plants — 2 methods
- Soil — 2 methods
- Wastewater — 2 methods
Analytical techniques used (16)
- Titrimetric method — 25 methods
- Spectrophotometric method — 16 methods
- Gravimetric method — 7 methods
- Electrochemical method — 3 methods
- Continuous flow analysis (CFA) with spectrophotometric detection — 2 methods
- Direct measurement method — 2 methods
- Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) — 2 methods
- Gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID) — 2 methods
- High-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (HPLC-FLD) — 2 methods
- Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) — 2 methods
- Ion chromatography with conductometric detection (IC-CD) — 2 methods
- Conductometric method — 1 method
- High-temperature combustion with IR detection — 1 method
- Manual method; Automatic method — 1 method
- Optical method — 1 method
- and 1 more
Laboratory locations
- Chief Inspectorate of Environmental Protection (main site) — ul. Chmielna 132/134, 00-805 Warszawa
- Central Testing Laboratory, Olsztyn Branch — ul. 1 Maja 13 b, 10-177 Olsztyn
Certificate information
- Issue date
- 02.07.2025
- Issue no.
- 25
Accreditation scope — test methods (78)
| No. | Test object | Methodology / Parameters | Technique | Reference document | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test methods | |||||
| 1 | Water, wastewater | Total suspended solids (TSS) Range (2,0 – 1000) mg/l |
Gravimetric method | P N-EN 872:2007+Ap1:2007 | |
| 2 | Water, wastewater | Dissolved oxygen concentration Range (0,2 – 20,0) mg/l O2 |
Titrimetric method | PN-EN 25813:1997 | |
| 3 | Water, wastewater | Biochemical oxygen demand BOD5 Range (0,5 – 6,0) mg/l O2 |
Titrimetric method | PN-EN 1899-2:2002 | |
| 4 | Water, wastewater | Biochemical oxygen demand BOD5 Range (1 – 6000) mg/l O2 |
Titrimetric method | PN-EN ISO 5815-1:2019-12 | |
| 5 | Water, wastewater | Chemical oxygen demand COD-Cr Range (6,0 – 1000) mg/l O2 |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-ISO 15705:2005 | |
| 6 | Water, wastewater | Ammonium nitrogen concentration Range (1,0 – 100) mg/l |
Titrimetric method | PN-ISO 5664:2002 | |
| 7 | Water, wastewater | Nitrite nitrogen concentration Range (0,0020 – 10) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN 26777:1999 | |
| 8 | Water, wastewater | Kjeldahl nitrogen concentration Range (2,0 – 500) mg/l |
Titrimetric method | PN-EN 25663:2001 | |
| 9 | Water, wastewater | Total nitrogen concentration (calculated) | PB-01/OL issue 1 of 01.02.2020 | ||
| 10 | Water, wastewater | Total phosphorus concentration Range (0,010 – 100) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN ISO 6878:2006+Ap1:2010 +Ap2:2010 cl. 7 | |
| 11 | Water, wastewater | Chloride concentration Range (4,0 – 5050) mg/l |
Titrimetric method | PN-ISO 9297:1994 | |
| 12 | Water, wastewater | Total organic carbon concentration (TOC) Range (1,0 – 1000) mg/l |
High-temperature combustion with IR detection | PN-EN 1484:1999 | |
| 13 | Water, wastewater | Ammonium nitrogen concentration Range (0,025 – 100) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-ISO 7150-1:2002 | |
| 14 | Water, wastewater | Anion concentrations chlorides (2,0 – 200) mg/l sulfates (2,5 – 500) mg/l nitrite nitrogen (0,050 – 50) mg/l nitrate nitrogen (0,050 – 50) mg/l fluorides (0,25 – 50) mg/l |
Ion chromatography with conductometric detection (IC-CD) | PN-EN ISO 10304-1:2009+AC:2012 | |
| 15 | Water, wastewater | Substances extractable with petroleum ether Range (5,0 – 200) mg/l |
Gravimetric method | PN-86/C-04573-01 | |
| 16 | Water | Total dissolved solids (TDS) Range (100 – 5000) mg/l |
Gravimetric method | PN-EN 15216:2022-03 | |
| 17 | Water | Calcium concentration Range (10 – 200) mg/l |
Titrimetric method | PN-ISO 6058:1999 | |
| 18 | Water | Total content of calcium and magnesium (total hardness) Range (30 – 500) mg/l CaCO3 |
Titrimetric method | PN-ISO 6059:1999 | |
| 19 | Water | Total alkalinity Range (20 – 300) mg/l CaCO3 |
Titrimetric method | PN-EN ISO 9963-1:2001+Ap1:2004 | |
| 20 | Water | Colour Range (2 – 250) mg/l Pt |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN ISO 7887:2012 | |
| 21 | Water | Permanganate index Range (1,0 – 100) mg/l O2 |
Titrimetric method | P N-EN ISO 8467:2001 | |
| 22 | Water | Phosphate phosphorus concentration Range (0,005 – 50) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN ISO 6878:2006+Ap1:2010 +Ap2:2010 cl. 4 | |
| 23 | Water, wastewater | Dissolved oxygen concentration Range (0,2 – 20) mg/l O2 |
Titrimetric method | PN-EN 25813:1997 | PN-ISO 5813:1997 | |
| 24 | Water, wastewater | Biochemical oxygen demand BOD5 Range (0,5 – 6,0) mg/l O2 |
Titrimetric method | PN-EN 1899-2:2002 | |
| 25 | Water, wastewater | Biochemical oxygen demand BOD5 Range (1 – 6000) mg/l O2 |
Titrimetric method | PN-EN ISO 5815-1:2019-12 | |
| 26 | Water, wastewater | Chemical oxygen demand COD-Cr Range (6,0 – 1000) mg/l O2 |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-ISO 15705:2005 | |
| 27 | Water, wastewater | Ammonium nitrogen concentration Range (1,0 – 100) mg/l |
Titrimetric method | PN-ISO 5664:2002 | |
| 28 | Water, wastewater | Ammonium nitrogen concentration, Range; (0,025 – 100) mg/l | Spectrophotometric method | PN-ISO 7150-1:2002 | |
| 29 | Water, wastewater | Nitrite nitrogen concentration Range (0,0020 – 10) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN 26777:1999 | |
| 30 | Water, wastewater | Kjeldahl nitrogen concentration Range (2,0 – 500) mg/l |
Titrimetric method | PN-EN 25663:2001 | |
| 31 | Water, wastewater | Total nitrogen concentration (calculated) | PB-01/OL issue 1 of 01.02.2020 | ||
| 32 | Water, wastewater | Total suspended solids (TSS) Range (2,0 – 500) mg/l |
Gravimetric method | PN-EN 872:2007+Ap1:2007 | |
| 33 | Water, wastewater | Total phosphorus concentration Range (0,010 – 100) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN ISO 6878:2006+Ap1:2010 +Ap2:2010 cl. 7 | |
| 34 | Wastewater | Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) benzo(b)fluoranthene Range (0,0010 – 0,040) μg/l benzo(k)fluoranthene (0,0010 – 0,050) μg/l benzo(a)pyrene (0,000050 – 0,050) μg/l benzo(g,h,i)perylene (0,00040 – 0,040) μg/l indeno (1,2,3-cd)pyrene (0,00020 – 0,040) μg/l dibenzo(a,h)anthracene (0,0010 – 0,050) μg/l Sum of PAH (calculated) |
High-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (HPLC-FLD) | PN-EN ISO 17993:2005 | |
| 35 | Water | Colour Range (2 – 250) mg/l Pt |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN ISO 7887:2012 | |
| 36 | Water | Total dissolved solids (TDS) Range (100 – 2400) mg/l |
Gravimetric method | PN-EN 15216:2022-03 | |
| 37 | Water | Total alkalinity Range (20 – 500) mg/l CaCO3 |
Titrimetric method | PN-EN ISO 9963-1:2001+Ap1:2004 | |
| 38 | Water | Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) naphthalene (0,010 – 0,20) μg/l anthracene (0,0010 – 0,010) μg/l fluoranthene (0,0010 – 0,080) μg/l benzo(b)fluoranthene Range (0,0010 – 0,040) μg/l benzo(k)fluoranthene (0,0010 – 0,050) μg/l benzo(a)pyrene (0,000050 – 0,050) μg/l benzo(g,h,i)perylene (0,00040 – 0,040) μg/l indeno (1,2,3-cd)pyrene (0,00020 – 0,040) μg/l dibenzo(a,h)anthracene (0,0010 – 0,050) μg/l Sum of PAH (calculated) |
High-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (HPLC-FLD) | PN-EN ISO 17993:2005 | |
| 39 | Water | Calcium concentration Range (10 – 100) mg/l |
Titrimetric method | PN-ISO 6058:1999 | |
| 40 | Water | Total content of calcium and magnesium (total hardness) Range (30 – 350) mg/l CaCO3 |
Titrimetric method | PN-ISO 6059:1999 | |
| 41 | Water | Permanganate index Range (1,0 – 1000) mg/l O2 |
Titrimetric method | PN-EN ISO 8467:2001 | |
| 42 | Water | Phosphate phosphorus concentration Range (0,005 – 50) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN ISO 6878:2006+Ap1:2010 +Ap2:2010 cl. 4 | |
| 43 | Water, wastewater | Total suspended solids (TSS) Range (2,0 – 1000) mg/l |
Gravimetric method | PN-EN 872:2007+Ap1:2007 | |
| 44 | Water, wastewater | Dissolved oxygen concentration Range (0,2 – 20) mg/l O2 |
Titrimetric method | PN-EN 25813:1997 | |
| 45 | Water, wastewater | Dissolved oxygen concentration Range (0,2 – 20) mg/l O2 |
Electrochemical method | PN-EN ISO 5814:2013-04 | |
| 46 | Water, wastewater | Biochemical oxygen demand BOD5 Range (0,5 – 6,0) mg/l O2 |
Titrimetric method | PN-EN 1899-2:2002 | |
| 47 | Water, wastewater | Biochemical oxygen demand BOD5 Range (0,5 – 6,0) mg/l O2 |
Electrochemical method | PN-EN 1899-2:2002 | |
| 48 | Water, wastewater | Biochemical oxygen demand BOD5 Range (1,0 – 6000) mg/l O2 |
Electrochemical method | PN-EN ISO 5815-1:2019-12 | |
| 49 | Water, wastewater | Ammonium nitrogen concentration Range (1,0 – 200) mg/l |
Titrimetric method | PN-ISO 5664:2002 | |
| 50 | Water, wastewater | Ammonium nitrogen concentration Range (0,025 – 100) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-ISO 7150-1:2002 | |
| 51 | Water, wastewater | Nitrite nitrogen concentration Range (0,0020 – 70) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN 26777:1999 | |
| 52 | Water, wastewater | Kjeldahl nitrogen concentration Range (2,0 – 500) mg/l |
Titrimetric method | PN-EN 25663:2001 | |
| 53 | Water, wastewater | Total nitrogen concentration (calculated ) | PB-01/OL issue 1 of 01.02.2020 | ||
| 54 | Water, wastewater | Total phosphorus concentration Range (0,010 – 100) mg/l |
Continuous flow analysis (CFA) with spectrophotometric detection | PN-EN ISO 15681-2:2019-02 | |
| 55 | Water, wastewater | Orthophosphate concentration Range (0,015-153) mg/l PO4 Phosphate phosphorus concentration Range (0,005-50) mg/l |
Continuous flow analysis (CFA) with spectrophotometric detection | PN-EN ISO 15681-2:2019-02 | |
| 56 | Water, wastewater | Chemical oxygen demand COD-Cr Range (6,0 – 10000) mg/l O2 |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-ISO 15705:2005 | |
| 57 | Water, wastewater | Anion concentrations chlorides (2,0 – 500) mg/l sulfates (2,5 – 500) mg/l nitrate nitrogen (0,050 – 100) mg/l fluorides (0,25 – 10) mg/l |
Ion chromatography with conductometric detection (IC-CD) | PN-EN ISO 10304-1:2009+AC:2012 | |
| 58 | Water, wastewater | Metal concentrations arsenic (0,010 – 10) mg/l boron (0,10 – 100) mg/l barium (0,010 – 100) mg/l selenium (0,010 – 1000) mg/l copper (0,0020 – 100) mg/l lead (0,0050 – 100) mg/l nickel (0,0010 – 100) mg/l manganese (0,0010 – 100) mg/l iron (0,0020 – 100) mg/l zinc (0,010 – 50) mg/l cadmium (0,0010 – 10) mg/l chromium (0,0020 – 50) mg/l aluminium (0,010 – 100) mg/l silver (0,0010 – 1,0) mg/l vanadium (0,010 – 10) mg/l |
Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) | PN-EN ISO 11885:2009 | |
| 59 | Water, wastewater | Mineral oil index Range (0,050 – 1000) mg/l |
Gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID) | PN-EN ISO 9377-2:2003 | |
| 60 | Water | Total alkalinity Range (20 – 500) mg/l CaCO3 |
Titrimetric method | PN-EN ISO 9963-1:2001+Ap1:2004 | |
| 61 | Water | Total dissolved solids (TDS) Range (100 – 5000) mg/l |
Gravimetric method | PN-EN 15216:2022-03 | |
| 62 | Water | Permanganate index Range (1,0 – 200) mg/l O2 |
Titrimetric method | PN-EN ISO 8467:2001 | |
| 63 | Water | Sodium concentration Range (0,040 – 40) mg/l |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | PN-ISO 9964-1:1994+Ap1:2009 | |
| 64 | Water | Element concentration Magnesium (1,0 – 200) mg/l Calcium (1,0 – 1000) mg/l |
Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) | PN-EN ISO 11885:2009 | |
| 65 | Water | Potassium concentration Range (0,020 – 40) mg/l |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | PN-ISO 9964-2:1994 | |
| 66 | Water | Total hardness (calculated) | PB-07/OL issue 1 of 01.02.2020 | ||
| 67 | Water | Colour Range (2 – 250) mg/l Pt |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN ISO 7887:2012 | |
| 68 | Soil | Content of petroleum hydrocarbons C12-C35 Range ( 3 0 – 3 0 0 0 ) m g / k g |
Gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID) | PN-EN ISO 16703:2011 | |
| 69 | Water | Sampling for chemical and physical testing Temperature of water / of the water sample taken Range (0,0 – 30,0) °C |
PN-ISO 5667-4:2017-10 | PN-EN ISO 5667-6:2016-12 | PN-EN ISO 5667-11:2017-10 excluding cl. 5.2 and 6.2 | PN-77/C-04584 | ||
| 70 | Water | Dissolved oxygen concentration Range (0,1 – 20,0) mg/l O2 |
Optical method | ISO 17289:2014 | |
| 71 | Wastewater | Sampling for chemical and physical testing Temperature of wastewater /of the collected wastewater sample Range (0,0 – 50,0) °C |
Manual method; Automatic method | PN-ISO 5667-10:2021-11 | PN-77/C-04584 | |
| 72 | Soil | Sampling for chemical and physical testing | PN-ISO 10381-4:2007 | PN-ISO 10381-5:2009 | ||
| 73 | Water, wastewater | pH Range 4,0 – 10,0 |
Potentiometric method | PN-EN ISO 10523:2012 | |
| 74 | Water, wastewater | Electrical conductivity Range (100 – 20000) μS/cm |
Conductometric method | PN-EN 27888:1999 | |
| 75 | General environment – noise from installations, equipment and industrial plants | A-weighted equivalent sound pressure level Range (25 – 135) dB |
Direct measurement method | Annex 7 to the Regulation of the Minister of Climate and Environment of 7.09.2021 (consolidated text Journal of Laws of 2023, item 1706) excluding cl. F | |
| 76 | General environment – noise from installations, equipment and industrial plants | A-weighted equivalent sound pressure level for the reference time T expressed by the indicators LAeqD and LAeqN (calculated) | Annex 7 to the Regulation of the Minister of Climate and Environment of 7.09.2021 (consolidated text Journal of Laws of 2023, item 1706) excluding cl. F | ||
| 77 | Environment: – electromagnetic field in the vicinity of radiocommunication installations: broadband measurements | in the frequency range from 10 MHz up to 40 GHz Range (0,2 – 300) V/m |
Direct measurement method | Annex to the Regulation of the Minister of Climate of 17.02.2020 (Journal of Laws 2022 item 2630) | |
| 78 | Environment: – electromagnetic field in the vicinity of radiocommunication installations: broadband measurements | Magnetic field strength: in the frequency range from 10 MHz up to 40 GHz (calculated) |
Annex to the Regulation of the Minister of Climate of 17.02.2020 (Journal of Laws 2022 item 2630) | ||
Reference standards (47)
ISO 17289:2014
P N-EN 872:2007+Ap1:2007
P N-EN ISO 8467:2001
PB-01/OL issue 1 of 01.02.2020
PB-01/OL issue 1 of 01.02.2020
PB-07/OL issue 1 of 01.02.2020
PN-77/C-04584
PN-86/C-04573-01
PN-EN 1484:1999
PN-EN 15216:2022-03
PN-EN 1899-2:2002
PN-EN 25663:2001
PN-EN 25813:1997
PN-EN 26777:1999
PN-EN 27888:1999
PN-EN 872:2007+Ap1:2007
PN-EN ISO 10304-1:2009+AC:2012
PN-EN ISO 10523:2012
PN-EN ISO 11885:2009
PN-EN ISO 15681-2:2019-02
PN-EN ISO 16703:2011
PN-EN ISO 17993:2005
PN-EN ISO 5667-11:2017-10 excluding cl. 5.2 and 6.2
PN-EN ISO 5667-6:2016-12
PN-EN ISO 5814:2013-04
PN-EN ISO 5815-1:2019-12
PN-EN ISO 6878:2006+Ap1:2010 +Ap2:2010 cl. 4
PN-EN ISO 6878:2006+Ap1:2010 +Ap2:2010 cl. 7
PN-EN ISO 7887:2012
PN-EN ISO 8467:2001
PN-EN ISO 9377-2:2003
PN-EN ISO 9963-1:2001+Ap1:2004
PN-ISO 10381-4:2007
PN-ISO 10381-5:2009
PN-ISO 15705:2005
PN-ISO 5664:2002
PN-ISO 5667-10:2021-11
PN-ISO 5667-4:2017-10
PN-ISO 5813:1997
PN-ISO 6058:1999
PN-ISO 6059:1999
PN-ISO 7150-1:2002
PN-ISO 9297:1994
PN-ISO 9964-1:1994+Ap1:2009
PN-ISO 9964-2:1994
Annex to the Regulation of the Minister of Climate of 17.02.2020 (Journal of Laws 2022 item 2630)
Annex 7 to the Regulation of the Minister of Climate and Environment of 7.09.2021 (consolidated text Journal of Laws of 2023, item 1706) excluding cl. F