Our Environmental Laboratory has been formally recognized as an “Early Adopter” of the National Institute of Health’s standards for lab certification by ELAP (Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program). This certifies a high standard which most municipal laboratories in the State have not yet met, and our Lab’s capability of servicing the community’s tremendous environmental and public needs for now and the foreseeable future.

We are also proud that our Lab was one of 16 laboratories across the country selected for USEPA and NIST's successful validation testing in the development of a standard to improve pollution measurements in recreational waters. This new "NIST SRM 2917" can also be used to support stormwater management, food production monitoring, wastewater surveillance and outbreak exposure route identification.lso  Read more.

Wastewater SCAN Dashboard of SARS-CoV-2. Through community wastewater partnerships, see SARS-CoV-2  levels for Santa Cruz and other communities.

Laboratory Processes

• Provides analyses and sampling support for pretreatment, collection and treatment plant processes.
• Compiles, reviews and reports data regarding plant permit and treatment processes.

Laboratory Services

• General Custody Forms
• Chain of Custody Form
• Publicly Accessible Data
• Public Reports

Publications

• Bateriophage Analyses Video by Prof. Blanch and City of Santa Cruz Environmental Laboratory for WEFTEC 2017 [PDF]  This includes videos co-produced by City of Santa Cruz Environmental Laboratory.
• A Comparison of Methods Used to Analyze a Range of Environmental Matrixes [PDF]
• A Prospectus for Compliance Sampling of CECs and trace organice. [PDF]
• Faster and Smarter:  A BOD-to-TOC conversion enables quick response to process control needs [PDF]
  by Akin Babatola and Tianfei Xu; published in Water Environment Federation Laboratory Solutions, October/November 2010.  

For more information please contact:
Akin Babatola
Laboratory/Environmental Compliance Manager
110 California Street
Santa Cruz, California 95060
Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 
831- 420-6045
Fax: 831-420-6489 
email  

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