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Soil and Hazardous Waste Laboratory

Contact person:

Dr.Saswat Kumar Mohanty
Deputy Environmental Scientist
Air Laboratory-in-Charge
Ph : 9438883993
Email [email protected]

Functions of Soil & Hazardous waste Laboratory:

I. Providing monitoring and analytical support to the Board for its regulatory activities.

II. Assessment of

Surface & subsurface soil quality
Sediment quality
Solid & Hazardous waste quality

III. Providing analytical support to other Government Organizations of the State

IV. Providing training to students of different industries regarding solid & Hazardous waste sampling & analysis

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Sl. No.	Test Parameter	Test method
(A) Hazardous Waste
1.	Preparation of Leachate (TCLP) extract/ water extract)	No. 7.5, p. 170 No. 7.5,10 p. 176
2.	Corrosivity	No. 7.4, p. 167
3.	Ignibility (Flash Point)	No. 7.2, p. 166
4.	Toxicity	No. 7.5, p. 170
5.	Measurement Heavy metals n the waste/ leachate	No. 5.4, p.42

Note :Methods are from Manual on Sampling, Analysis and Characterization of hazardous waste, CPCB Publication LATS/16/2002-03.

Sl. No.	Test Parameter	Test method
B) Soil/ Sludge/ Sediment and Solid waste
1.	Boron	No. 3.12.2, p. 201
2.	Cation E xchange capacity (CEC)	IS: 2720 (Part XXIV)-1976 Reaffirmed 2001
3.	Electrical conductivity (EC)	IS : 14767:2000 Reaffirmed 2006
4.	Nitrogen Available	No. 3.02, p.146
5.	Organic carbon/ matter (Chemical method)	IS: 2720 (Part XXII)-1972 Reaffirmed 2010
6.	Ph	IS: 2720 (Part 26)-1987 Reaffirmed 1997
7.	Phosphorous (available)	No. 3.03, p.161
8.	Potassium	No. 3.04 p. 169
9.	SAR in soil extract	By Calculation
10.	Sodium	No. 3.04 p. 169
11.	Soil Moisture	IS: 2720 (Part II)-1973 Reaffirmed 1997
12.	Total Kjehldal Nitrogen	No. 3.02, p. 155
13.	Ammonia	No. 3.02.5, p. 154
14.	Bicarbonate	No. 3.16.1, p. 216
15.	Calcium	No. 3.05, p. 171
16.	Calcium Carbonate	IS : 2720(Part XXIII)- 1976 Reaffirmed 1995
17.	Chloride	No. 3.16.2, p. 217
18.	Gypsum Requirement	No. 3.15, p. 213
19.	Nitrate	No. 3.02.4, p. 152
20.	Poly aromatic Hydrocarbon	Manual on Integrated Water Quality Evaluation,, By D. de Zwart, R.C. Trivedi and A.M. de Kruijf,, Report No. 802023003, 1995., Chapter 11, p. 173*
21.	Heavy metals	Manual on Integrated Water Quality Evaluation,, By D. de Zwart, R.C. Trivedi and A.M. de Kruijf,, Report No. 802023003, 1995., Chapter 11, p. 167*
22.	Sulphate	IS : 2270 (Part XXVII)-1977 Reaffirmed 2001
23.	Sulphur	No. 3.06 , p. 177
24.	Total water Soluble salts	IS: 2720(Part XXI)-1977 Reaffirmed 2001
25.	Water Holding Capacity	No. 1.14 , p. 56

Note : Except the IS methods and * marked methods , all other methods are from A Textbook of Soil Analysis, by T.C. Baruah and H. Barthakar, 1997.

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