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WATER INDUSTRY

The Water Industry helps to provide drinking water and waste water services for residential, commercial and industrial purposes. The water industry includes several segments like Water Monitoring and Water Treatment and so on.

Our external water testing laboratory is one of the most exhaustive and well equipped divisions with highly trained professionals and state-of-the-art instrumentation. We are catering to the analytical needs of all industries which produce or use water for one or other purposes eg. fisheries, hospitality, healthcare, agriculture, manufacturing, food and beverage processing units, etc. At EFRAC the Water department deals with various analytical requirements in a wide range of water matrices.

TYPES OF WATER TO BE TESTED

Raw water, Potable drinking water as per IS-10500, Packaged drinking water as per IS-14543, Packaged natural mineral water as per IS-13428, Water for food processing IS-4251, Water for dialysis as per AAMI standard/IS0-13959, Water for irrigation, Water for construction as per IS-456, Water for swimming pool as per IS-3328, Water for boiler, Water as per 98/83-EU, Water as per WHO, Water as per US-EPA, Water for industrial cooling as per IS-8188, Pet bottle and container analysis as per IS-15410 and 9845, Water for basic potability, Water purifiers for efficacy test, Packaged drinking water for manufacturing companies.

PARAMETERS

• Physical and chemical analysis • Pesticides, Microbiological analysis • Toxic metals • Pet bottles for potability study • Pet bottles for colour migration and overall migration analysis • Efficacy of water purifier • TOC (Total Organic Carbon)

METHOD OF ANALYSIS

• FSSAI Lab Manual • IS • ISO • AOAC • Codex • AOCS

INSTRUMENTS

• HPLC • GC-FID • GC-MS • LC-MS • UPLC • ICP-MS • ICP-OES • AAS • IC • ELISA

Package Drinking Water Bottle & Pouch

BIS Regulations make it mandatory for all Industries Producing Packaged Drinking Water and/or Natural Mineral Water to use Containers conforming to IS 15410:2003 & IS 15609: 2005 Specifications. Low-Quality Packaging materials may leach Toxic Elements into water that subsequently dissolve in Highly Polar water. The leached Elements most of which are Carcinogenic in Nature, adversely affect Human Health. Packaging Material Quality is Regulated by various National & International Organizations like the BIS and FSSAI in India, FDA and EPA in the USA, EN in Europe, and DIN in Germany.

Our external testing laboratory, a NABL & BIS-approved Laboratory, is the Lead Service Provider for the Aqua Industry in India. It offers Accredited Services both in Packaged Drinking Water as well as for Food- water Grade Containers, pan India. The Test Reports are fully compliant with Regulatory Standards like the BIS, FSSAI, EN, USFDA, etc.

Our external testing laboratory is NABL & BIS approved Laboratory for Container testing and we are the REFERRAL Laboratories from FSSAI. We are proud that our container testing division is US FDA inspected Lab. We have a dedicated team of Scientist, Chemical Engineers & Mechanical Engineers to ensure the quality of containers safe for packaging of Drinking water or Natural Mineral water. Because of this, reliable quality control and safety testing are of paramount importance to every supplier, manufacturer, and distributor of water containers. Our external testing laboratory ensures that the packaging Materials meet the quality and safety standards of the destination market. Our fully accredited test reports ensure compliance with a number of regulatory requirements, including: BIS, FSSAI, EN, USFDA and so on.

PARAMETERS

WET CHEMISTRY:
• Overall Migration/ Global Migration/Specific Migration

PHYSICAL:
• Material (PE / PVC/ PET/ PBT/ Polypropylene/Polycarbonate/ Polystyrene) • Design, Shape & Dimensions • Manufacture, Workmanship, Finish & Appearances • Ink adhesion test• Product Resistance • Odour/ Thickness/ width of film • Product resistance of printed pouches

ANALYTICAL BALANCE:
• Brimful capacity & Nominal capacity

TRANSPARENCY TESTER:
• Transparency

VIBRATION LEAK TESTER:
• Leakage Test (Vibration Leakage)

DROP TESTER:
• Drop Test

OTHER PARAMETER

• Environmental Stress-Crack Resistance • Water Potability
• Stack Load test • Tensile Strength • Dart Impact Resistance

INSTRUMENTS

 FTIR • DSC • Gas Chromatography • • ICP-MS/ICP-OES/AAS • Transparency Tester • Drop Tester • Hot Air Oven • Vibration Leakage Tester • Humidity Controller • Analytical Balance • Vernier Caliper • Digital Screw gauge

STANDARDS/ REGULATIONS

• IS 15410 • IS 2798 • IS 4905 • IS 8747 • IS 9845 • IS 10142 • IS 10146 • IS 10151 • IS 10910 • IS 12252 • IS 14971 • IS 15609 • IS 2508 • IS 14500