Central Laboratory for Scientific Services and Environmental Assessment

Distinguished Services Offered by the Central Laboratory:

• Environmental consultations and studies to assess environmental impact, determine suitable treatment methods, and ensure wastewater quality compliance.
• Conducting chemical and microbial tests for drinking water, wastewater (domestic and industrial), and food products.
• Determining microbial contamination levels in raw materials and final products.
• Estimating microbial contamination in companies and workers and suggesting solutions to problems.
• Providing solutions to industrial pollution and drinking/wastewater issues and developing appropriate methods for analyzing new samples.

Main Laboratories:

1. Microbiology Laboratory

This laboratory performs the following analyses on drinking water, wastewater, food samples, and pharmaceutical products:

1. Total bacterial count
2. Fecal coliforms
3. Total coliforms
4. Fecal streptococci
5. Yeasts and molds
6. Salmonella
7. Sterility tests

It also tracks causes and issues related to microbial contamination in final products.

2. Chemistry and Water Analysis Laboratory

This laboratory performs the following tests for drinking water, domestic and industrial wastewater:

1. pH level
2. Electrical conductivity (EC)
3. Total dissolved salts
4. Total hardness
5. Total phosphates
6. Sulfates
7. Alkalinity
8. Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD)
9. Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD)
10. Chloride
11. Chlorine
12. Silicates
13. Nitrates
14. Nitrites
15. Ammonia
16. Aluminum
17. Oils and greases
18. Sulfides
19. Total nitrogen
20. Phenols

It also performs food analyses such as:

• Fiber content
• Nitrogen content
• Oil percentage

3. Instrumentation and Measurement Laboratory

This lab includes advanced instruments that serve research and industry