With thanks to Everyone involved with the publication of our Blue book; The Microbiology of Sewage Sludge – Part 3 – Methods for the isolation and enumeration of Escherichia coli (including E. coli O157:H7)
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Enumeration and Identification of Algae
Thanks to Everyone involved with the publication of our Blue book; Enumeration and Identification of Algae
Thanks to Everyone involved with the publication of our Blue book; The Determination of Gross Alpha Beta Radiation in Potable and Raw Waters by Rapid Screening Measurement with Gas Proportional Counting Detection (2024)
We are pleased to announce that the Standing Committee of Analysts (SCA) has been officially recognised as a registered charitable organisation.
The SCA, which has been at the forefront of providing authoritative guidance on methods of sampling and analysis for waters, effluents, sewage sludges, and biota. Our primary duty remains the same – developing and publishing recommended analytical methods to ensure regulatory compliance, best practices, and the highest standards within the United Kingdom (UK).
As a charity, the SCA aims to continue to foster collaboration, knowledge sharing, and innovation in the field of environmental analysis and provide free access to historical and new publications to all who need them.
Registered Charity: 1207801
Please note the addendum made to this 2007 publication warning users of the potential positive bias of results in chloraminated water supplies in the presence of ammonia and the dechlorination agent ascorbic acid.
Thanks to Everyone involved with the publication of our Blue book; Estimation of Uncertainty of Measurement for Chemical and Physico-chemical Determinands in Drinking Water (2023)
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Bacteriological Swabs
Thanks to Everyone involved with the publication of our blue book for Bacteriological Swabs; the first with the redesigned front cover. Download here!
Thank you to Abby Tyler, South West Water, who identified that the copy of MoSS Part 4 available on the Microbiology page was not the latest version available in the Library – both now have links to the 2004 version.
With thanks to Andrew Tonkin, SES Water for highlighting the missing publication from our Microbiology of Drinking Water Series. Part 4 – Methods for the Isolation and enumeration of coliform bacteria and Escherichia coli (including E. coli O157 H7) was published in 2016 and otherwise not published in our online Library. Thank you also to Jonathan Cannon, Drinking Water Inspectorate and Aleksandra Rafalska, Wessex Water Scientific Centre for also reporting this issue. Download Here!
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Website
Welcome to the Standing Committee of Analysts new website home; we we want to develop further support for our fantastic World wide respected blue book publications and better engage with the communities we serve.