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PAS 61:2006 Determination of priority pollutants in surface water using passive sampling, 2006
- Contents [Go to Page]
- 1 Scope 3
- 2 Normative references 3
- 3 Terms and definitions 3
- 4 Principle 4
- 5 Handling sampling devices 5
- 5.1 General 5
- 5.2 Organics sampling devices 5
- 5.3 Metals sampling devices 5
- 6 Estimation of appropriate field deployment time 5
- 7 Sampling device preparation and assembly 6
- 7.1 Sampling device preparation 6
- 7.2 Sampling device assembly 6
- 7.3 Sampling device storage 6
- 8 Quality assurance 6
- 8.1 General 6
- 8.2 Replicate quality control sampling devices 7
- 8.3 Sampling device controls 7
- 9 Selection of sampling site and safety precautions 9
- 9.1 Selection of sampling site 9
- 9.2 General safety precautions 9
- 10 Sampling device deployment and retrieval 10
- 10.1 Materials and apparatus 10
- 10.2 Deployment procedure 10
- 10.3 Retrieval procedure 11
- 11 Extraction of analytes from sampling devices and preparation for analysis 12
- 12 Analysis 12
- 13 Calculation 13
- 14 Test report 14
- Bibliography 18
- Annexes
- Annex A (informative) Relevant analytical methods (European and international standards) 15
- Annex B (informative) Quality control measures 16
- B.1 Recovery 16
- B.2 Method detection limits (LoD) 17
- B.3 Precision 17
- List of figures
- Figure 1 Schematic representation of a passive sampling device 2
- Figure 2 Quality control samples involved in passive sampling 7
- List of tables
- Foreword [Go to Page]
- Figure 1 Schematic representation of a passive sampling device
- 1 Scope
- 2 Normative references
- 3 Terms and definitions [Go to Page]
- 3.1 analytical recovery standard
- 3.2 fabrication control
- 3.3 field control
- 3.4 passive sampling
- 3.5 priority pollutant
- 3.6 performance reference compound (PRC)
- 3.7 reagent control
- 3.8 recovery spike
- 3.9 sampling device class
- 3.10 shipping control (optional)
- 4 Principle
- 5 Handling sampling devices [Go to Page]
- 5.1 General
- 5.2 Organics sampling devices
- 5.3 Metals sampling devices
- 6 Estimation of appropriate field deployment time
- 7 Sampling device preparation and assembly [Go to Page]
- 7.1 Sampling device preparation
- 7.2 Sampling device assembly
- 7.3 Sampling device storage
- 8 Quality assurance [Go to Page]
- 8.1 General
- 8.2 Replicate quality control sampling devices
- 8.3 Sampling device controls [Go to Page]
- Figure 2 Quality control samples involved in passive sampling [Go to Page]
- Table 1 Sampling device control requirements
- 9 Selection of sampling site and safety precautions [Go to Page]
- 9.1 Selection of sampling site [Go to Page]
- a) sources of vapour-phase contaminants, including engine fumes, oils, tars, gasoline, diesel fuel, paints, solvents, cigarette smoke and asphalt pavement, if organics sampling devices are to be used;
- b) sources of metallic contamination, if metals sampling devices are to be used;
- c) oily films or biofilms on the surface of the water;
- d) adequate water depth to keep the sampling device submerged throughout deployment under all conditions;
- 9.2 General safety precautions
- 10 Sampling device deployment and retrieval [Go to Page]
- 10.1 Materials and apparatus
- 10.2 Deployment procedure
- 10.3 Retrieval procedure
- 11 Extraction of analytes from sampling devices and preparation for analysis
- 12 Analysis
- 13 Calculation
- 14 Test report [Go to Page]
- a) sampling device manufacturer;
- b) sampling device batch number;
- c) sampling device field identification;
- d) sampling device uptake rate and the method used to determine it;
- e) sampling location, date and time of deployment and retrieval of sampling devices, site characteristics and name of person deploying and retrieving the device;
- f) where applicable, further information on the sample site, e.g. previous levels of any pollutants found;
- g) water quality parameters recorded at deployment and retrieval;
- h) any performance reference compounds used and their levels in sampling devices before and after exposure;
- i) analytical performance compounds used;
- j) sample preparation method;
- k) analytical method;
- l) levels of target analytes quantified in quality control samples;
- m) time weighted average concentration of analyte in the surface water, with its estimated uncertainty.
- Annex A (informative) Relevant analytical methods (European and international standards)
- Annex B (informative) Quality control measures [Go to Page]
- B.1 Recovery
- B.2 Method detection limits (LoD)
- B.3 Precision
- Bibliography [Go to Page]