Abstract:Wastewater Laboratory Managers, Quality Assurance Officers, and analysts are aware of the requirements to analyze quality control (QC) samples as part of each analytical batch. Method blanks, laboratory control samples, matrix spikes, matrix spike duplicates, sample duplicates, surrogates, and other QC testing are mandated by most approved methods or state/national laboratory accreditation standards. Many wastewater laboratory professionals lack a clear understanding of how to apply the QC results to the analy… Show more
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