Marine analysis
Quality data that delivers deep understanding of marine environments.
RPS routinely supports environmental pre and post operational surveys, dredging operations and planning surveys. Our laboratories expertise plays an important role in ensuring the quality of survey results can be relied upon for regulatory outputs.
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Our team have over 20 years of experience in the analysis of trace levels of pollutants in the context of the marine benthic environment and the techniques required to guarantee the production of reliable and fully quality assured data. We take part in the following marine quality assurance schemes and operates to OSPAR and HELCOM guidelines:
- Quality Assurance of Information for Marine Environmental Monitoring in Europe performance testing scheme (QUASIMEME)
- NE Atlantic Marine Biological Analytical Quality Control Scheme (NMBAQC)
Dredging
To ensure environmental compliance and licensing requirements RPS offer UKAS accredited methods of analysis for sediments. RPS holds Marine Monitoring Organisation’s (MMO) validated methods for sediment analysis. Our methods and data outputs also meet the requirements of the Marine Scotland Act and Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland Environment Agency specifications.
Pre and post operational survey
RPS provides detailed trace analysis services for marine sediments collected from the sea bed to support baseline surveys/environmental impact assessments used for planning and installation of new structures as well as providing analysis of sediments an discharge waters during asset life and finally at the decommissioning and post operation survey stage.
What we do
- Alkylphenols, Alkylphenol ethoxylates
- Bioavailable heavy metals by 50% Nitric Acid digest
- BTEX, VOCs, petrol range organics
- Carbonate content
- Dry solids and moisture content at 105°C
- Heavy metals by Partial Aqua Regia digest
- Heavy metals by Total HF digest
- ICP-MS and CVAFS analysis to meet the requirements for the characterisation of dredge material for disposal at sea
- Loss on ignition
- Oil in Water (GC-FID or FTIR)
- Organochlorine Pesticides by GC-MS
- Organotin compounds (TBT, DBT, MBT)
- PAHs EPA16 and alkylated 2-6 ring by GC-MS
- Particle Size Analysis (PSA) via wet and dry sieving and laser diffraction (NMBAQC method)
- PCBs including EN25, WHO12, IC7 and MMO 25 congeners
- Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs)
- Sediment density
- SVOCs by GC-MS
- Total Hydrocarbon Content (by UVF or GC-FID with UCM and n-alkane speciation)
- Total Organic Carbon by combustion and Infra-Red detection
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