Examination of the Accreditation Status of Water Quality Parameters

Year 2017, Volume: 2 Issue: 1(3) - Volume 2, Issue 1(3), 347 - 355, 01.06.2017

Perihan Akan Ozlem Muge Aydin Testik

Abstract

Introduction. The monitoring of pollutant concentrations resulting
in water pollution, which constitutes the basis of environmental pollution, and
the measurement of the water parameters used in pollution control must be done
in the accredited laboratories in order to get more reliable results. Aim of the study. To examine and
compare the accredited laboratories of universities, public institutions and
private sector in Turkey with regard to water quality parameters. To eliminate
the deficiencies in the literature. Material
and methods. We studied on 47 water quality parameters. The data in this
study were taken from Turkish Accreditation Agency (TURKAK-Türk Akreditasyon
Kurumu) website. There exist only 10 universities having accredited
laboratories in terms of water quality parameters in Turkey. Furthermore, 11
public institutions and 71 private sectors in Turkey have accredited
laboratories related to environmental quality parameters. The most remarkable
accredited water parameters are considered and the frequencies according to
these parameters are calculated. Results.
University laboratories are examined in terms of 42 water quality parameters.
The universities which have the most accredited laboratories with regard to
water quality parameters are Dokuz Eylul University and Mugla Sıtkı Kocman

 

University, respectively. All of the public
institutions are accredited both in environmental parameters and all water
quality parameters, while the private institutions are only accredited in
environmental parameters without accreditation in water quality parameters. Of
the private establishments with accredited laboratories, only 44 are accredited
in terms of water quality parameters. Conclusions.
 Findings show that the number of
institutions with accredited laboratory in Turkey is very inadequate.

 

Key words: water quality parameters, ISO 17025, laboratory accreditation.

Keywords

Examination of the Accreditation Status of Water Quality Parameters

References

• Perihan Akan1, Ozlem Muge Aydin Testik2 1 Hacettepe University, Department of Environmental Engineering, Ankara, Turkey 2 Hacettepe University, Department of Industrial Engineering, Ankara, Turkey
• Perihan Akan, MSc Department of Environmental Engineering Hacettepe University, Beytepe Campus 06800, Cankaya, Ankara, Turkey Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] e-mail: [e-mail]