Proficiency Testing Scheme 2003
Abstract
In Austria, the quality of ground and surface water is monitored since the early 90's. About 2000 groundwater and 240 river water sites are sampled regularly and analysed for numerous inorganic and organic parameters in a countrywide measurement network. The exact range and frequency of the water analyses are legally regulated. This permanent and comprehensive measurement programme requires reliable and accurate results of analysis. In 1995 the Centre for Analytical Chemistry at the IFA-Tulln started to build up a PT scheme for external quality assurance in water analysis on behalf of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management. Since then this scheme was extended to a multiplicity of inorganic and organic parameters. It is an important part of the country-wide measurement programme. The PT scheme is open to all laboratories that are interested in testing their analytical performance. In the year 2002 over 200 European laboratories participated in our PT scheme. The Ministry for Economic Affairs, which holds the accreditation body for chemical testing laboratories in Austria approves our PT scheme. The conduction of our external quality assurance system is based on the requirements of the ISO Guide 43 and thus also corresponds to the international criteria for proficiency testing in chemical laboratories. In 2001, the evaluation software programme was further developed in commission of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture. The programme has been adapted for long-term data evaluation for the contractors of the national monitoring programme. At present we can provide this to all users of the PT scheme as additional service.
keywords Nutrients Metals Herbicides Volatile halogenated hydrocarbons (CKWs) Methyl-tert-butylether (MTBE) External Quality Assurance Water Analysis Proficiency Testing
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Project staff
Wolfgang Kandler
Ass.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Wolfgang Kandler
wolfgang.kandler@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-97308
Project Leader
01.01.2003 - 30.06.2004
Patricia Schubert-Ullrich
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Patricia Schubert-Ullrich
Project Staff
01.01.2003 - 30.06.2004
Rainer Schuhmacher
Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Chem. Dr. Rainer Schuhmacher
rainer.schuhmacher@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-97307
Project Staff
01.01.2003 - 30.06.2004