Land Remediation

Analytical Methods

The following is information on analytical methods which have been developed to assess some specific substances referred to in the Contaminated Sites Regulation. Please consult the British Columbia Environmental Laboratory Manual for additional analytical methods.

Analytical Methods

• Analytical Method 7 - Aliphatic / Aromatic Separation of Extractable Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Solids or Water by Silica Gel Column Fractionation (PDF/173 KB) Issued March 2003
• Analytical Method 9 - Soluble Barium by Calcium Chloride Extraction (PDF/97 KB/6 pages) Issued October 2007

Reports

• British Columbia Ministry of Environment K_D (Chloride) Analytical Method
  Validation Interlab Study (CSR # 12355) (PDF/579 KB / 55 pages) Issued June 2006
• Phase 3: Interlaboratory Testing of the Analytical Methods for Soluble Barium and BC Salm Barium (PDF/217 KB / 34 pages) Issued June 2007
• Phase 2: Optimization and Ruggedness Testing for Soluble and Total Barium Methods (PDF/389 KB / 53 pages) Issued June 2007
• Phase 1: Evaluation of Viable Analytical Methods for Soluble Barium (PDF/131 KB/21 pages) Issued June 2007
• Petroleum Hydrocarbon Methods Study (1998) Round Robin and Single Laboratory Results Final Report (PDF/253 KB) Issued June 1999