Laboratory Services
TESTING CHARGES
LABORATORY TESTING FEES
Th following costs have been calculated and established in alignment with the current regional market prices of Laboratory analysis. The revised costs are intended to recover costs of routine laboratory reagents, capital investments on equipment, instrument maintenance costs and general laboratory overheads.
A. Individual Analysis
|
ANALYTE |
COST [P] |
ANALYTE |
COST [P] |
|
Alkalinity |
57.30 |
Lead |
40.00 |
|
Aluminium |
40.00 |
Legionella pneumophila |
51.00 |
|
Ammonium |
40.00 |
Magnesium |
40.00 |
|
Biological Oxygen Demand |
76.90 |
Manganese |
40.00 |
|
Bromide |
61.05 |
Mercury |
40.00 |
|
Cadmium |
40.00 |
Nickel |
40.00 |
|
Calcium |
40.00 |
Nitrate |
61.05 |
|
Calcium Hardness |
57.60 |
Nitrite |
61.05 |
|
Chemical Oxygen Demand |
107.65 |
pH & Temperature |
43.55 |
|
Chloride |
61.05 |
Phosphate |
61.05 |
|
Cobalt |
40.00 |
Potassium |
40.00 |
|
Conductivity & Total Dissolved Solids |
43.60 |
Sodium |
40.00 |
|
Chromium |
40.00 |
Faecal streptococci |
80.55 |
|
Clostridium perfringens |
248.10 |
Sulphate |
61.05 |
|
Copper |
40.00 |
Total Chlorine |
29.65 |
|
Cryptosporidium and Giardia |
3 221.90 |
Total coliforms |
117.40 |
|
Escherichia coli |
117.40 |
Total Hardness |
59.85 |
|
Faecal coliforms |
79.00 |
Total Suspended Solids |
173.21 |
|
Fluoride |
61.05 |
Turbidity |
38.25 |
|
Free Chlorine |
29.65 |
Vibrio cholera |
165.00 |
|
Heterotrophic Plate Count |
322.00 |
Zinc |
40.00 |
|
Iron |
40.00 |
Algae |
200.00 |
B. Group Analysis
|
TYPE OF ANALYSIS |
PARAMETERS |
COST [P] |
|
Drinking Water for human consumption |
pH, turbidity, conductivity, total dissolved solids, Escherichia coli, faecal coliforms, faecal streptococci, total coliforms, free chlorine, total chlorine, anions and metals. |
1,566.40
|
|
Drinking water for livestock and poultry |
alkalinity, pH, turbidity, conductivity, total dissolved solids, faecal coliforms, total coliforms, Heterotrophic Plate Count, anions and metals. |
1,688.45 |
|
Water quality for irrigation
|
pH, conductivity, total dissolved solids, suspended solids, Escherichia coli, faecal coliforms, anions and metals. |
1,390.15
|
|
Wastewater
|
pH, temperature, dissolved oxygen, biological oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, turbidity, conductivity, total dissolved solids, faecal coliforms, total coliforms, ammonia, free chlorine, total chlorine, anions and metals. |
1,637.65
|
|
New connections to existing WUC network |
Escherichia coli, free chlorine, total chlorine, total coliforms and turbidity |
293.95
|
|
Treated Water Check |
Conductivity, total dissolved solids, iron, manganese, turbidity, free chlorine and total chlorine |
221.15 |
HANDLING FEES
a) Potable water P 50.00
b) Waste water P 100.00
VALUE ADDED TAX
The above prices are VAT exclusive and will be charged the normal 12% VAT.
TURNAROUND TIMES
a) Chemistry Analyses 5 days
b) Microbiology Analyses 3 days