Babcock Labs is DoD AND California Accredited:

PFAS Determinations in Non-Potable Water & Solids

On December 2, 2019, Babcock Laboratories, Inc. joined an elite group of laboratories in California accredited to analyze all PFAs in accordance with Department of Defense Quality Systems Manual (DoD QSM - version 5.1 or newer). On January 9^th the CA Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (CA ELAP) added PFAS to Babcock Labs’ accreditation for analysis of Semi-volatile Organic Constituents in non-potable water—Field of Testing (FOT) 111. Babcock became one of a handful of laboratories in the State with the proper CA ELAP accreditation for PFAS required for all State regulatory work.

The significance of this accreditation stems, in part, from the State Water Resources Control Board’s Chrome Plater Investigative Order (WQ 2019-0045-DWQ). The order—which affects chrome plating facilities that have used or stored substances likely containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS)—is part of a statewide effort to evaluate the concentration and impact of PFAS in groundwater and surface water. 

According to the investigative order, the reporting analytical laboratory must be accredited by the California Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (ELAP) to perform the analytical method for PFAS compliant with DoD QSM (Table B-15; version 5.1 or later). The laboratory must have the capacity to quantify the target PFAS analytes listed in the order, and must be... read more.

New Service Center:
Babcock Labs Opens Satellite Facility in Imperial Valley

Babcock Laboratories, Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of its new service center in the Imperial Valley. The satellite facility will serve as a drop-off location for all analyses in Imperial County. Samples will be conveyed to the main laboratory in Riverside for analysis and reporting.

In order to meet all method regulatory holding times the new service center will operate on a limited basis, accepting bacteriological, nitrate-nitrite, and General Physical (COT) samples on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays before noon and, for analyses with longer holding times, Monday through Thursday. The service center is located at 104 S. 8^th St., Brawley, CA 92227 and the hours are Mon-Thurs. 8am-2pm. Babcock Field Department services may also ... read more. 

Trending Now: WOTUS Protections Roll Back

While today’s political climate is arguably the most divisive in history, we believe those in the water industry agree on the importance of providing consumers with safe, clean drinking water. This month the federal administration announced regulation revisions that considerably weaken clean water protections. As the LA Times reports: 

“Defying environmentalists and public health advocates, the Trump administration on Thursday announced the replacement of Obama-era water protections with a significantly weaker set of regulations that lifts limits on how much pollution can be dumped into small streams and wetlands.

The changes to the Clean Water Act’s protections are expected to hit California and other Western states especially hard.

Federal data suggest 81% of streams in the Southwest would lose long-held protections, including tributaries to major waterways that millions of people rely on for drinking water.

Andrew Wheeler, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, defended the new rule when he announced…” read more.

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