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ESOP Month: Babcock Labs Celebrates Being Employee Owned

For over 20 years, the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) Association and its member companies across the nation have celebrated Employee Ownership Month every October. This is Babcock Labs’ third year as a 100 percent employee-owned company, and therefore our third year taking part in the October ESOP Month celebrations!

Technical Training & Seminars: Drinking Water Workshop, UCMR 4 Workshop, & More

Thank you to everyone who attended our UCMR 4 Workshop this month – the event was completely sold out! With UCMR 4 just around the corner, we are happy that we were able to inform you about the methods, analyses, special requirements, and responsibilities of the newest round of the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 4) and answer your questions. We have two upcoming workshops: our semi-annual Drinking Water Workshop and a second UCMR 4 Workshop. 

Stormwater Preparedness: Are You Ready for Stormwater Season?

Stormwater season is upon us! Under the current Industrial General Permit (IGP) permit holders are required to collect and analyze stormwater samples from each discharge location for two Qualified Stormwater Events (QSEs) within the first half of each reporting year (July 1 to December 31), and two (2) QSEs within the second half of each reporting year (January 1st to June 30th).

Lab-to-State Portal for Lead and Copper Data

There are major changes underway for Lead and Copper reporting and Babcock Laboratories is on the leading edge! 

The State of California is transitioning to a new electronic submittal process for Lead and Copper data via a Lab-to-State (LTS) Portal. Babcock Labs participated in beta testing of the State's new LTS Portal and was one of the few labs to be first registered on the Portal.

Industry Experts: Babcock Labs Presents at NEMC

This month Babcock Laboratories, a leader in the environmental testing industry, attended the National Environmental Monitoring Conference (NEMC). Both our Senior Chemist, David Schiessel, and our Corporate Communications Director, Alexandra Chrystal, gave presentations at this year’s meeting, which took place August 7th - 11th in Washington, D.C.

UCMR 4 Workshop: Technical Training and Information Seminar

Are you preparing for the fourth round of the EPA’s Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule? Join us on September 21st for Babcock Labs’ UCMR 4 workshop (register now).