Surface Water & Sediments
CT Laboratories LLC has extensive experience analyzing surface water, pore water, sediments and elutriates in support of multiple USACE Districts, US EPA, State and local government agency projects.
Our Projects
Surface Water Projects
Seasonal Lakes Monitoring - USACE Kansas City District
Seasonal Lakes Monitoring - USACE Louisville District
TMDL Watershed Monitoring
Sediment Testing Projects
Mississippi and Missouri Rivers - USACE St. Paul District
Waukegan Harbor, IL - USACE Chicago District
Gruber's Grove Bay Dredging
Typical Testing Procedures
Elutriate Generation
Including Standard Elutriate, Modified Elutriate, Effluent Elutriate, and State Specific Modifications
Surface Water Testing
Chlorophyll A, Microcystin, Pesticides, Anions, TOC/DOC, Ammonia (TKN), Metlas, TDS/TSS/TVS, BOD/COD, Phytoplankton, PAH, Cyanide, DRO/GRO, Total/ortho-phosphorus
Sediment Testing
Grain Size, Atterberg Limits, Specific Gravity, Bulk Density, Phosphorus, Cyanide, TOC, Organics, Pesticides, DRO/GRO, PCBs, PAH, Hexavalent Chromium