Case Study

Water sampling and examination must be carried out in accredited labs

Testing laboratories will require accreditation for the investigation and sampling of water from evaporation cooling systems, cooling towers and wet separators in accordance with standardised procedures and taking into account the recommendations of the Environmental Protection Agency. This can be seen in the 42nd Federal Immission Control Ordinance (BImschV) published on 19 July 2017 in the Federal Law Gazette, which entered into force one month later.

Further information is available on the German Accreditation body website (in German).