Ministry of Health Recognised Laboratories

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'MAV' is Maximum Allowable Value, as defined in the Drinking-Water Standards for New Zealand 2005.

List 1: Most Common Determinands

Determinand	Laboratories	MAV	Short Name
E. coli	53	zero/100ml	Ecoli
FAC	21	5 mg/L (min 0.2)	FAC
Faecal Coliforms	27	zero/100ml	FC
pH	31		pH
Total Coliforms	48		TotCol
Turbidity	25		Turb

List 2: All 143 Determinands (Alphabetical)

Determinand	Laboratories	MAV	Short Name
1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane	3	0.001 mg/L	12B3CP
1,2-Dibromoethane	2	0.0004 mg/L	12BE
1,2-Dichlorobenzene	3	1.5 mg/L	12CBZ
1,2-Dichloroethane	3	30 mg/m3	12CE
1,2-Dichloroethene	3	0.06 mg/L	12CEE
1,2-Dichloropropane	3	0.05 mg/L	12CP
1,3 Dichloropropene	3	0.02 mg/L	13CEE
1,4-Dichlorobenzene	3	400 mg/m3	14CBZ
1,4-Dioxane	1	0.05 mg/L	14Diox
1080	1	3.5 mg/m3	1080
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol	3	0.2 mg/L	246CPH
2,4-DB	3	100 mg/m3	24DB
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid	3	40 mg/m3	24D
245Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid	3	10 mg/m3	245T
Acrylamide	2	0.0005 mg/L	Acryld
Alachlor	2	20 mg/m3	ALACHL
Aldicarb	1	0.01 mg/L	Aldic
Aldrin + Dieldrin	3	0.00004 mg/L	ALDIEL
Ammonia (as N)	1		NH3N
Anatoxin-a	1	0.006 mg/L	ANASTX
Antimony	4	0.02 mg/L	Sb
Arsenic	6	0.01 mg/L	As
Atrazine	2	2 mg/m3	ATRAZ
Azinphos methyl	2	0.004 mg/L	AZINPH
Barium	4	0.7 mg/L	Ba
Benzene	3	10 mg/m3	BENZ
Benzo[a]pyrene	3	0.7 mg/m3	BZAPY
Boron	5	1.4 mg/L	B
Bromacil	2	0.4 mg/L	BROMAC
Bromate	2	0.01 mg/L	BrO3
Bromodichloromethane	3	60 mg/m3	CHBCl2
Bromoform	3	100 mg/m3	CHBr3
Cadmium	5	0.004 mg/L	Cd
Calcium	1		Ca
Calcium Hardness	1		CAHARD
Carbofuran	2	8 mg/m3	CARBOF
Carbon Tetrachloride	3	0.005 mg/L	CCl4
Chlorate	1	0.8 mg/L	ClO3
Chlordane	3	0.0002 mg/L	Chlord
Chloride	1		Cl
Chlorine (Elemental)	2		Cl(E)
Chlorite	2	0.8 mg/L	CLO2-
Chloroform	3	0.4 mg/L	CHCl3
Chlorotoluron	2	0.04 mg/L	CHLOTO
Chlorpyrifos	2	0.04 mg/L	CPYF
Chromium	6	0.05 mg/L	Cr
Colour	1		COLOUR
Copper	10	2 mg/L	Cu
Cryptosporidium species	3		Crypt
Cyanazine	2	0.7 mg/m3	CYANZN
Cyanobacteria	3		CYANO
Cylindrospermopsin	1	0.001 mg/L	CYLSPM
DDT and Isomers	1	0.001 mg/L	DDT
Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate	3	9 mg/m3	D2EHPT
Dibromoacetonitrile	3	0.08 mg/L	DBACNI
Dibromochloromethane	3	0.15 mg/L	CHB2CL
Dichloroacetic acid	3	0.05 mg/L	DCA
Dichloroacetonitrile	3	0.02 mg/L	DCACNI
Dichloromethane	3	20 mg/m3	CH2Cl2
Dichlorprop	3	100 mg/m3	DCPROP
Dimethoate	2	0.008 mg/L	DMEOAT
Diuron	2	0.02 mg/L	DIURON
E. coli	53	zero/100ml	Ecoli
EDTA (Editic Acid)	1	0.7 mg/L	EDTA
Endrin	2	0.001 mg/L	ENDRIN
Epichlorohydrin	2	0.0005 mg/L	Epichl
Ethylbenzene	3	0.3 mg/L	EBZ
FAC	21	5 mg/L (min 0.2)	FAC
Faecal Coliforms	27	zero/100ml	FC
Fenoprop	3	0.01 mg/L	Fenopr
Fluoride	17	1.5 mg/L	F
Free Cyanide	1	0.6 mg/L	CNFREE
Giardia species	3		Giard
Hexachlorobutadiene	2	0.7 ug/L	HEXCBD
Hexazinone	2	0.4 mg/L	HEXAZN
Homoanatoxin-a	1	0.002 mg/L	HOMANA
Iron	1		Fe
Isoproturon	1	0.01 mg/L	ISOPRO
Lead	5	0.01 mg/L	Pb
Lindane	3	2 mg/m3	LINDAN
Magnesium	1		Mg
Manganese	11	0.4 mg/L	Mn
MAV sum ratio for HAAs	3	Sum ratio of 1	MAVHAA
MAV sum ratio for NO3 and NO2	1	Sum ratio of 1	MAVNOx
MAV sum ratio for THMs	3	Sum ratio of 1	MAVTHM
MAV sum ratio Haloacetonitrile	1	Sum ratio of 1	MAVACN
MCPA	3	2 mg/m3	MCPA
Mecoprop	3	10 mg/m3	MECO
Mercury	5	0.007 mg/L	Hg
Metalaxyl	2	0.1 mg/L	METAXL
Methoxychlor	3	20 mg/m3	MOXYCL
Metolachlor	2	0.01 mg/L	Metola
Metribuzin	2	0.07 mg/L	METBZN
Microcystins	2	1 mg/m3	MICCYS
Molinate	2	0.007 mg/L	Molina
Molybdenum	4	0.07 mg/L	Mo
Monochloramine	2	3 mg/L	NH2Cl
Monochloroacetic Acid	3	0.02 mg/L	CACA
Nickel	6	0.08 mg/L	Ni
Nitrate (as NO3)	10	50 mg/L	NO3
Nitrate Nitrogen	4	11.3 g/m3N(50 NO3)	NO3N
Nitrilotriacetic Acid (NTA)	1	0.2 mg/L	NITACA
Nitrite (as NO2)	8	0.2 mg/L	NO2
Nitrite Nitrogen	3	0.06 mg/LN(.2 NO2)	NO2N
Nitrogen	1		N
Nodularin	2	1 mg/m3	NODLAR
o,p-DDT	2	0.001 mg/L	opDDT
Oryzalin	2	0.4 mg/L	ORYZLN
Oxadiazon	2	0.2 mg/L	OXADZN
p,p-DDT	2	0.001 mg/L	ppDDT
Pendimethalin	2	0.02 mg/L	Pendim
Pentachlorophenol	3	0.009 mg/L	PCP
pH	31		pH
Picloram	3	0.2 mg/L	PICLOR
Pirimiphos methyl	2	100 mg/m3	PIRIMM
Pirimisulfuron methyl	1	0.9 mg/L	PIRSUL
Plumbosolvent water	1	Multi-component	Plumbo
Procymidone	2	700 mg/m3	PROCYM
Propazine	2	0.07 mg/L	PROPZN
Pyriproxifen	2	0.4 mg/L	Pyprox
Selenium	4	0.01 mg/L	Se
Simazine	2	2 mg/m3	SIMAZN
Styrene	3	0.03 mg/L	Styren
Sulphate	1		SO4
Temperature	9		TEMP
Terbacil	2	0.04 mg/L	Terbcl
Terbuthylazine	2	0.008 mg/L	TERBAZ
Tetrachloroethene	3	50 mg/m3	T4CE
Thiabendazole	2	0.4 mg/L	THIBZL
Toluene	3	0.8 mg/L	TOLUEN
Total Chlorine	2		TCl
Total Coliforms	48		TotCol
Total Cyanide (as CN)	3	0.6 mg/L	TCN
Total Dissolved Solids (grav)	1		TDS
Total Hardness (as CaCO3)	1		THARD
Trichloroacetic acid	3	0.2 mg/L	TCA
Trichloroethene	3	20 mg/m3	T3CEE
Triclopyr	2	0.1 mg/L	TRICHL
Trifluralin	2	0.03 mg/L	TRIFLU
Turbidity	25		Turb
Uranium	3	0.02 mg/L	U
Vinyl Chloride	3	0.0003 mg/L	VINYLC
Xylenes	3	0.6 mg/L	Xylene