Evergreen Analytical Laboratory (EAL) occupies 12,000 square feet of office and laboratory space in Wheat Ridge, Colorado a western suburb of Denver. EAL is a small business as defined by the United States Small Business Administration, founded in 1983.

EAL is certified by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) for all Phase I/II/V organic and inorganic drinking water analytes. EAL is certified by the State of Utah and the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference (NELAC) to analyze samples under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Participation in EPA’s Discharge Monitoring Report Program (DMR-QA) demonstrates EAL’s ability to analyze wastewater samples. Evergreen is certified by reciprocal agreement for one or more of the above in several western states.

Evergreen has comprehensive experience analyzing samples for environmental contamination. Matrices commonly analyzed include soil, water, air, sludge, liquid waste and hazardous waste. Methodologies commonly employed include those found in (1) SW-846, (2) Methods for the Chemical Analyses of Water and Wastes, (3) Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, (4) 40 CFR, and (5) EPA Methods for the Determination of Organic Compounds in Drinking Water.

EAL’s Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) is a fully integrated relational database written in Microsoft Access designed specifically for the environmental laboratory. It offers the full power of an interactive database management system for organizing, tracking, and presenting information in a concise and professional manner.

EAL’s LIMS provides a comprehensive environment that incorporates cradle to grave project support from quotations to final invoice. A quotation can be e-mailed directly from the LIMS to the client. Projects are then constructed from the quotation, and work orders directly from the project information. Test results can be downloaded through EAL’s website once the work order has been completed and validated. The final report includes the cover letter, case narrative, analytical results, chromatograms, client specific QC reports, and invoices.

Instrumentation employed at EAL include:

• Gas chromatograph - mass spectrometers (GC/MS) for volatile and semi-volatile organic analyses.
• Gas chromatographs (GC) equipped with analyte specific detectors for environmental analyses including FIDs for alcohols, glycols and TEHs, ECDs for pesticides, PCBs, and herbicides, and PID/FIDs for BTEX/TVPH analysis.
• Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrophotometer (ICP and ICP/MS for the analyses of metals requiring low-level detection limits), and a low level cold vapor mercury analyzer (CVAA).
• High pressure liquid chromatographs (HPLC) for drinking waters and formaldehyde testing; Total organic carbon (UV-persulfate and Combustion/IR TOC) analyzers for drinking water and discharge water; Ion chromatographs (IC) for anions; spectrophotometers (FTIR for TRPHs, UV/Vis, and Vis); Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) extraction equipment, and a variety of other equipment for flashpoints, BODs, conductivity, turbidity, etc.
  
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