PFAS · Drinking water · Wastewater · Soil · Heavy metals

PFAS, metals, and the things
regulators ask about next.

EPA-method PFAS panels (533, 537.1, 1633) by LC-MS/MS, drinking-water and wastewater metals by ICP-MS (EPA 200.8 / 6020), and soil-digestion metals. The hottest analytical vertical in the country, run out of a Houston independent.

EPA 533 / 537.1 / 1633 PFAS
EPA 200.8 drinking-water metals
EPA 6020 wastewater & soil
ppt-level LOD
CERTIFICATE OF ANALYSIS
Municipal Drinking Water · Sample DW-2418
GSA-2026-024412
● VERIFIED
MATRIX
Environmental
METHODS
EPA 533 + EPA 200.8
RECEIVED
2026-04-03
ISSUED
2026-04-07
RESULTS
PFOA
2.1 ng/L
MCL 4 ng/L (EPA)
● PASS
PFOS
1.8 ng/L
MCL 4 ng/L (EPA)
● PASS
PFHxS
Not detected
MCL 10 ng/L
● PASS
Lead (Pb)
3 ppb
Action 15 ppb
● PASS
Arsenic (As)
1.4 ppb
MCL 10 ppb
● PASS
01 · What we test

PFAS-led environmental panel.

Per the 2024 EPA National Primary Drinking Water Regulation, PFAS reporting is mandatory at parts-per-trillion. Heavy metals follow EPA 200.8 / 6020. We do both on one ticket, with the right method for the right matrix.

01
LC-MS/MS

PFAS — EPA 533

25-analyte PFAS panel for drinking water by isotope dilution. Includes the 6 EPA-regulated analytes (PFOA, PFOS, PFHxS, PFNA, HFPO-DA / GenX, mixture) plus the EPA UCMR 5 list. Direct injection, sub-ppt sensitivity.

LOD 1 ng/L · 5–7 days
02
LC-MS/MS

PFAS — EPA 537.1

18-analyte historical PFAS panel for drinking water by SPE extraction. Required for legacy comparability and many state-level monitoring programs.

LOD 1.4 ng/L · 5–7 days
03
LC-MS/MS

PFAS — EPA 1633

40-analyte PFAS panel for non-potable matrices: wastewater, surface water, groundwater, soil, sediment, biosolids, fish tissue. The reference method for industrial discharge, NPDES permits, and Superfund work.

LOD ppt · 7–10 days
04
ICP-MS

Drinking-water metals — EPA 200.8

Pb, Cu, As, Cr, Cd, Sb, Ni, Se, Tl, Be, Ba, Hg by ICP-MS. The Lead and Copper Rule, Arsenic Rule, and the EPA primary MCL panel. Lead action level 15 ppb / Pb sub-ppb LOD.

LOD ppb · 4–5 days
05
ICP-MS

Wastewater & soil metals — EPA 6020

Total recoverable metals after acid digestion (EPA 3050B / 3051A) for soil, sludge, and wastewater. RCRA 8 metals plus extended panels for industrial NPDES discharge characterization.

LOD ppb · 5–6 days
06
ICP-MS

Mercury speciation

Total mercury and methylmercury in water, sediment, and fish tissue. EPA 1631 / 1630 isotope-dilution methodology. Required for fish-advisory and Superfund mercury work.

LOD ppt · 5–7 days
02 · Environmental pricing

Published. Per-test.
No quote calls.

Every assay a la carte, every panel bundled. Bulk discount at 5+ samples. Prices below reflect a single-compound submission.

Drinking-Water Compliance
$295/ sample

EPA 533 PFAS panel + EPA 200.8 metals. The combined COA municipal water systems and bottled-water producers need on file.

  • EPA 533 PFAS (25-analyte)
  • EPA 200.8 primary metals
  • Pb / As / Cr / Cd / Hg
  • MCL & action-level reporting
  • Public COA + accession #
Order
MOST POPULAR
PFAS — Multi-Matrix
$449/ sample

EPA 1633 panel for wastewater, soil, sediment, or biosolids. The PFAS workhorse panel for industrial discharge and remediation work.

  • EPA 1633 (40-analyte)
  • Wastewater / soil / sediment
  • Isotope-dilution quantitation
  • ppt LOD per analyte
  • Method-blank QC included
Order
RCRA Soil Audit
$379/ sample

EPA 6020 metals (RCRA 8 + extended), soil-digestion prep included. The Phase II environmental site assessment heavy-metal package.

  • RCRA 8 metals (Ag, As, Ba, Cd, Cr, Pb, Hg, Se)
  • Extended panel (Cu, Ni, Zn, Sb, Tl, Be)
  • EPA 3050B microwave digestion
  • TCLP-leachate option
  • QA / QC report included
Order
À la carte assays
Add any of these to any panel
APRIL 2026
Mercury speciation (MeHg)
EPA 1630 add-on
+$95
Hexavalent chromium (Cr VI)
EPA 218.7 colorimetric
+$109
Single-PFAS confirmation
Targeted reanalysis
+$79
Soil digestion (per sample)
EPA 3050B / 3051A
+$35
TCLP leachate prep
Hazardous-waste characterization
+$119
Field-blank evaluation
Co-shipped blank QC
+$45
Why we're cheaper
Same assays. Fewer markups.
EQUIVALENT PANEL: ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARD
Gold Standard
$449
EPA 1633 PFAS panel
Eurofins
$695
Same panel
Pace Analytical
$625
Same panel
SGS
$595
Same panel
03 · Regulated PFAS analytes

The PFAS the EPA wrote rules around.

Six PFAS now have federal MCLs (April 2024 final rule). The other 60+ on the EPA 1633 list are next. Risk concentrates at the historical workhorses; methods need to keep pace.

PFOA
C₈HF₁₅O₂ · MCL 4 ng/L
Very high risk
Primary regulated long-chain PFAS. Drinking-water failures concentrate downstream of historical fluorochemical manufacturing and AFFF training sites.
PFOS
C₈HF₁₇O₃S · MCL 4 ng/L
Very high risk
AFFF firefighting-foam legacy contaminant. Persistent in soil and groundwater near military bases and airports.
PFHxS
C₆HF₁₃O₃S · MCL 10 ng/L
High risk
Shorter-chain replacement that turned out persistent. Now federally regulated in the 2024 NPDWR.
PFNA
C₉HF₁₇O₂ · MCL 10 ng/L
Medium risk
Long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acid. Industrial-discharge marker in NJ / PA / DE corridor.
HFPO-DA (GenX)
C₆HF₁₁O₃ · MCL 10 ng/L
Medium risk
PFOA replacement chemistry. North Carolina Cape Fear River legacy; now federally regulated.
PFBS
C₄HF₉O₃S · EPA HA 2,000 ng/L
Low risk
Short-chain PFOS replacement. Health Advisory rather than MCL; commonly co-occurs with regulated analytes.
04 · Compliance

EPA, RCRA, NPDES, and SDWA — mapped to the COA.

Environmental work is method-driven. We follow the published EPA method, report against the published MCL or action level, and keep raw data for the auditor.

40 CFR 141
Safe Drinking Water Act — PFAS NPDWR (2024)

Final rule April 2024: federal MCLs of 4 ng/L for PFOA and PFOS, 10 ng/L for PFNA, PFHxS, HFPO-DA, plus a Hazard Index for the mixture. Public water systems must monitor by 2027 and reduce to compliance by 2029. We report against the MCL on every PFAS COA.

EPA 533 / 537.1
Drinking-water PFAS methods

EPA 533 (isotope-dilution, direct injection) and EPA 537.1 (SPE extraction) are the two reference methods for PFAS in finished drinking water. We run both on request to support state-level data-comparability requirements.

EPA 1633
Multi-matrix PFAS method

EPA Method 1633 (final 2024) covers 40 PFAS analytes across wastewater, surface water, groundwater, soil, sediment, biosolids, and tissue. Required reference method for NPDES permits, Superfund work, and industrial-discharge characterization.

Lead & Copper Rule
EPA 200.8 — drinking-water metals

Pb action level 15 ppb (10 ppb proposed in LCRR / LCRI), Cu action level 1.3 ppm. Our EPA 200.8 panel reports Pb to sub-ppb LOD plus the full primary MCL metals list (As, Cd, Cr, Hg, Se, Sb, Tl, Ba, Be).

RCRA / 40 CFR 261
Hazardous-waste characterization

RCRA 8 metals (As, Ba, Cd, Cr, Pb, Hg, Se, Ag) and TCLP leaching procedure for hazardous-waste classification. Pairs with EPA 3050B / 3051A digestion for total-metal soil and sludge analyses.

05 · Questions

Before you ship.

Still stuck? Email us — we reply within a business day.

We run the published EPA methods with the required isotope-dilution analytes, surrogate spikes, MDL studies, and method-blank QC documented on every batch. NELAP / state-by-state laboratory accreditation for PFAS is jurisdiction-specific — contact us with the state and program (drinking water, NPDES, Superfund) and we’ll confirm whether our scope covers your matrix.

Run the PFAS panel without the 3-week wait.

Drinking water, wastewater, soil. EPA-method PFAS and metals on a Houston ICP-MS / LC-MS/MS stack with published prices.

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