Environmental Monitoring Service

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Timings and Location(s)

Aurobrindavan
For more information: ems@auroville.org.in

General Information and Background

In 1993 they had the idea to start a municipal laboratory for water, soil and food analysis.

Members and Affiliations

At present six people,including two M.Sc. microbiologists, one M.Sc. chemist, field workers and a lab assistant work at EMS.

Aims and Objectives

Testing facilities at EMS:

  • Potable water quality analysis (chemical constituency,presence of toxic substances, microbiological analysis)
  • Efficiency of drinking water purification systems
  • Waste water quality analysis
  • Efficiency of waste water purification systems
  • Ground water quality analysis
  • Sea water quality analysis
  • Irrigation water quality analysis
  • Bathing water quality analysis
  • Concentration of impurities in mixing water of concrete
  • Sanitary parasitology
  • Assessment of metals in water, sludge, food etc.
  • Soil analysis (fertility, micronutrients)
  • Compost analysis
  • Manure and biosolids analysis
  • Biofertilizer quality assessment
  • Oils and fats analysis
  • Soap analysis
  • Cosmetics analysis (creams, lotions, shampoos, powders)
  • Food analysis (energy contents, microbiological analysis, presence of vitamin B 12, presence of heavy metals such as lead and cadmium, mercury, iron, zinc and arsenic)
  • Spirulina analysis (chemical and microbiological tests)



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