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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