Company Profile

Aquatic Research Inc. started in 1981 as a water quality and hydrologic consulting firm. In 1985 the laboratory was opened and has now become the primary function of the company. We often use the experience gained as water resource consultants to assist our clients in designing cost effective monitoring programs that will effectively meet their needs. In 2005 Aquatic Research became part of the IEH consulting and laboratory group. Although we operate independently, we can draw on the broad and diverse capabilities of the IEH team to provide a multi-disciplinary approach to complex environmental projects. Our broad range of experience includes:

• Drinking water analyses
• Landfill surface and groundwater monitoring
• Stormwater monitoring
• Fish tissues
• Industrial wastes
• Ambient water quality studies
• Marine sediments
• Microbial source tracking
• Low level nutrient analyses
• Grain size and other physical testing

Please note that the laboratory has low detection limits capabilities for metals, organics by GC/MS, and nutrient analyses. We have also developed proprietary methods to meet project specific needs of our clients. Some of these include a rapid low level method to map the extent of an oil spill in sediments and water, analysis of arsenic at 50 parts per trillion, and the analysis of caffeine at 10 parts per trillion to determine whether septic tank effluent was leaching into drinking water wells.