Our method
The analyses we perform on soils as part of surveys to assess contaminated sites – be them intended for residential, public, or private green use (table 1, column A) or commercial/industrial use (table 1, column B) – assume a primary role as they affect upcoming reclamation works and the potential disposal of soil if it is found to be contaminated.
Marino deploys technicians during sampling and measurement processes to ensure the samples to be analysed are well represented and that the quality, accuracy, and timeliness of analytical processes are guaranteed at our lab. The contaminants ascertained are those provided for by Legislative Decree No. 152/06 and subsequent amendments, as shown below:
- Arsenic
- Mercury
- Zinc
- Cadmium
- Cobalt
- Nickel
- Lead
- Copper
- Tin
- Manganese
- Vanadium
- Selenium
- Iron
- Aluminium
- Boron
- Hydrocarbons C>12
- PAHs
- Aromatic Sulfonic Acids
- Phosphorus Phytopharmaceuticals
- Total Organic Carbon
- Total Chromium
- Hexavalent chromium
- Soil oxidising power for Hexavalent Chromium
- Asbestos
- Semivolatile Organic Compounds:
compounds derived from anilines, nitrobenzenes, nitronaphthalenes, nitrophenols, chloronitroanilines, etc.
- Volatile compounds:
aroma, halogenated, nitrogen-containing, various solvents, etc.
- Heavy metals:
cadmium, cobalt, chromium, copper, manganese, nickel, lead, and zinc
Chemical and microbiological analyses
Pursuant to Ministerial Decree of 13 September 1999 and Ministerial Decree of 8 July 2002, we perform the following chemical and microbiological analyses:
- Structural assessment
- Humidity
- Particle size analysis
- pH
- Electrical Conductivity
- Salinity
- Total and Active Limestone
- Organic Carbon
- Organic Matter
- Cation exchange capacity (CEC)
- Total nitrogen
- Ammoniacal Nitrogen
- Nitric and nitrous nitrogen
- Assimilable phosphorus
- Exchange bases (calcium, magnesium, potassium and sodium)
- Carbonates and bicarbonates, chloride, nitrate, sulphate
- Dissolved solids
- Carbon/Nitrogen Ratio
- Basic saturation rate
- Iron, aluminium, and silicon manganese
- Alkali or alkaline-earth metals
- Mesophilic, psychrophilic and thermophilic bacterial loads
- Filamentous fungi and yeasts
- Aerobic and anaerobic bacteria
- Nitrogen-fixing bacteria
- Nitrifying and denitrifying bacteria
Sewage sludge analysis
Marino performs the chemical and microbiological analyses required to assess and verify compliance with Legislative Decree No. 99 of 27 January 1992 as amended, and specific regional regulations such as DGRC No.170 of 3 June 14 (for the Campania Region) concerning the use of sewage sludge in agriculture to make use of its fertilising and soil improving properties.
The characteristics of sludge as an index of the efficiency of the water purification process.
The characteristics of sludge to be used in biogas production processes, pursuant to Ministerial Decree of 5 February 1998.
At Marino our expertise allows us to offer our customers a complete analysis framework capable of satisfying current regulations, providing a product suitable for the various requests.
The analysis in detail:
- Total nitrogen
- Total potassium
- Total phosphorus
- Degree of humification
- Dry matter
- Total Organic Carbon
- Carbon/nitrogen ratio
- pH
- Cation Exchange Capacity
- Soil oxidising power for Hexavalent Chromium
- Arsenic
- Boron
- Cadmium
- Total chromium
- Mercury
- Nickel
- Piombo
- Lead
- Selenium
- Zinc
- Copper
- Salinity
- Degree of humification
- Sodium, calcium and magnesium
- Sulphur
- Organic chlorine
- Residue at 600°C
- Dynamic Respirometric Index
- SAR Index
- Volatile organohalogen compounds
halogenated and chlorinated carcinogenic aliphatics, chlorinated carcinogenic aromatics
- Phthalates
- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
- PCBs
- Dioxins
- Escherichia coli
- Enterobacteriaceae
- Salmonella
- Helminth ova
- Phytotoxicity tests
