This test is designed to determine if organic compounds such as pesticides, herbicides, solvents etc. are present in appreciable amounts in a suspected water. This option is designed to determine what organic compounds as uncovered by Option 5 may be present. The federal EPA periodically publishes updated lists of laboratories certified for various tests. Some laboratories may be found in the yellow pages section of the phone book. Contact your County Agricultural Extension office or appropriate departments in the College of Agriculture at Penn state if help is needed in locating laboratories.
Laboratories provide directions and special containers for use in sampling for various tests.