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Section 11: LABORATORY FACILITIES
AND SAMPLE COLLECTION SYSTEM DESIGN
11.
11.1
Design of Laboratory Facilities and Sample Collection
Systems. This section addresses two interrelated design
concerns: laboratory facilities and sample collection systems.
An efficient laboratory design takes into account the analyses
normally performed at an installation as part of its operation.
Similarly, a good sample collection system is part of overall
plant design and process control. The primary design guidance,
WEF MOP 8, provides some coverage of laboratory facilities
planning and sample collection system requirements in Chapter 4,
Site Selection and Plant Layout. The paragraphs below address
these two topics and provide titles for additional references.
11.2
Laboratory Facilities Planning. The traditional
approach to designing wastewater laboratories often relies on
simple formulas, usually based on treatment plant capacity, to
size and furnish laboratory facilities. While these formulas may
provide acceptable laboratory space for relatively small
treatment plants, too often the result is a cramped, inadequately
designed laboratory lacking many essentials. Good laboratory
design ultimately depends on a knowledge of the type and quantity
of analytical tests to be performed. Usually, a number of
different analysis or tests are required for each installation.
These tests, along with the number of samples to be analyzed for
each test parameter, determine the number of people involved and
the equipment and conditions required. This information, in
turn, establishes the basic limitations on size and arrangement
of the laboratory facilities.
11.2.1
Design Guidance. Comprehensive guidelines of
sufficient scope and depth for the design of wastewater
laboratories are provided in Laboratory Planning for Water and
Wastewater Analysis, Douglas Clark, 1988. That handbook
considers the influence of each of the several related factors
necessary for an effective design. It also provides a step-by-
step guide for the laboratory designer in the following areas:
a)
Kinds and quantities of laboratory analyses
normally performed by various installations.
b)
Number of laboratory personnel required to
accomplish the above analyses.
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