The Wastewater Laboratory is located at Broomfield's Water Recovery Facility (WRF) at 2985 W. 124th Avenue. The Lab's mission is to provide accurate and precise data for the water recovery facility to ensure compliance with the Clean Water Act and the State of Colorado regulations.
The lab provides critical support functions to support wastewater operations with sampling and analysis to optimize process control and minimize costs. It provides sampling and analysis to ensure treated wastewater compliance with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit requirements issued by the Colorado Department of Health and Environment.
The Water Recovery Laboratory also supports the Environmental Laboratory by conducting monthly metals analysis on its Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer to ensure treated water compliance with the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.
The Industrial Pretreatment, Reuse, and Stormwater programs rely on the Wastewater Laboratory for their routine compliance monitoring. The laboratory also provides critical sampling and analysis for the Big Dry Creek Watershed Association's watershed protection effort.
