DEP Alternative Method Approvals

Listed here are all the recent approvals of modified and alternative methods. To submit a new modified or alternative method request, send an email to Quality_Assurance@Floridadep.gov for instructions.

Statewide Alternative Method Approval for Reagent-less In-line Chlorine Meters

• Basis of Approval 
• Amended Final Order

Limited-Use Alternative Method Approvals for Chlorine Meters for Continuous Monitoring of Reuse Water

City of Tavares Woodlea WWTP

• Tavares Alternative Method Approval Letter
• Tavares WWTP TRC SOP

South Central Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant

• SCRWWTP Alternative Method Approval Letter
• SCRWWTP TRC SOP

 City of Oviedo Water Reclamation Facility

• City of Oviedo Alternative Method Approval Letter
• City of Oviedo Monitoring and Operation Protocol

Lake Groves Wastewater Treatment Plant

• Lake Groves Alternative Method Approval Letter
• Lake Groves Monitoring and Operation Protocol

Pennbrooke Wastewater Treatment Facility

• Pennbrooke Alternative Method Approval Letter
• Pennbrooke Monitoring and Operation Protocol

FL-PRO Method Modifications

• Pace Analytical Services – Ormond Beach
• Environmental Sciences Corp
• Environmental Conservation Laboratories, Inc. – Orlando, FL-PRO Aqueous
• Advanced Environmental Labs - Jacksonville
• Advanced Environmental Labs – Miami
• Advanced Environmental Labs – Tampa
• Environmental Conservation Laboratories, Inc. – Orlando, FL-PRO Soil
• ALS FL-PRO Soil
• ALS FL-PRO Aqueous
• Test America - Tampa, Soil and Aqueous

Limited-Use Alternative Method Approvals for Combined Sample Preparation Procedures for EPA Method 8270 D in Single Ion Mode and FL-PRO 2018

Advanced Environmental Laboratory, Inc. - Jacksonville, FL

• AEL-JAX Approval Letter
• AEL-JAX Approval Review
• AEL-JAX SOP No. SVOC-028, Revision 10
• AEL-JAX SOP No. SVOC-004, Revision 11

Advanced Environmental Laboratory, Inc. - Tampa, FL

• AEL-Tampa Approval Letter
• AEL-Tampa SOP No. SVOC-028, Revision 12
• AEL-Tampa SOP No. SVOC-004, Revision 11

Advanced Environmental Laboratory, Inc. - Miami, FL

• AEL-Miami Approval Letter
• AEL-Miami SOP No. SVOC-028, Revision 12
• AEL-Miami SOP No. SVOC-004, Revision 11

Macroinvertebrate Sample Preservation

• WAR NoTox Approval Letter
• WAR NoTox SOP

Other Alternative Methods

Florida LAKEWATCH

• LAKEWATCH Approval Memo
• LAKEWATCH Approval Review
• LAKEWATCH SOP 

Project COAST/Edward J. Phillips Laboratory

• COAST Phillips Lab Approval Memo
• COAST Phillips Lab Approval Review
• Phillips Chlorophyll SOP
• COAST Chlorophyll SOP 
• COAST Sampling SOP

FIU SERC/Center for Aquatic Chemistry and Environment-Nutrient Analysis Core Facility

• FIU CAChE-NACF Approval Letter
• FIU CAChE-NACF Approval Review
• FIU Field Protocol