Kerala State Pollution Control Board

The Kerala State Pollution Control Board has the following Laboratories under it equipped with manpower and equipments for analysis of environmental pollution related parameters for regular pollution control enforcement and for scientific research in the field.

1.       Central Laboratory, Kochi

Equipped with almost all sophisticated instruments for analysis of water, air and solids for all possible pollutants and is the referral laboratory for the Board. The instruments in the laboratory include

   a)       Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer
   b)       Computerised UV-Visible Spectrometer
   c)       High Pressure Liquid Chromatograph
   d)       Gas Liquid Chromatograph
   e)       Fluoride Meter
    f)       Flame-photometer
   g)       Specific ion-meter
   h)       G-M Counter
    i)       Sophisticated microbiology unit

Equipments and facilities for titrimetric and colorimetric estimation of almost all parameters concerned with air, water and solid samples are available.

2. Regional Laboratory, Kozhikode

Equipped with sophisticated instruments as Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer and has got facilities for analysis of all regular parameters and certain advanced ones of regular interest.

3. District level laboratories

Each district office of the Board has a laboratory attached to it. These labs have facilities to analyse parameters of concern in routine pollution control enforcement by the Board.

Central Laboratory, Kochi and Regional Laboratory, Kozhikode have approval of the Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India as Environmental Laboratories.