Water package for potability testing

In accordance with Legislative Decree 18/2023 on the quality of water intended for human consumption, Gem Chimica offers a package of microbiological and chemical analyses to verify potability.

Our service includes:

Microbiological analyses:

  • Clostridium perfringens count (including spores)
  • Total coliform count
  • Intestinal enterococci count
  • Escherichia coli count
  • Colony count at 22°C

Chemical analyses:

  • Ammonium
  • Colour
  • Conductivity at 20°C
  • Nitrates
  • Nitrites
  • Nitrate and nitrite index (calculated)
  • Odour
  • pH
  • Taste
  • Turbidity (waters other than pool water)
  • Aluminium
  • Total chromium
  • Iron
  • Nickel
  • Lead

This package is designed to ensure compliance with current regulations and the safety of water intended for consumption.

Water package for pool water safety testing

In accordance with the State-Regions Agreement of 16/01/2003 (published in Official Gazette No. 51 of 03/03/2003 – Table A), Gem Chimica offers a comprehensive package of microbiological and chemical analyses for monitoring the safety of water in swimming pools.

The package includes:

Microbiological analyses:

  • Colony count at 36°C
  • Colony count at 22°C
  • Staphylococcus aureus count
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa count
  • Legionella spp count
  • Escherichia coli count
  • Intestinal enterococci count

Chemical analyses:

  • Turbidity
  • Permanganate oxidisability
  • Total suspended solids
  • Coarse solids
  • Colour
  • Combined active chlorine
  • Free active chlorine
  • Isocyanuric acid
  • Nitrates
  • pH

This package ensures compliance with current regulations and the safety of users of swimming facilities.

Wastewater package

Regarding wastewater, Gem Chimica does not offer standardised analysis packages. This is because the parameters to be monitored vary depending on the specific environmental authorisations that each company is legally required to hold.

We offer a tailored service, built around the technical and regulatory requirements set out in the discharge authorisation issued by the competent authority.

Our team is available to:

  • Review the authorisation documentation
  • Identify the mandatory parameters to be monitored
  • Carry out analyses in compliance with regulations

Food nutritional package

In accordance with Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 on food labelling, Gem Chimica offers a comprehensive package of chemical nutritional analyses, essential for the accurate preparation of information to be included on the label.

The service includes the determination of the main mandatory nutritional values, including:

  • Energy value (kcal/kJ)
  • Total fat and saturated fatty acids
  • Carbohydrates and sugars
  • Protein
  • Salt

Analyses are carried out using official methods and are ideal for food companies.

Feed label package

Gem Chimica laboratory offers, for the livestock sector, the so-called “label analysis”, a technical term used to indicate the verification of the declared nutritional content in feed.

This analysis is essential for:

Verifying label compliance against the actual composition of the product or determining the nutritional content of a field-produced feed

Checking the main nutritional parameters, including:

  • Ash
  • Nitrogen-free extract
  • Crude fibre
  • Fat – ETHOS
  • Protein
  • Moisture

The service is aimed at producers, distributors and farmers who wish to ensure transparency, quality and regulatory compliance in animal nutrition.

Excavated soil and rock package

The Gem Chimica laboratory carries out analyses on excavated soil and rock in compliance with D.P.R. 13 June 2017, No. 120, which regulates the management, characterisation and use of these materials.

The basic analysis package required by the D.P.R. includes the following parameters:

  • Arsenic
  • Cadmium
  • Cobalt
  • Nickel
  • Lead
  • Copper
  • Zinc
  • Mercury
  • Total chromium
  • Chromium VI
  • Heavy hydrocarbons (C > 12)
  • Skeleton
  • Asbestos fibre identification (PCOM/LP/DC)

Chemical and environmental parameters are determined in accordance with the technical criteria set out in current regulations, to ensure the correct classification of the material and avoid its management as waste.

Agronomic soil analysis package

To support agricultural businesses, technicians and private individuals in assessing soil fertility, Gem Chimica laboratory offers a basic package of agronomic chemical analyses.

The service provides information on the main chemical and nutritional characteristics of the soil, useful for proper crop management and rational use of fertilisers.

The basic package includes analysis of parameters such as:

  • Total nitrogen
  • Available phosphorus
  • Exchangeable potassium
  • pH in water