Manchester Environmental Laboratory
Providing governmental laboratory services
Our Manchester Environmental Laboratory is Washington's primary environmental laboratory, providing scientific services to local, state, federal, and tribal governments. We have a full staff of experienced chemists and environmental scientists providing sample analysis services for publicly funded research. Our accredited methods and experienced chemists assure that laboratory results are accurate, credible, and defensible.
Our lab is located in Port Orchard and shares a campus with the federal EPA's Region 10 laboratory, also called Manchester Environmental Laboratory.
Our Manchester Lab is a customer-service laboratory. If you are a government agency or other publicly-funded entity, contact us to see how we may serve you.
Who we serve
Our Manchester Environmental Laboratory accepts samples from publicly-funded entities such as:
- Washington state agencies
- Federal and other states' agencies
- Tribal governments
- Cities
- Counties
- Other publicly funded agencies
Please note that we cannot accept samples from the general public. For a list of laboratories that can test samples from the public, see the Lab search database, and click the button for "Labs that accept general public and commercial samples."
Our analytical capabilities
We provide accurate, credible, and defensible analyses using the latest accredited methods. These include:
- General chemistry analyses
- Nutrient testing
- Microbiology
- Metals analyses
- Organics testing, including for:
- pesticides
- PCBs
- flame retardants
- volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds
We can analyze a wide variety of media/matrices, including:
- Air
- Water
- Soil and sediments
- Biological tissue
- Children's and consumer products
A full list of our accredited methods is available through the Lab Search database. Click the button to "Search by Laboratory Name," and choose Manchester Environmental Lab in the pull-down menu.
Contracting with us
If you are a publicly-funded agency or governmental entity please consider the services provided at our Manchester Lab. Contact Laboratory Director Rob Waldrop at 360-871-8801 or robert.waldrop@ecy.wa.gov to see how we may serve you.
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Contact information
Rob Waldrop
Manchester Environmental Laboratory Director
robert.waldrop@ecy.wa.gov
360-871-8801