Ballast Water Analysis

The International Ballast Water Management Convention has been fully ratified, and will enter into force on September 8, 2017 (IMO, 2016), there is a pressing need:

• For ships to plan installations of ballast water treatment systems, and
• For regulators to plan the implementation of the Ballast Water Management Convention into their national legislation and Port State Control inspection programs.

IMO D2 Analysis (including organisms)

1. 1. Viable count for zooplankton >50µm (APHA 10200 G)
   2. Viable count for phytoplankton 10-50µm (APHA 10200 F)
   3. Toxicogenic Vibrio Cholera (O1 & O139) (APHA 9260H – qualitative)
   4. Escherichia Coli (APHA 9222 B&G)
   5. Intestinal Enterococci (USEPA 1600)

VGP Biological Analysis

1. 1. Heterotrophic plate count (APHA 9215B)
   2. Escherichia Coli (APHA 9222 B&H)
   3. Enterococci (EPA 1600)

VGP Chemical Analysis

1. 1. Total Residual Oxidizers (TRO) as Cl₂ (SM 4500-Cl G)
   2. Chlorine dioxide (Internal Probe Method)
   3. Chlorite (EPA 300.1)
   4. Chlorate (EPA 300.1)
   5. Total Trihalomethanes (EPA 8260D)
   6. Haloacetic Acids (EPA 552.3)