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Sample Media Analysis Type
Note: EPA no longer updates this information, but it may be useful as a reference or resource.
This web site provides query access to over 200 million monitoring records originally reported to EPA via the Legacy STORET System.
| Code Isn | Sample Media Code | Sample Media Name | Analysis Type Code | Analysis Type Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | W | Water | 1 | Total (measures both dissolved and suspended) |
| 2 | W | Water | 2 | Dissolved (measures only dissolved portion) |
| 3 | W | Water | 3 | Suspended (measures only suspended portion) |
| 4 | W | Water | 4 | Total recoverable |
| 5 | T | Tissue | 1 | Wet (parameters are referred to as wet weight) |
| 6 | T | Tissue | 4 | Wet (parameters are referred to as wet weight) |
| 7 | T | Tissue | 5 | Dry (parameters are referred to as dry weight) |
| 8 | T | Tissue | 6 | Fat (some pollutants are soluble only in fats) |
| 9 | S | Sediment | 1 | Total sediment, particle size |
| 10 | S | Sediment | 2 | Bedload Sediment, sieve diameter |
| 11 | S | Sediment | 3 | Suspended sediment, sieve diameter |
| 12 | S | Sediment | 4 | Total sediment, sieve diameter/or wet weight analyses |
| 13 | S | Sediment | 5 | Total sediment, fall diameter (distilled water)/or dry weight analysis |
| 14 | S | Sediment | 6 | Total sediment, fall diameter (native water) |
| 15 | S | Sediment | 7 | Suspended sediment, fall diameter (distilled water) |
| 16 | S | Sediment | 8 | Suspended sediment, fall diameter (native water) |
| 17 | S | Sediment | 9 | Bed material, fall diameter |
| 18 | A | Air | 1 | Total (measures dissolved and suspended) |
| 19 | A | Air | 2 | Dissolved (measures only dissolved portion) |
| 20 | A | Air | 3 | Suspended (measures only suspended portion) |
| 21 | D | Sludge | 1 | Total (measures solid and liquid fractions) |
| 22 | D | Sludge | 2 | Liquid fraction only |
| 23 | D | Sludge | 3 | Solid fraction only |
| 24 | L | Land | Refers to pollutant analyses on soils, et al. | |
| 25 | E | Effluent and Influent | Refers to pollutant measurements taken on industrial and municipal waste streams | |
| 26 | M | Meteorological | Refers to weather related parameters | |
| 27 | F | Food | Refers to pollutant analyses of foods | |
| 28 | O | Other | Refers to analyses or measurements other than one described in this list | |
| 29 | A | |||
| 30 | D | |||
| 31 | E | 1 | ||
| 32 | E | 2 | ||
| 33 | E | 3 | ||
| 34 | E | 4 | ||
| 35 | E | 5 | ||
| 36 | F | 1 | ||
| 37 | F | 4 | ||
| 38 | L | 1 | ||
| 39 | L | 2 | ||
| 40 | L | 4 | ||
| 41 | L | 5 | ||
| 42 | M | 1 | ||
| 43 | M | 2 | ||
| 44 | M | 3 | ||
| 45 | M | 4 | ||
| 46 | M | |||
| 47 | O | 1 | ||
| 48 | O | 2 | ||
| 49 | O | 3 | ||
| 50 | O | 4 | ||
| 51 | O | 5 | ||
| 52 | S | |||
| 53 | T | |||
| 54 | W | 5 | ||
| 55 | W | |||
| 56 | 1 | |||
| 57 | 2 | |||
| 58 | 3 | |||
| 59 | 5 | |||
| 60 | A |