Testing labs in Pesaro

Acquagest S.r.l. is an Italian environmental testing and analysis laboratory headquartered in Pesaro (province of Pesaro-Urbino), in the Marche region of central Italy. Founded in 1981, the company has built more than four decades of operational experience as a full-spectrum environmental services provider and trusted analytical partner — a positioning it communicates directly with the slogan "il vostro laboratorio di fiducia" (your trusted laboratory). The laboratory serves public bodies, industrial operators, food businesses, cosmetics manufacturers, construction firms, and occupational-health professionals across the Adriatic coast and broader Marche region, combining in-house chemical and microbiological analysis with on-site field sampling through a dedicated mobile unit equipped for on-location determinations. Acquagest holds Accredia accreditation No. 02202 for Testing, issued under the UNI CEI EN ISO/IEC 17025 standard — Italy's national body recognition confirming the technical competence and impartiality of its laboratory operations across all accredited test methods. The laboratory also operates a certified ISO 9001:2015 quality management system (first certified in 2011), which governs its documented procedures, personnel qualifications, equipment calibration, and continuous improvement processes. The official list of accredited methods is maintained at the Accredia national registry (www.accredia.it under lab code 02202). These dual quality frameworks ensure that results issued by Acquagest carry regulatory and legal standing for compliance submissions to Italian and EU authorities. Water analysis is one of Acquagest's core technical disciplines. The laboratory performs comprehensive characterisation of drinking water and mineral spring or well water under Italian Legislative Decree 31/2001 (transposing EU Drinking Water Directive), testing physical-chemical parameters including colour, odour, conductivity, pH, turbidity, and nitrates alongside microbiological indicators such as Escherichia coli, intestinal Enterococci, and total bacterial counts. Wastewater and discharge water is analysed under D.Lgs. 152/2006 Part III, covering the full range of parameters required for discharge consents. Swimming pool water is evaluated for disinfection compliance and microbial safety. The laboratory also provides Legionella monitoring programmes — encompassing water sampling from HVAC systems, cooling towers, and hot-water circuits, followed by microbiological quantification — in accordance with the 2015 Italian Ministry of Health guidelines. Air quality and atmospheric emissions represent a further major service area. Acquagest conducts source sampling and analysis of industrial atmospheric emissions under D.Lgs. 152/2006, quantifying a broad pollutant spectrum: aliphatic and aromatic amines, ammonia, volatile organic compounds (VOCs/SOVs), total organic carbon, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), particulate matter, heavy metals, nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, aldehydes, combustion gases, crystalline free silica, alkaline substances, hydrogen sulfide, carbon monoxide, inorganic acids, and oily mists. Workplace air quality monitoring under D.Lgs. 81/2008 applies the same analytical panel to occupational exposure assessment for chemical substances in indoor work environments. Asbestos and crystalline free silica detection in workplaces is also performed under occupational-health regulations. Soil, subsoil, and waste characterisation services address the needs of environmental remediation projects, construction site management, and industrial waste disposal. For excavated soil and groundwater, Acquagest conducts chemical-physical parameter surveys to determine permitted end-uses under D.Lgs. 152/2006 Tables A and B (site-use thresholds for residential/recreational versus commercial/industrial destinations). Analytes include heavy metals (mercury, arsenic, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, nickel, lead, copper, zinc), the BTEX group of volatile aromatic hydrocarbons (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene), and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Waste classification services cover sampling and analysis of industrial liquid and solid wastes and treatment-plant sludges according to UNI 10802:2013, with hazard and ecotoxicological assessments carried out under EU Decision 2014/955/EU and Regulation (EU) 1357/2014. Additional waste services include landfill acceptability testing and recovery-potential assessments, as well as asbestos identification in both compact and friable materials. In the food and beverage sector Acquagest provides microbiological safety testing on food products and on environmental surfaces (swabs from processing areas, equipment, and food-contact materials), following ISO 18593:2004 (surface sampling), ISO 17604:2015 (carcass sampling), and ISO 2859:1985 (sampling plans). Pathogens and hygiene indicators routinely analysed include Salmonella spp., Staphylococcus aureus, total viable count, Escherichia coli, and Enterobacteriaceae. The laboratory also supports clients in the development and validation of HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) management plans, and delivers staff training courses in food hygiene and HACCP compliance, helping food businesses satisfy requirements under EU Regulation 852/2004. Cosmetics and personal-care products testing at Acquagest covers allergen detection, metallic compound analysis, and microbiological parameter evaluation — the three pillars of compliance under EU Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009. The department also supports cannabinoid product evaluation, reflecting growing regulatory demand in Italy for hemp-derived goods. The laboratory's combination of ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation, long operational history since 1981, mobile sampling capability, multi-sector technical scope, and deep familiarity with Italian and EU regulatory frameworks (from D.Lgs. 152/2006 environmental codes to EU food and cosmetics regulations) makes Acquagest a credible, one-stop analytical partner for businesses requiring legally defensible test data across environmental, food safety, and product compliance domains.

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ISO/IEC 17025 accredited by ACCREDIA (No. 01660) testing laboratory (accreditation status: active). Accredited test areas include: Bio Food Safety; Chemical Chromatography; Chemical Elemental Analysis; Chemical Spectroscopy; Water Environmental. Located at 61122, Pesaro, Italy.