Laboratories – IWH - Georgia Southern University

About Our Labs

IWH Laboratories conducts water and health research and provides environmental assessment services. The 8,000 sqft facilities, located in Savannah, Georgia has four laboratories, offices for researchers, field equipment, and computational resources.

Testing Capabilities

Biosafety Level 2 IWH laboratories are capable of testing for a suite of viruses, bacteria, and protozoa from drinking, recreational, stormwater, wastewater, and sediments. We conduct research on identifying the occurrence, fate, and transport of chemical and microbiological contaminants in groundwater, rivers, and marine beaches.

Analytes

Temperature
Dissolved oxygen
pH
Specific conductance
Salinity
Hardness
Turbidity
Total solids
Total coliform
Fecal coliform
E. coli
Enterococcus spp.
Viruses
Bacterial pathogens
Protozoa
Metals
Nutrients (Nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, total nitrogen, phosphate, total phosphorus, silica)
Chlorophyll
Biological oxygen demand
Chemical oxygen demand
Total organic carbon
Free and residual chlorine
Microbial source tracking (Human, Ruminant, Bird, Dog, and other markers)
eDNA
High throughput sequencing
Wastewater surveillance

Instruments

Atomic Absorption
Discrete Nutrient Analyzer
Total Organic Carbon and Total Nitrogen Analyzer
uv vis spectrophotometer
Nucleic Acid Extraction Automated System
QIAcuityDigital PCR System
QuantStudio 6
Biorad Thermocycler
Illumina MiSeq Sequencer
IDEXX sealers
Tissue Lyzer II
Membrane filtration and other liquid concentration systems for viruses, bacteria, and protozoa

Contact Information

Institute for Water and Health at Georgia Southern University
Savannah Research Complex, Building 4
925 Mohawk Street
Savannah, GA 31419

Directions: (Upon entering the property, continue driving to the left of the building; there is a separate parking lot with IWH entrance. No parking permit is needed).