The proven guide for successful environmental analytics, now in a completely revised and expanded new edition! The new third edition particularly addresses aspects of cost-effectiveness and includes a dedicated chapter on on-site analytics methods. Every laboratory manager can use this unique manual to stay compact, current, and focused on the status of laboratory management as well as recognized spectrometric and chromatographic methods. The responsibilities of the laboratory manager are described from the planning of laboratory spaces to the documentation of analyses. This includes topics such as environmental legislation, sampling, and sample preparation, as well as sources for recognized analytical methods. A special feature: The tabbed index provides users with easy access to clear tables, organized by parameter, environmental compartment, and aggregate.