Water Quality Laboratory
Supporting education, research, and testing in water and wastewater quality.
Laboratory Overview
The Water Quality Laboratory (Laboratorium Kualitas Air, LKA) is part of the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Institut Teknologi Bandung. Located at Ganesa Campus, it supports water and environmental-quality analysis for education, research, and services to external partners and the public.
Its origins trace to the Laboratorium Voor Technische Hygiene en Assaineering, established on 19 March 1935. The laboratory was transferred to ITB in 1966 and developed alongside Sanitary Engineering, now Environmental Engineering.
The laboratory supports the university’s three missions through student practical work, research by students and academic staff, and community services including sampling, testing, consultation, and training.
History & Development
Established in 1935
Founded on 19 March as the Laboratorium Voor Technische Hygiene en Assaineering under the Dutch administration.
Transferred to ITB in 1966
Transferred through a joint decree of the Minister of Health and the Minister of Higher Education and Science.
Supporting Environmental Engineering
The laboratory developed its education and research role alongside the Sanitary Engineering department, established in 1962 and later renamed Environmental Engineering.
Quality Development Since 2003
The laboratory’s history records KAN accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025 from 2003 as part of its commitment to testing quality.
Education & Practical Learning
The laboratory facilitates practical learning for regular and international undergraduate students and master’s students. The source course list includes:
Environmental Laboratory
Regular Undergraduate Program
Environmental Laboratory
International Undergraduate Program
Environmental Microbiology
Regular Undergraduate Program
Environmental Microbiology
International Undergraduate Program
Industrial Waste Management
International Undergraduate Program
Environmental Engineering Laboratory
Master’s Program
Research Support
LKA provides facilities for researchers, academic staff, and undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral students carrying out water-quality research.
Explore the Laboratory Research List →Its development supports water and wastewater studies alongside the Environmental Engineering research groups.
Testing & Community Services
Services support government agencies, private companies, universities, and the wider community through water and wastewater sampling, sample testing, quality consultation, and training from sampling to laboratory analysis.
The documented testing matrices include water for hygiene and sanitation, drinking water, domestic and industrial wastewater, well water, lakes, rivers, estuaries, swamps, ponds, reservoirs, and seawater.
Physical Parameters
Temperature, turbidity, colour, suspended solids (TSS), and dissolved solids (TDS).
Chemical Parameters
pH, dissolved oxygen (DO), BOD, COD, nutrients including nitrate, nitrite, ammonia and phosphate, and metals.
Microbiological Parameters
Total coliform, faecal coliform, and indicator microorganisms.
Water & Wastewater Characterisation
Quality characterisation of domestic and industrial wastewater, surface water, and groundwater.
Accreditation Documents
View the laboratory certificate and scope documents published on the original laboratory page. Contact the laboratory to confirm the applicable scope and availability for your testing needs.
Certificate Scope Appendices
Scope Appendix 1 →Scope Appendix 2 →Scope Appendix 3 →Scope Appendix 4 →Scope Appendix 5 →Location & Enquiries
Ganesa Campus
Jl. Ganesa No. 10, Coblong, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia 40132.
Explore Ganesa Campus →Laboratory Enquiries
Contact the laboratory for sampling, testing, research access, and training enquiries.
+62 22 2534176Program Contact Directory →