Around the state, Environment Protection Authority Victoria’s (EPA) authorised officers and environmental scientists take water samples to detect cases of pollution and monitor the health of Victoria’s waterways. Learn about the equipment and processes involved in taking a water sample and why parameters such as salinity and dissolved oxygen…

Soil sampling is an important technique in monitoring the health of the environment and confirming suspected cases of pollution. Learn about the scientific processes that Environment Protection Authority Victoria’s environmental scientists and authorised officers use to take soil samples. Soil sampling is just one of the ways EPA is striving…