Research and Development

ENPHO laboratory is accredited by Nepal Bureau of Standard and Metrology (NBSM) under the NEPLAS system based on ISO 17025 and is audited for quality control both by internal and external auditors. Furthermore, Quality Management System (QMS) is being implemented in the laboratory as provided by registered body Quality & Environmental Management Service (QEMS), Kathmandu, Nepal.
Accreditation of ENPHO laboratory has been extended for three years till 20679-7-6 by the Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology (NBSM). This year, the accreditation is also extended for the analysis of air,food and soil samples in addition of water and wastewater.

The laboratory also provides facilities to researchers, scholars and students to conduct their laboratory works with guidance as per

Laboratory Services:

  • Water and Wastewater Quality Analysis
  • Ambient and Stack Air Quality Assessment
  • Rocks, Minerals, Soil and Compost Analysis
  • Analysis of Bio-organisms

Laboratory Equipments:

  • Analytical balance
  • UV-visible Spectrophotometer
  • Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer
  • Gas Chromatograph
  • High Power Liquid Chromatograph
  • Ambient Air Quality Sampler
  • Stack Monitoring Set
  • Indoor Air Monitoring Equipment
  • Hydrolab – Mini Sonde for Water Quality Multipurpose Sampler

Latest news

HUMLA: First Initiation Towards sustainable Sanitation

20th Jul 2011

Humla is one of the remotest districts in Nepal where people don't have access to basic needs including water and sanitation facilities. On March, 2011 one social worker and two local masons from Humla district approached to ENPHO requesting to provide training on ECOSAN toilet. They received hands on training on construction of ECOSAN toilets from ENPHO within Nepal Node for Sustainable Sanitation (NNSS) project.

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Knowledge and Information Sharing in SACOSAN-IV

14th Jun 2011

Dr. Suman K. Shakya, Executive Director of ENPHO and Board Member of RCNN has presented a paper on “Decentralizing resource centers for WASH sector learning and sharing” at Technical Session-Group Discussion on Knowledge management & Information exchange in “Fourth South Asian Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN-IV) in Colombo, Sri Lanka on April 6, 2011.

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