Environmental Laboratory Digital Transformation
How an environmental testing laboratory modernized operations, achieving 35% faster sample turnaround and 89% reduction in chain of custody errors.
The Challenge: Competing in a Changing Market
Clearwater Environmental Testing has been in business for 27 years, serving over 400 clients—municipalities, industrial facilities, environmental consultants, and remediation contractors. But the market was changing.
The Technology Debt
- • 20-year-old LIMS running on a server in a closet
- • Paper chain of custody forms for every sample
- • 14-day average turnaround time (industry target: 5-7 days)
- • 4.7% chain of custody error rate
- • 12% EDD rejection rate
The Solution: Integrated, Automated, Connected
Cloud-based environmental LIMS with electronic COC, configurable EDDs, and client portal.
Connected 23 instruments directly to LIMS—ICP-MS, GC-MS, IC, and automated analyzers.
Barcode scanning, automated QC checks, one-click report generation, automated result delivery.
The Results
| Metric | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drinking water TAT | 7 days | 3 days | -57% |
| COC discrepancies | 4.7% | 0.5% | -89% |
| EDD rejection rate | 12% | 1.8% | -85% |
| Report generation time | 45 min | 3 min | -93% |
| Sample login time | 6.5 min | 1.2 min | -82% |
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