WATER QUALITY: Analytical Methods--"Adenosine Triphosphate" by W. Thomas Shoaf and Bruce W. Lium



                                          June 16, 1975

QUALITY OF WATER BRANCH TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM NO. 75.24

Subject: WATER QUALITY: Analytical Methods--"Adenosine 
Triphosphate" by W. Thomas Shoaf and Bruce W. Lium

The subject provisional method for adenosine triphosphate 
(ATP), modified from the methods of Allen (1973) and Holm-
Hansen (1973), is attached. The Hydrobiological Section of 
the Atlanta Central Laboratory will accept samples for 
determination of ATP beginning September 1, 1975. A limited 
number of samples can be processed now by special arrangement 
with Don Leifeste, Chief of the Atlanta Laboratory. The 
analytical cost for the ATP determination is $15.00 per 
sample and includes the cost of the necessary field kit. The
Central Laboratory code for ATP is 616. A parameter code for 
storing analytical data in the WRD and STORET systems has 
been requested.

Attached also for your information is a detailed set of 
instructions for field collection of samples for ATP 
determination. A copy of the instructions will be included in 
each field kit supplied by the Atlanta Laboratory.

Questions or comments pertaining to the provisional method 
should be directed to the Chief, Quality of Water Branch 
(Mail Stop 412, Reston, Virginia). Quality of Water Branch 
Technical Memorandum No. 75.23 transmitted a briefing paper 
that explains more fully the application of the method.

Please distribute copies of this method to your personnel as 
appropriate.



                                   R. J. Pickering

Attachments

WRD Distribution: A,B,FO-LS,PO