The Water Chemistry Laboratory at the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory – Regents Resource Center is a satellite environmental laboratory located in Milford, Iowa. It conducts analytical testing on both public and private drinking water, groundwater, surface water and wastewater samples.

Lakeside’s newest building is the Waitt Lab, a gift of the Friends of Lakeside Lab. Opened in 1998, it contains the Bovbjerg Water Chemistry Laboratory, two classrooms, several offices and Andrea’s Atrium, which is used for receptions and gatherings.

Staff provides educational and outreach services for area students and citizens, for college students and interns through classes offered at Iowa Lakeside Lab and area community colleges, and for local water testing facilities.

Major achievements:

• Completed the fifth year of providing expertise for the Student Mentorship Program by contributing to continuing a project that collects water quality data from streams on the Lakeside Lab campus.
• Increased testing capabilities with the addition of testing for chloride.
• Performed outreach programs and presentations to 18 groups, including nearly 300 students.
• Continued partnership with the Friends of Lakeside - Cooperative Lakes Area Monitoring Project (CLAMP). This program, in its 16th year of monitoring the water quality of Dickinson County lakes, reports data throughout the summer at www.clamp1909.blogspot.com.
• Started conducting lab appraisals in northwest Iowa for wastewater treatment labs seeking Iowa DNR certification.