ACTIVITIES
| 1 | Water and Waste Water Analysis |
| 2 | Microbiological analysis |
| 3 | Air Quality Monitoring in Industries |
| 4 | Analytical / Quality Control |
| 5 | Noise Level Monitoring |
| 6 | Projects - CCWW, GEMS, MINARS |
| 7 | Vehicle Emission Monitoring |
| 8 | Bio Monitoring |
| 9 | National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring |
| 10 | Continuous Air Quality Monitoring |
| 11 | Special Awareness survey / campaign |
| a. Deepavali | |
| b. Bhogi | |
| c. Vinayaka Chathurthi | |
| 12 | Chennai City Ambient Air Quality Monitoring |
The Board established a Central Laboratory at Chennai during April 1985, which was later on renamed as Advanced Environmental Laboratory.
STAFF STRUCTURES
AEA, chennai has seven wings as follows
Assistant Director (Lab)
Deputy Manager (Lab)
Environmental Scientist
Meteorologist
Junior Environmental Scientist
Field Assistant
Laboratory Attendant
Electrician
AEL, chennai has seven wings as follows.
| 1 | Water Wing: Analysis of sample of Water/Sewage/Trade effluents/ Coastal Waters |
| 2 | Air Wing: Monitoring of source Emmission/Ambient Air Quality in and around industries. |
| 3 | Bacteriological Wing: Microbiological analysis of indicator micro-organisms |
| 4 | Hazardous Waste-Analysis of industrial Hazardous Wastes for compliance of Hazardous Waste Management Rules 1989 |
| 5 | Vehicle Emission Monitoring Wing |
| 6 | Chennai Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Wing |
| 7 | Noise Level Monitoring Wing. |
Major analytical equipments include: Gas Chromatograph, High Performance Liquid Chromatograph, Atomic Absorption Spectrometer, FTIR, Spectra fluorometer, Ion Analyzer, TC/TOC analyzer, and UV -Visible Spectra photometer, Micro Wave Digester, Moisture Balance, Flash Point Apparatus, High Volume Samplers, Stack Monitoring Kits, Noise Level Analyzer, Smoke Meter, CO/HC Gas Analyzer, Continuous Air Quality Monitoring Equipment, Meteorological Monitoring Equipment Flue gas Analyser Adsorble Organic Halides Analyser
DOCUMENTATION
Chennai Ambient Air Quality data & display on G.B
River Water Quality data
Noise Pollution data
Vehicle Emission monitoring data.
| 1 | Coastal Monitoring |
| 2 | Vehicle Emission Monitoring |
| 3 | Monitoring of City Water Ways |
| 4 | Monitoring of Water Bodies namely: Rivers, Lakes, (MINARS & GEMS Projects) |
| 5 | Monitoring of Ambient Air Quality at Traffic Intersections |
| 6 | National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring at Strategic Locations |
| 7 | Continuous Air Quality Monitoring at Industrial Cluster |
| 8 | Bio Monitoring Project. |