Fountain Valley Analytical Laboratory, Inc.

08/04/2023

FOUNTAIN VALLEY LABS IS HIRING!!! We are looking for:

LAB TECHNICIAN/ ENVIRONMENTAL
WATER ANALYSIS LABORATORY

State Certified Environmental Laboratory is seeking a motivated, detail-oriented individual for an entry-level position. Applicant must possess excellent phone skills, ability to handle multiple tasks, be computer literate (knowledge of Word & Excel) and, most importantly, be willing to learn. Knowledge of basic science and laboratory skills a plus. Prior experience in a busy lab environment would be helpful.

Duties will include: analyzing water samples, taking work orders by phone, scheduling sample collections, logging in samples, data entry, report generation, sample processing, and miscellaneous office and laboratory tasks.

Applicant should possess at least a high school diploma and a valid MD driver’s license. A BS in Chemistry/ Biology/ Environmental Science is a plus.

The position is full-time (40 hours weekly) Monday through Friday with occasional weekend hours. Salary is commensurate with ability and experience.

Contact information:
Laboratory Director: Cathy Siegman, B.S.
E-mail – [email protected]
Web – fval.com

Please bring resume and references to your interview.

08/04/2023

05/18/2020

According to “Strange But True: Drinking Too Much Water Can Kill,” an article written by Coco Ballantyne and published on the Scientific American website, there are no scientific studies that support the recommendation to drink 8 eight ounce glasses of water each day.

05/11/2020

Just a reminder to all our customers and clients that we will be closed Monday May 25th for Memorial Day; we will resume business Tuesday May 26th at 8:00 AM. We hope you and your families have a wonderful holiday.

05/11/2020

According to the USEPA article “Water Facts of Life: Ride the Water Cycle With These Fun Facts,” on average, a person can live without food for about a month but they can only live about a week without water.

05/04/2020

According to the University of Washington Water Resource Institute, in the United States, over 40 billion gallons of water are drawn from the Great Lakes every day.

04/27/2020

Earth Day is now recognized as the planet’s largest civic event with over one billion individuals participating from over 190 countries.
Fact Credit: Earthday.org
Image Credit: Bombetoka Bay, U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team, NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS

04/24/2020

Sheridan Glacier, in Alaska, as seen by an Operation IceBridge flight in August 2018.
Image Credit: UAF/Martin Truffer

04/23/2020

This is an image from NASA which helps scientists study night lights across the globe. Images like these clearly show where large areas of human activity are.
Image Credit: NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using Suomi NPP VIIRS data from Miguel Román, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

04/22/2020

It is the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day!!!

Have you had a noteworthy Earth Day experience in the past 50 years? If so, type it up, or write it down and take a picture of it and submit it to Fountain Valley Lab for our 50th Earth Day Anniversary Contest! Please email entries to [email protected].

We need to receive entries by midnight Thursday, April 30th. They will be judged by our Earth conscious staff. The prize (some type of well water testing) will be announced by May 10th.

Have your children write too; each story will be judged individually!
We’d like to put the winner on our web site and page, but we’ll get your permission prior to posting.
This can be a great, positive project while folks are home and social distancing! Planting a tree or wild flower seeds might be a fun event too!

Thanks for spreading the word!

Fifty years, and we still have so much to do to make things better on this Earth…