Giving Labs the Means to Demonstrate the Proficiency of Their Air and

Emissions Tests

    MILFORD, Mass., June 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Waters Corporation
 (NYSE:   WAT) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Environmental
 Resource Associates (Arvada, CO) will collaborate with Scott Specialty
 Gases (Plumsteadville, PA) to provide a comprehensive air and emissions
 Proficiency Testing (PT) program. Under the terms of the program, Scott
 will team with Environmental Resource Associates (ERA) to provide volatile
 organic standards for methods TO14 and TO15 that will complement ERA's
 common air and emissions PT standards. ERA will sell the standards and
 administer the proficiency testing studies for industrial and contract
 environmental laboratories responsible for air and emissions testing
 performed in compliance with federal and state statutes.
     Proficiency testing is widely employed by analytical laboratories
 testing soil, water and waste-water samples. State and federal regulations
 require the use of PT standards to demonstrate the accuracy of the
 analytical measurement process. Until now, the enforcement of air and
 emissions proficiency testing requirements has been slowed by the lack of a
 single PT provider with the capability and the expertise to provide all the
 required standards and administer the PT studies. Together, ERA and Scott
 Specialty will fill this void by allowing labs to source the standards and
 implement regulated air and emissions PT program under the auspices of a
 single PT provider.
     "Air proficiency testing is something that analytical laboratories,
 regulators and end users have been requesting for some time and Scott is
 the perfect partner to provide the volatile gas standards for this new
 program," offered Dr. Carl Craig, President of ERA. "This air program
 allows us to provide a more comprehensive suite of PT standards and studies
 to our customers." Speaking for Scott Specialty Gases, Joe Munley, Regional
 Vice President stated, "The unique nature of blended gas standards to the
 exacting specifications of a PT program requires a very high degree of
 technical capability and experience. Since Scott is the sole provider of
 NIST SRM gaseous candidates for this industry, producing PT standards is a
 natural extension of our capabilities for providing high quality gas
 mixtures."
     About ERA (http://www.eraqc.com)
     ERA manufactures chemical proficiency testing, quality control,
 calibration and suitability standards that allow industrial and independent
 contract analytical laboratories to demonstrate measurement accuracy and
 precision and ensure regulatory compliance. ERA standards are used in
 environmental, food, industrial, medical and pharmaceutical laboratories
 worldwide. ERA became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Waters Corporation at
 the beginning of 2007.
     About Scott Specialty Gases (http://www.scottgas.com)
     Scott Specialty Gases has 50 years of experience developing pure and
 mixed specialty gases for all types of applications and is the world's
 largest producer of EPA protocol gases. Products include pure and mixed
 gases for environmental, industrial, laboratory, scientific, homeland
 security, medical and semiconductor manufacturing applications.
     Scott Specialty Gases combines technology-driven products with
 value-added services to help specialty gas users improve performance while
 reducing operating costs. Scott maintains numerous ISO 9001-2000 certified
 manufacturing facilities and 17025 accredited laboratories in North America
 and Europe.
     About Waters Corporation (http://www.waters.com)
     Waters Corporation (NYSE:   WAT) creates business advantage for
 laboratory- dependent organizations by delivering practical and sustainable
 innovation to enable significant advancements in such areas as healthcare
 delivery, environmental management, food safety, and water quality
 worldwide.
     Pioneering a connected portfolio of separations science, laboratory
 information management, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis, Waters
 technology breakthroughs and laboratory solutions provide an enduring
 platform for customer success.
     With revenue of $1.28 billion in 2006 and 4,700 employees, Waters is
 driving scientific discovery and operational excellence for customers
 worldwide.
     Investor Contact:                     Media Contact:
     Gene Cassis                           Brian J. Murphy
     Vice President, Investor Relations    Corporate Communications
     508-482-2349                          508-482-2614
     Gene_Cassis@waters.com                brian_j_murphy@waters.com
 
     Joe Munley                            Joe Munley
     Regional Vice President               Regional Vice President
     800-217-2688                          800-217-2688
     jmunley@scottgas.com                  jmunley@scottgas.com
     Scott Specialty Gases                 Scott Specialty Gases
     http://www.scottgas.com               http://www.scottgas.com
 
 

SOURCE Waters Corporation

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