MCERTS Monitoring Schemes

MCERTS is the Environment Agency's Monitoring Certification Scheme

The scheme provides a framework within which environmental measurements can be made in accordance with the Agency's quality requirements.


The scheme covers a range of monitoring, sampling and inspection activities including:

For more information on these schemes, please click the links above, or to the left.

About MCERTS

MCERTS promotes public confidence in monitoring data and provides industry with a proven framework for choosing monitoring systems and services that meet the Environment Agency's performance requirements.

MCERTS is operated on behalf of the Environment Agency by Sira. The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) accredits Sira to undertake the product and personnel certification activities which underpin the MCERTS scheme.

For a summary of the various MCERTS schemes and to download Environment Agency performance standards and requirements, visit the Agency's MCERTS page.