Sorry for the cross post if any of you also read APUG, but I'll post conclusions to both lists. So I've searched APUG, pure_silver and the 'net but to little avail. Can folks please list me a few different inexpensive and relatively easy methods to measure/test when the silver in my (yet to be processed/recovered) fixing solution is below 50ppm ? Then my local government authority will permit it to be discarded down the drain. Some ideas include measuring the conductivity of the sol'n (assuming I am testing for dissolved silver). Also perhaps Colorimetry. No test strips will test such low levels of silver. rgds Peter