Who We Are

A reputation built on excellence.

Torrent Laboratory is known as California’s premier lab for a reason. With some of the industry’s highest-caliber certifications and a highly specialized team, we deliver unparalleled performance, expertise, and support for a wide range of environmental testing and analysis needs.

Purposefully small and highly capable, we’ve become the go-to lab for environmental expertise supporting a broad range of projects. Our 30-year legacy of excellence has yielded not only gold standard certifications and the fastest turnaround times in the industry, but also a commitment to customer satisfaction that drives all we do.

From customized testing to innovative solutions to special research projects, our experienced team delivers with your needs in mind.

It’s why we went into business in the first place. It’s how we’ve earned our reputation.

Torrent offers comprehensive environmental lab testing and custom analytical testing services for environmental firms, Fortune 50-1000 companies, homeowners, and government entities.

Our offices serve our immediate region, including Northern California, Southern California, and the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as customers throughout the United States and around the world. We also serve our local community with neighborhood projects and student mentorship.

At Torrent, we have a tradition of reaching out to our community through projects, charitable contributions, and student education. These outreach efforts are designed to foster environmental sustainability and improve quality of life.

We do more than serve clients. We also serve communities through special projects. These efforts have included free soil testing for Aspire Charter School’s new playground, free environmental testing for a community playground and park project spearheaded by Gateway Community Church, contribution of analytical services to a Habitat for Humanity housing project, and contamination assessment for the Guadalupe River. Together, these projects have helped give children places to play, families homes in which to live, and communities safe recreational areas for hiking, biking, and picnicking.

Torrent employees are active in our communities and support a variety of important causes. We participated in a holiday food drive for Second Harvest, a food bank serving families in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. We have also sponsored yearly Walkathons for the past ten years. In fact, with over 10,000 Walkathon participants to date, Torrent has raised more than $5000, providing much-needed funds for these worthwhile organizations:

• American Cancer Society
• Milpitas Unified School District
• Children’s Hospital of Oakland
• American Heart Association
• Milpitas Police Department
• BAPS Charities (International Non Profit Organization whose mission is to provide disaster relief at the global level)

We also believe in investing in our future by supporting science education. Our education outreach has included yearly facility tours for students of Tokyo College since 2014, internships for young scientists for the past decade, and consultations and testing for science fair projects for Bay Area schools. By championing education, we help students see science in action, cultivate a foundation for environmental responsibility, expand students’ understanding of biology and life sciences, and help create pathways to careers in the sciences.