Hillsborough County Environmental Service

Phoslab Environmental Services has been servicing Hillsborough County since the early 1960's.

Phoslab Environmental Services' main facility is based in Lakeland, FL.  Our main location in Lakeland Florida makes Phoslab an advantageous business location in between Tampa and Orlando.

Hillsborough County is the largest county in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater Metropolitan Statistical Area and the fourth most populous in Florida. Hillsborough County was created on January 25, 1834 from Alachua and Monroe counties.

Hillsborough County was named for Wills Hill, the Earl of Hillsborough and British Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1768-1772. The county's original boundaries in 1834 included the present-day counties of Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and Sarasota.

Phoslab provides environmental services to such locations as:

According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of 1,266.22 square miles (3,279.5 km2), of which 1,050.91 square miles (2,721.8 km2) (or 83.00%) is land and 215.31 square miles (557.7 km2) (or 17.00%) is water. There is approximately 158.27 miles (254.71 km) of shoreline on Tampa Bay.

The county's unincorporated area approximately 888 square miles (2,300 km2), or more than 84 percent of the total land area. Municipalities account for 163 square miles (420 km2). The modern boundaries of the county place it midway along the west coast of Florida.

A narrow strip of Hillsborough County extends to the west to the Gulf of Mexico roughly along the Tampa Port Shipping Channel. This has the effect of keeping Hillsborough County from being landlocked. The central portion of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge is in Hillsborough County as is Egmont Key at the entrance to Tampa Bay. This narrow strip of land effectively separates Pinellas County from Manatee County.

Hillsborough is home to Alafia River State Park and Hillsborough River State Parks, as well as the C. W. Bill Young Regional Reservoir.

Phoslab also services adjacent counties including:



Phoslab Environmental Services benefits from it's location, being that it services clients statewide. Sample transportation/arrival is always very quick and accurate, whether it's coming from east, west, north, or south Florida.


Phoslab Environmental Services was established in the 1960's to service the local phosphate industry, hence the name "Phoslab". Although Phoslab Environmental Services has evolved and is now regarded as a full-service, analytical laboratory and environmental services facility, it still provides a significant amount of services to the phosphate industry. Phoslab provides services to several companies in Hillsborough County and not just in Lakeland.  Phoslab Environmental Services provides analytical services to companies located in Hillsborough.

Phoslab's location in Lakeland makes its services ideal for Industry in Hillsborough County. Clients within the phosphate industry who are based in Hardee, and Manatee Counties as well.