WWEM 2014 details announced
The organisers of WWEM 2014, the international Water, Wastewater and Environmental Monitoring conference and exhibition, have announced the details of the Conferences that will...
GPS-enabled device assists landfill monitoring
ENVIRONMENTAL monitoring specialist Enitial has worked with Viridor to develop a new PDA-based device. The enidata device has modules for monitoring groundwater, surface water,...
Monitoring nuclear waste legacy ponds
Following rigorous assessment, water quality monitoring sondes from Xylem Analytics are being deployed in what is arguably one of the most hostile environments imaginable:...
Meeting German formaldehyde emissions targets
POWER generation from Germany’s enormous biogas industry produces emissions to air that are regulated by the Technical Instructions on Air Quality Control (TA Luft).
As...
Remote control boat aids flood repair effort
A remote control boat equipped with a SonTek M9 Acoustic Doppler Profiler (ADP®) has been employed with HydroSurveyor software to create a 3-dimensional map...
Remote reporting to improve water quality intelligence
HIGH-resolution remote reporting on water quality is supported by the Hydraclam® monitoring unit now available from Siemens Water Technologies.
The unit is...
Weather monitoring workhorse gains MODBUS
ULTRASONIC weather monitoring systems specialist Gill Instruments has expanded its MetPak multi-sensor weather station range with the introduction of MODBUS output connectivity.
The complete...
Refrigerant gases early warning
Effective monitoring and detection of fluorinated (Freon) gases is promised by Crowcon’s F-Gas infrared detector, a fixed-point detector specially calibrated to detect a wide...
Ground gas analysis without the capex
THE CIRIA-compliant GA5000 portable landfill and contaminated land gas analyser can now be leased from Geotech, providing a useful solution for consultants carrying out...
Bluesky thinking – Firm assist moorland restoration
HIGH resolution aerial photomaps and laser-surveyed 3D terrain maps from Bluesky are being used to plan and implement vital moorland restoration work in England’s...
A comparison of continuous COD measurement with laboratory analysis
PHOTOMETRIC methods of measuring Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) are widely used in sectors like the water industry, as a means to determine the quantities...
DNA-based sensor now measures cadmium too
US company ANDalyze, a specialist in products for testing water contamination using catalytic DNA technologies, has bolstered its DNA-based sensor/fluorimeter platform with the addition...
Melt measurement
TINYTAG data loggers are being used to monitor the rate at which glaciers are melting in the Himalayas, explains manufacturer Gemini Data Loggers.
The...
Chip spectrometers claim performance high ground
A pair of lightweight, miniature spectrometers from optical sensing specialist Ocean Optics are being used to investigate plant parameters in an area of New...
Seal of approval for airborn bacteria testing
BRADFORD-based Environmental and Occupational Hygiene Consultancy Envirocare is now accredited to undertake bioaerosol monitoring from stacks (such as chimneys).
The new capability, an extension...
Feature-rich IR analyser now has touch screen
INSTRUMENTATION specialist Quantitech has launched a portable infrared analyser, the InfraCal 2.
Based on the original and popular InfraCal, the latest version includes new features...
Wastewater engineers go with the flow
Water treatment engineers are improving the efficiency of their maintenance work with the help of a new water-monitoring device, according to its makers
DESIGNED primarily...
Portable ammonia meter for final effluent quality testing
WATER testing specialist Palintest has launched its Ammonia+ meter, the latest addition to its Compact range of portable, waterproof photometers.
Developed to provide accurate analysis...
Contaminated land gas analyser aids tsunami clean-up effort
IT may now be two years since a devastating tsunami hit the Pacific coast of Japan, but the clean-up continues.
20 million tons of waste...
The Main chance – Hansford Sensors showcase latest products
HANSFORD Sensors showcased its latest vibration monitoring products at the Maintec 2013 exhibition in Birmingham.
Among new products on show were, for the first time...
