News and Press Releases from MANTECH Inc.

New MT-5 Alkalinity Titration System - Simple and Smart!

MANTECH’s MT-5 marks our evolution to bring simple water quality analyzers to municipal and industrial users. These important users, operating the drinking and wastewater treatment plants, have long suffered with multiple scattered ...

Mar. 15, 2021

PeCOD Saves Western Canada Mill Thousands Through Improved Control of Aeration and Nutrient Usage

Canfor owns and operates the Prince George Pulp Mill in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. They have been successfully employing the rapid, green and safe peCOD chemical oxygen demand (COD) method for improved effluent process control which ...

Feb. 22, 2021

Release of NEW Small Diameter pH and Conductivity Probes

These new electrodes are fully compatible with MANTECH’s MT Automated Environmental Titration Systems and can be swapped in place of existing electrodes. With diameters of 5mm (Conductivity) and 6mm (pH), the sample volume required for ...

Dec. 10, 2020

Automated Multi-Parameter, Titration, BOD and COD Analysis Seminar and Live Demo

MANTECH Automated Multi Parameter, Titration, BOD & COD Analysis Seminar and Live Demo with Q&A Whether running 1 or 8 parameters for water analysis, pH in soil or require efficient BOD/COD results to drive compliance, we have a solution ...

Nov. 3, 2020

Water Quality Monitoring with Federal and Territorial Support

The Northwest Territories have resumed long-term water quality testing. The majority of testing is monitored at two key sites in Alberta and two in Northwest Territories (NWT). Long-term testing allows for changes over time to be detected, as well ...

Sep. 29, 2020

NEMC Virtual Conference Presentation

The National Environmental Monitoring Conference is the most extensive conference in North America focused on the field of environmental measurements. The conference brings together scientists and managers from federal and state agencies, the ...

Sep. 24, 2020

Dalhousie CWRS Application Brief - A Comparison of peCOD vs Specific UV Absorbance for Monitoring NOM Reactivity

Dalhousie’s Centre for Water Resources Studies (CWRS) is home to an exceptional team of students, researchers, and professors constantly pushing the barriers of knowledge in fields related to water, our environment, and how humans factor into ...

Sep. 8, 2020

European Parliament Approves Law for Reusing Wastewater

In May of 2020, the new Water Reuse regulation was approved by the European Parliament. It is hoped that these regulations will increase the abilities of European countries to reuse treated wastewater, decreasing reliance on groundwater pumping. ...

Jun. 8, 2020

Automated BOD5 with 10-Minute BOD Estimator Package

MANTECH is pleased to announce the release of a New Automated Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) Analysis Package including the Rapid 10-minute BOD Estimator. This combination of 5-day automation and rapid estimation provides the ideal solution for ...

May 19, 2020

PeCOD Protects Brewery Product from Contamination

Food and Beverage companies deliver valuable products to the general public. It is something we cannot live without. To ensue the protection of public health it is important for the companies to deliver a safe product that the consumer ...

Feb. 24, 2020

MANTECH is proud to announce the release of the IntelliVol system

IntelliVol™ is an innovate method for automated, accurate, and rapid sample volume measuring. Users can free pour samples into tubes or cups using this add on for the MT-Series. This method uses a fixed needle at a specific height to aspirate ...

Dec. 19, 2019

Comparison of COD, BOD and TOC Methods for Organics

How does the PeCOD Method compare? There are several common methods to test wastewater and drinking water for organic pollutants, natural and chemical. Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) and, Total Organic Carbon (TOC) ...

Nov. 19, 2019

Arauco Laboratory Replaces Old Technology with PeCOD

“Since 2016, the laboratory of Arauco Pulp and Paper has invested in new pieces of high-tech equipment that will allow us to measure COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand) more accurately and rapidly.” “The variation in the COD speed, from ...

Nov. 15, 2019

Dalhousie & Cranfield Universities present PeCOD for NOM Monitoring at IWA NOM7 Conference

Click HERE to view the Dalhousie/Cranfield Presentation on PeCOD for NOM Monitoring in Lakes and Rivers At the IWA NOM7 conference hosted in Tokyo, Japan in early October, Dalhousie University (Canada) and Cranfield University (UK) ...

Oct. 30, 2019

MANTECH is pleased to announce the official release of the new T10 Turbidity Meter!

The T10 meter is fully compatible with all current MANTECH systems, able to be easily implemented as a manual or automated turbidity solution for measuring NTU/FNU results alongside other parameters such as pH, Conductivity, or Alkalinity. ...

Sep. 17, 2019

International Environmental Technology Article - peCOD Method Included in Drinking Water Guidance

Health Canada has released a Proposed Guidance on Natural Organic Matter (NOM) in Drinking Water. For the first time, Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) has been listed as a parameter for monitoring and treating NOM. The peCOD method, developed by ...

Apr. 18, 2019

Mantech MT-100 Installation at Faro Mine Remediation in Yukon Territories Canada

In March of 2019, an MT-100 was installed in an environmental laboratory stationed at a mine remediation project in Faro, Yukon Territories, Canada. The MT-100 is being used as a tool for performing wet chemistry analysis on samples taken ...

Mar. 15, 2019

Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) in Water and Wastewater Analysis

Water is one of the most essential building blocks of life on Earth, and it is also one of the most vulnerable resources to impacts from human development. We are intrinsically tied to our natural water systems through our dependence on water for ...

Jan. 21, 2019

University of Guelph Students Have Outstanding Co-op Term!

MANTECH has a long tradition of hiring university students under co-operative (co-op) education programs. The students provide valuable work for MANTECH and they learn real world applications, including research and development activities. ...

Sep. 7, 2018

Permanganate Index and Oxidizability for Source and Treated Drinking Waters

What is permanganate index? The permanganate index is an assessment of water quality typically used for freshwater and treated drinking waters. It involves the determination of oxidizability, also known as oxygen (O2) demand, by potassium ...

Jun. 25, 2018

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