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Tailor Made with DelAgua
With the recent vast expansion of the DelAgua product catalogue, the UK based leading potable water testing company are offering a bespoke service to clients with a range of needs. “Everyone’s need can be very different,” says Geoff Douglas, Head of Sales, “and because different projects test different areas for a variety of physical, chemical and biological parameters ...
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SenSafe™ Water Metals Check for water quality testing
SenSafe™ Water Metals Check for water quality testing A quick and affordable solution for testing metal concentrations in drinking water.Industrial Test Systems, Inc. (ITS), located in Rock Hill, SC, announces the release of SenSafe™ Water Metals Check test strips, an easy, accurate and inexpensive way to determine metal levels in drinking water. This patented test uses an indicator that ...
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HM Digital products now on every continent on Earth
For on-site testing, an expedition to analyze pollution in Antarctic waters has chosen HM Digital's COM-100 and PH-200. Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica – The water was near freezing, but HM Digital’s water testing instruments dutifully provided the scientist with the required data. After months of preparation, the Environmental, Biochemical and Nutritional Analytical-Control ...
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Breakthrough Technology: ANDalyze Introduces Real-time Water Testing for Heavy Metals Powered by DNA
ANDalyze offers a new sensor/fluorimeter platform solution for simplifying the on-site testing and analysis of water for heavy metal contamination. This new product requires no special knowledge of chemistry, greatly reducing operational testing time and cost for the water industry. Champaign, IL: ANDalyze has developed an innovative heavy metals sensor platform technology for water testing ...
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Trace metals in water: new certified reference material released
JRC-IRMM has released a new water-based certified reference material (CRM), ERM-CA615, certified for seven trace elements (As, Cd, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni and Pb). The mass concentrations of four metals (Cd, Hg, Ni and Pb) are targeted to comply with the environmental quality standards referred in the Directive 2008/105/EC. ERM-CA615 is a natural groundwater acidified with nitric acid to pH ~2 and spiked ...
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Russia completes MBIR hydraulic tests
Atommash, part of the Volgodonsk branch of AEM Technology, has completed hydraulic tests of the reactor vessel of the MBIR multipurpose sodium-cooled fast neutron research reactor. MBIR is under construction at the site of the Research Institute of Atomic Reactors at Dmitrovgrad, which is in Russia's Ulyanovsk region. Atommash said yesterday that the procedure had involved using a 600-tonne ...
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Supporting wastewater monitoring: a new certified reference material for heavy metals in wastewater
JRC-IRMM has released ERM-CA713, a new wastewater certified reference material, developed in support of the Water Framework Directive (WFD, 2000/60/EC). ERM-CA713 was specifically produced to include the four metals cited in the Priority Substances list (Cd, Hg, Ni and Pb) at concentration levels which are targeted to comply with the environmental quality standards (EQSs) referred in ...
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Michigan undertaking plan to determine if Flint water safe
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has undertaken a five-part strategy to determine whether Flint's water, which has become contaminated with lead, is safe to drink. The state said the plan to try to ensure that drinking water no longer is tainted with lead includes residential water testing, school testing, food service and restaurant provider testing, blood testing and overall ...
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Advances in photometric analysis
The use of portable field colorimeters has expanded as device electronics have improved. However, application of colorimetry in new markets has remained static, since there have been no significant advances in the last 20 years to make analysis safer or easier. The eXact® EZ Advanced Photometric System, granted US Patent #7333194 this month, changes all that. The eXact® EZ Advanced ...
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Advancement in photometric analysis
The use of portable field colorimeters has expanded as device electronics have improved. However, application of colorimetry in new markets has remained static, since there have been no significant advances in the last 20 years to make analysis safer or easier. The eXact EZ Advanced Photometric System, granted US Patent #7333194 this month, changes all that. The eXact EZ Advanced Photometric ...
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Water metals check
Industrial Test Systems, Inc. (ITS), located in Rock Hill, SC, announces the release of SenSafe™ Water Metals Check test strips, an easy, accurate and inexpensive way to determine metal levels in drinking water. This patented test uses an indicator that develops red in the presence of metals. Simple color matching determines the levels of metal in water after a 30 second dip. This product ...
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Another U.S. patent issued for reagent delivery & photometric chlorine analysis
Industrial Test Systems, Inc. (ITS), located in Rock Hill, SC, announces the release of SenSafe™ Water Metals Check test strips, an easy, accurate and inexpensive way to determine metal levels in drinking water. This patented test uses an indicator that develops red in the presence of metals. Simple color matching determines the levels of metal in water after a 30 second dip. This product ...
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Contaminated Water from Hurricane Irene Causes Boil Water Alerts
Boil water notices have been issued in many counties that suffered damage from Hurricane Irene. The hurricane caused massive destruction and flooding that has impacted countless communities. Many of these now face contaminated drinking water supplies due to the storm. Boil water notices are issued when municipal and private water utilities have concerns over contamination of the drinking water ...
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Oklahoma City wins `Best of the Best` tap water taste test
The American Water Works Association announced today that Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust, Okla. has won the annual “Best of the Best” Tap Water Taste Test. The event, composed of regional winners from water-tasting competitions across North America, was held at AWWA’s Annual Conference and Exposition in Denver. The Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust delivers tap water to ...
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Terraphase is using ESdat LabSync to protect children from lead poisoning in schools
Terraphase is a US environmental consulting company that offers cost-effective solutions to complex environmental and engineering challenges. The Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) has selected Terraphase Engineering Inc. to provide lead in drinking water testing at schools and childcare facilities. The Testing and Reduction Grant Program have funded the PENNVEST ...
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New LEADQuick™ lead in soil test kit
Lead exposure can cause serious health problems. When lead is absorbed into the body, it can cause brain damage and harm other vital organs. It’s common to find 15 to 40 parts per million (PPM) Lead in soil, which can also be expressed as milligrams per kilogram of lead (mg/kg). Soil lead levels can increase to several thousand mg/kg as a result of contamination by lead in urban areas due ...
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Test metal, concrete & other surfaces for residual oil contamination
Surficial sampling and analysis is used to assess the existence and/or extent of oil contamination on various surfaces, rather than in soil, sediment or water. Applications include testing wipe samples for residual oils coated on aluminum, steel or other metal parts after the manufacturing process. This includes ventilation ducts, fans, AC coils and other metal working processes to see how well ...
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German drinking water survey shows up metals in households with children
Drinking water is a staple in nutrition. Statutory requirements stipulate that drinking water may not prove grounds for adverse health concerns. It must reach all households in impeccable quality. The quality of household drinking water can, however, be poorer than what the water works discharge. Data from the German Environmental Survey for Children (KUS) carried out by the Federal Environment ...
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Revolutionary new meter field tests Lead, Mercury and Cadmium levels in Water
The new eXact LEADQuick™ photometer is the ideal meter for field testing Lead, Mercury and Cadmium amounts in potable water. This new modified method accurately detects 3 to 500 µ/L (ppb) on site lead (as Pb+2) levels in either water (as low as 3 µg/L), soil (as low as 50 mg/kg) or paint (as low as 0.05 mg/cm2) with resolution of 1 µg/L and accuracy of +/-3 µg/L. The ...
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WWEM 2016 set to smash all previous records
With 8 Conferences, more than 80 Workshops and over 140 Exhibition stands, WWEM 2016 is destined to outperform all previous attendance figures. Industry professionals, regulators and academics from around the world will come to Telford (UK) on 2nd and 3rd November to learn about the latest developments in regulations, technologies, methods and standards in laboratory, process and environmental ...
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