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New portable water quality profilers
Xylem Analytics has announced the launch of a new range of portable multiparameter water quality meters that have been designed for spot measurements and profiling of pH, ORP, conductivity, temperature, depth and optical dissolved oxygen, in both marine and freshwater applications. The new WTW MPP 900 IDS Multiparameter Sondes are able to take measurements at depths of up to 100m because of the ...
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Monitoring Building Water Systems to Prevent Outbreaks of Legionnaires’ Disease
Legionellosis is a respiratory disease caused by a type of bacteria known as Legionella. It includes both Legionnaires’ disease and Pontiac fever, which people can develop by breathing droplets of water from the air that are contaminated with the bacteria. Legionella is naturally found in in freshwater environments, like lakes and streams. However, according to the Centers for Disease ...
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Major flood repair helped by remote control boat
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 of a damaged (and still submerged) flood barrier, following serious damage that took place during last December’s storms. Data from the survey enabled the Environment Agency to act swiftly and effectively to repair the damage and ...
By Xylem, Inc.
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Analytik Jena gains major contract in China for monitoring the water quality of an entire region
For its core business of Analytical Instrumentation Analytik Jena AG has obtained a major contract for the supply of 22 instruments of the multi N/C series to analyze the water quality in the Chinese province Henan. The project volume of the contract amounts to a medium-level six-figure range. The instruments are already due to be delivered during the current quarter. "During the tender for this ...
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Onset Data Loggers Gather Baseline Water Quality Data in Potential Natural Gas Fracking Site
Hydraulic fracturing, the process of injecting water and chemicals into shale to release natural gas, holds promise for addressing both energy and employment challenges in the United States. Experts estimate that the Marcellus Shale in New York and Pennsylvania alone could satisfy as much as 14 years of U.S. natural gas consumption and create nearly a quarter ...
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COVID-19 Shutdown Can Make Buildings Sick
When buildings stand virtually abandoned due to pandemic stay-at-home orders, water stops flowing through their plumbing and bad things start to happen inside the pipes. Harmful chemicals begin to build up and potentially pathogenic microorganisms start to grow. It takes only days for dangerous concentrations to form, but many buildings will remain closed for months. How serious might the problem ...
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Further Protoc Success at Leeds Bradford International Airport
After the successful installation of two Protoc 300 TOC monitoring systems, supplied earlier this year, Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBIA) has placed another order for a surface water monitoring and control system. The latest Protoc 300 analyser order will be used to provide continuous measurement and control of surface water entering a new holding tank at Outlet 3 location. The large ...
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Bad weather is good news for OTT Hydrometry
OTT Hydrometry, the specialist manufacturer of environmental monitoring equipment, has announced that 2015 was its best year ever in the UK. “Product sales were very good across all ranges,” comments Managing Director Nigel Grimsley. “Our water quality, level and flow monitors all performed very well; as did out meteorological, datalogging and telemetry instrumentation.” ...
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EPA Region 7 Tribal Program Awards grants to Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri for water monitoring, radon protection
EPA Region 7’s Office of Tribal Affairs has awarded a pair of grants to the Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska to support the tribe’s environmental protection efforts. The Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska, headquartered at Reserve, Kan., occupies approximately 18,000 acres of reservation land in southeast Richardson County, Neb., and ...
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Onset Announces Dissolved Oxygen Data Logger
Onset Computer Corporation (http://www.onsetcomp.com), the world leader in data loggers, today announced that it has expanded its line of field-proven, water monitoring instruments with the HOBO® U26 Dissolved Oxygen data logger. The new self-contained logger measures concentrations of oxygen in lakes, streams, rivers, estuaries, and coastal waters, which is ...
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OTT launches new low-maintenance Phosphate monitor
OTT Hydrometry has launched an advanced version of its ‘Cycle-P’ remote Phosphate monitor for measuring dissolved Phosphate in rivers, lakes and reservoirs. The new ‘HydroCycle PO4’ uses less reagents per test than its predecessor and the reagents have a longer shelf-life. “This means that the HydroCycle PO4 can be left in the field, for even longer periods,” ...
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Top 8 Water Quality Sensors For Water monitoring
The water quality sensors measure pH, ORP, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, residual chlorine, turbidity, salinity, BOD, COD and other water quality parameters through various methods such as chemical, physical and biological reactions of water, providing data support for researchers, observers and engineers. Applications include laboratory research, environmental management improvement, marine ...
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EPA to Examine Condition of Nation`s Lakes
Contacts: (Media only) Dale Kemery, (202) 564-4355 / kemery.dale@epa.gov (Other inquiries) Susan Holdsworth, (202) 566-1187 / holdsworth.susan@epa.gov (Washington, D.C.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is embarking on a three-year study to determine the state of America's lakes. The 'Survey of the Nation's Lakes' is the first-ever attempt to assess real-world conditions by studying ...
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EPA awards $2.5 million to Arizona to improve surface water quality
The Environmental Protection Agency awarded $2.5 million to the State of Arizona for projects to help restore water quality in the state’s polluted water bodies. With an additional $1.6 million leveraged by the state for these activities, more than $4 million is available this year to improve surface water quality. Recent water quality data shows that a significant percentage of surface ...
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Wyoming to Lead Further Investigation of Water Quality Concerns Outside of Pavillion with Support of EPA
The State of Wyoming is announcing that it will further investigate drinking water quality in the rural area east of Pavillion, Wyoming. This will be done with the support of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ) and the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (WOGCC) will lead the scientific investigation and will seek to ...
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It’s show time!
With several new attractions, WWEM 2014, the international Water, Wastewater and Environmental Monitoring conference and exhibition, will be bigger and busier than ever before. The five previous WWEM events, which stretch back to 2005, have included conferences addressing testing and monitoring themes within the Process and Laboratory sectors, in addition to an international exhibition and scores ...
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