Xylem acquires water and wastewater company Multitrode
11 April, 2013Global water technology company Xylem has acquired Multitrode, a privately owned Australia-based water and wastewater technology and services company.
Sigrist AquaMaster multiparameter analyser for water treatment
28 March, 2013Swiss manufacturer Sigrist has released the AquaMaster, an integrated, multiparameter modular analyser system that combines a range of water quality measurements for water treatment plants into a single unit.
Hach 1720E Turbidimeter with sc200 controller
26 March, 2013The 1720E turbidity meter offers precise turbidity measurement for drinking water. The product can measure less than 0.3 NTU.
Dwyer Instruments Series IEFS Insertion Electromagnetic Flow Sensor
04 March, 2013The Series IEFS Insertion Electromagnetic Flow Sensor, from Dwyer Instruments, comes in brass or stainless steel, allowing it to handle a wide range of pressures and temperatures, as well as a variety of available saddle fittings to fit pipe sizes 3 to 24″.
Dwyer Instruments Series FLMG Flanged Electromagnetic Flow Sensor
22 February, 2013The Series FLMG Flanged Electromagnetic Flow Sensor is a flanged electromagnetic flowmeter designed for use in 4 to 10″ pipes in municipal or industrial water and wastewater applications.
Dwyer Instruments Series UTC ultrasonic liquid transmitter controller and Model UTS ultrasonic liquid transmitter sensor
07 February, 2013Dwyer Instruments has released its Series UTC ultrasonic liquid transmitter controller and Model UTS ultrasonic liquid transmitter sensor.
Nanosponge filters out herbicide poisons from water
25 January, 2013A team of researchers, led by Dr Mainak Majumder and Phillip Sheath from Monash University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and Dr Matthew Hill from CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering, have developed a highly porous metal-organic framework (MOF) that, almost uniquely, is stable and able to filter substances in water.
Good response to NZ water measuring compliance action
17 December, 2012New Zealand’s Environment Canterbury is working with water consent holders with takes of 20 litres per second and more to ensure compliance with the national regulations to install a water measuring system.
Hach Titralab analyser for pH/total acidity
07 December, 2012The TitraLab automatic analyser is specifically designed for pH and total acidity in food and beverage applications, making it suitable for routine analysis measurements.
Providing pumps and real-time data during Hurricane Sandy
03 December, 2012Opinions are divided on whether or not Hurricane Sandy was fuelled by climate change, but the fact is this extreme storm in the US in October caused a massive amount of destruction and loss of life. According to scientists storms such as this will become more common and one factor that caused Sandy to swell was that ocean waters were about 1° warmer thanks to man-made climate change. Catastrophes such as this call for innovative solutions and technology from companies such as Xylem to help monitor the situation and control the clean-up in its aftermath.
Gardena Water Smart Flow Meter
04 November, 2012The Gardena Water Smart Flow Meter is used to precisely control water consumption for gardening applications.
SA school students build remote control vehicles to monitor wetland health
30 October, 2012More than 60 students from across Adelaide will compete at Unity Park tomorrow to see who has built the best remote controlled water sampling vehicle.
Bürkert signal input board for MultiCell 8619 transmitter/controller
13 October, 2012The modular multichannel MultiCell 8619 is designed with standard functions and extension modules, to customise the transmitter/controller to specific application needs and connected sensors.
Hanna Instruments HI 9829 and HI 98290 GPS multiparameter meters
28 September, 2012Rugged, waterproof and easy to use, the HI9829 and HI98290 are suitable meters for field measurements of water quality parameters. Both meters display one to 12 parameters simultaneously from up to 15 user-selectable parameters.
The value of measuring your ‘footprint’
19 September, 2012Footprint is an online monitoring tool developed by Melbourne-based iota. Using the tool, organisations can monitor and quickly review every aspect of their environmental footprint.The City of Greater Dandenong uses Footprint to monitor water and electricity usage across meters in 18 locations.
