wastewater management Water pollution monitoring Effective water pollution monitoring is a serious and ongoing mission for every UK water and sewerage company (WaSC). Done strategically and responsibly, water pollution monitoring can potentially prevent damaging sewage spills & pollutions, protect and enhance the environment, support compliance […] Continue Reading
Industrial Wastewater Do I need a discharge license? Every industrial or commercial premises that releases wastewater in the form of trade effluent requires a discharge license. The reason for this is because the effluent could harm the environment. Whether the premises lets go 2 litres or 2,000 litres […] Continue Reading
Industrial Wastewater What is trade waste water? Trade waste water, also known as trade effluent, is any water produced by a business or process that is not domestic sewage or uncontaminated rainwater. Businesses must obtain a consent license before discharging any liquid to a public sewer which […] Continue Reading
News Detectronic on the road No-one likes being stuck in an office behind a desk. So, when we get the chance to attend an industry exhibition, we’ll always do our best to be there; especially if there’s an opportunity to showcase how our products can […] Continue Reading
Partnerships & Alliances DETECTRONIC GmbH SIGNS UP OFFICIAL GERMAN CHANNEL PARTNER Eigen Messtechnik to support monitoring specialist in Germany Detectronic GmbH, the German division of UK-based monitoring specialists, Detectronic, has signed Eigen Messtechnik as their official channel partner in Germany. Frank Eigen, who founded Eigen Messtechnik back in 2005, has more […] Continue Reading
Industrial Wastewater Trade effluent environmental legislation This post is designed to help you find out more about trade effluent, what it is and the environmental legislation and regulations surrounding it. Most, but not all manufacturing businesses need to have a trade effluent license, so it is […] Continue Reading
wastewater management Monitoring rain retention basins Rain retention basins, also known wet or stormwater management ponds, are artificial ponds. They are specifically created to capture and store surface and stormwater run-off. This occurs where the natural capacity for rainfall to be absorbed into the ground has […] Continue Reading
Water Meters How to choose a water flow meter The key to choosing any water flow meter is to first fully understand your specific requirements and objectives. A water flow meter is an instrument specifically designed to measure the volumetric or mass flow rate of water, sewage or trade […] Continue Reading
Awards & Recognition Electrical Industry Awards shortlist We are thrilled to announce that once again, we have been shortlisted for the Electrical Industry Awards. This year, the Detectronic Group has been shortlisted for not one award, but two. Detectronic MEICA has been shortlisted for Contractor of the […] Continue Reading
Water Quality Turbidity v. suspended solids. What’s the difference? Turbidity and suspended solids are two different terms each with their own specific meaning. However, they are both intrinsically linked and regularly used to measure the quality of water and wastewater. What is turbidity? Turbidity refers to the transparency of […] Continue Reading
Innovation, Partnerships & Alliances DETECTRONIC LAUNCHES DETECANALYTICS Monitoring specialist partners with Royal HaskoningDHV to provide predictive analytics Monitoring specialist, Detectronic, has partnered with international engineering, technology and software company, Royal HaskoningDHV, to create an AI-powered predictive analytics tool for wastewater sewer networks and water recycling centres: DetecAnalytics […] Continue Reading
Case Studies FLOW SURVEY IMPLEMENTED FOR NWF GROUP NWF Group has appointed Detectronic to deliver a surface water flow survey at their headquarters in Nantwich. The three companies on site owned by the group supply a comprehensive range of fuel, feed and food products, nationally, throughout England, Scotland […] Continue Reading
wastewater management waste water sewer network predictions As the Environment Agency (EA) has described water companies’ efforts to protect the environment as “simply unacceptable”, it seems an opportune time to highlight that one of Detectronic’s key objectives is, and has always been, to help WaSCs prevent sewage […] Continue Reading
Water Quality what is total organic carbon? The amount of carbon found in an organic compound is commonly referred to as Total Organic Carbon, or TOC for short. Calculating Total Organic Carbon TOC is a term regularly used in both the clean water and wastewater industries to […] Continue Reading
News Supporting NW Blood Bikes We’ve just met the guys from NW Blood Bikes. To say they’re an extraordinary group of people is an understatement. We’re very proud to donate £500 to this very worthy charity. NW Blood Bikes is a group of volunteers transporting […] Continue Reading