Water Meters How do you maintain a waste water flow meter? Once installed, it’s imperative that waste water flow meters are maintained properly to ensure they continue to record data accurately and have long life. A well looked after flow meter can still be working 25 years later. We caught up […] Continue Reading
Water Meters How do you install a water flow meter? By Oliver Harrison, sales engineer With hundreds of different water flow meters to choose from, once you’ve decided which one to purchase the next question is: how do you install a water flow meter? This is something we do almost […] Continue Reading
Water Meters What are the differences between types of water analysers? Before we answer this question we must first understand exactly what an analyser is and what they are used for in waste water and trade effluent monitoring! An analyser is a device or piece of hardware that essentially examines the […] Continue Reading
Industrial Wastewater Understanding your trade effluent license If you own or manage a company that discharges effluent that could harm the environment, you will need a trade effluent license so that it can be treated safely. This article is designed to help you in understanding trade effluent […] Continue Reading
Industrial Wastewater Process monitoring Regardless of industry, industrial plant operators find themselves under increasing pressure. That could be to reduce costs, improve efficiencies and to comply with stringent regulations. Process monitoring is important across a range of industries. Firstly, power plants and petrochemical industries […] Continue Reading
Water Quality Correlating UV254 to other organics parameters Monitoring organics is essential for many water and wastewater treatment applications. UV254 is an optical technology which utilises ultraviolet light at a wavelength of 254nm and is able to detect organic matter in the water. Typically, its measurement is presented […] Continue Reading
Articles The Great Flood and future predictions By Rev’d Dave Walker, Commercial Director Did you know that the earliest recorded flood is that of the Great Flood detailed in Christian Bibles, Torah and the Quran? I was, therefore, amused when our channel partner in Turkey, AYKOME, informed […] Continue Reading
Case Studies Non contact flow monitoring at Wastewater treatment plant Wastewater treatment plants play an important role in every community. They ensure the sewage produced by homes, businesses and industrial facilities does not pollute the environment. However, if their ability to measure wastewater flow is compromised it can cause significant […] Continue Reading
Water Quality What to look for in a pH or chlorine sensor You know you need to monitor pH, so you do some research and find oodles of pH analysers and instruments on google. How do you sift through and make a shortlist to find the right one? What should you look […] Continue Reading
wastewater management Improving resilience in Amp7 ‘Resilience’ and the delivery of ‘resilient’ water and wastewater services is one of the key words when it comes to preparing for AMP7 and resilience is a word that we’ve used for many years here at Detectronic. It’s always been […] Continue Reading
Industrial Wastewater, Water Meters Why do I need an MCERTS monitor? Have you recently received your trade effluent license and noticed that the license stipulates that, in order to meet all of the conditions and limits outlined, you must implement MCERTS equipment? If so, you may be wondering why that is […] Continue Reading
Flow and Load Surveys What is a Flow and load survey Flow and load surveys can be implemented across a number of different industries and processes but are predominantly required by companies operating in the chemical & pharmaceutical and food & drink sectors. What is a flow and load survey? The […] Continue Reading
Industrial Wastewater Why measure process flows? Wastewater flow monitoring It’s a good question, and one we’re asked more often than you might think! First and foremost, accurate process flow monitoring and measurement can deliver significant savings on wastewater and trade effluent charges. Companies operating an industrial process that involves […] Continue Reading
Partnerships & Alliances CLAMP ON FLOW MONITORING AT MANCHESTER AIRPORT Following the successful implementation of a flow survey of the foul sewer network at Manchester Airport, monitoring specialists, Detectronic, have been appointed again by Massey Coldbeck Integrated Services (MCIS) to complete a clamp on flow monitoring project. As part of […] Continue Reading
News DELIVERING A PREDICTIVE ALARMS TRIAL FOR A UK WATER COMPANY One of the latest projects we’re undertaking is working with a UK water company to deliver a predictive alarms trial as part of ongoing work to safeguard its waste water network. “We’ve worked collaboratively with this water company for many […] Continue Reading