Waterra Export Successes

In December 2010 we reported that we had made sales of groundwater monitoring equipment in countries as far afield as Kazakhstan.

Now we are delighted to announce that Waterra has continued its export growth with customers in wide range of territories including:

Azerbaijan	WaSP 12V Pumps and WaSP F1 Low flow controllers
Burkina Faso	Water quality monitoring equipment
Saudi Arabia	Bailers
Sri Lanka	Dip meters and data loggers

The pressure on groundwater resources in these countries from pollution and over-extraction is increasing, particularly set against the pattern of climate change. The makes it even more crucial to closely monitor groundwater levels and quality to understand the sustainability of water resources for the future.

Waterra UK is also proud of its continued support for Aid Agencies such as Oxfam, TEAR Fund and WaterAid in Darfur and elsewhere in providing water resource training to help people manage, what is to them, the most precious item.

Take a look at the Waterra website for more details of our full range of groundwater monitoring systems or call our technical support team today on +44 (0)121 733 7743.


Waterra UK - NEW Level Troll® water level and temperature loggers now available

IAH Tullamore - Training Opportunity

Waterra are delighted to be both exhibiting and providing a training opportunity at the 2011 IAH Annual Conference in Tullamore, Ireland on the 12th and 13th April.

TROLL 9500
water quality meter

The Waterra team will be manning Stand 5, in the conference exhibition area, and showing off our range of groundwater monitoring products. This year we'll be including new products and solutions that are available from our partnership with In-Situ Inc. including a whole new range of Level, Temperature and Conductivity loggers, multiparameter sondes, and water level and oil/water interface tapes.

All visitors to the stand will receive a free sample BioBailer to try out.

Our half day training session on Groundwater Levels delivered in the last 2 yaers have been so well received that we are running another training course on the afternoon of April 13th.

The topic this time around is Groundwater Sampling including Low Flow and Passive (no-purge) Sampling - a unique opportunity to catch up with what's new in groundwater sampling methods and equipment.

A 10% discount is available for Geological Society, IGI and IAH members and remember that all of Waterra's training courses are now CPD accredited by the Geological Society.

For more information and to download a booking form then visit the training pages on our website today or call us on +44 (0)121 733 7743.



Waterra UK - Stainless steel interface level meters now available

Groundwater Quality Research Project

A strong start has been made by Lindsay MacMillan, the University of Birmingham PhD student, on her research project "Groundwater Quality: Rigorous sampling and interpretation of long screen wells."

Research into technologies and techniques

Waterra, along with the Environment Agency, are providing industrial support funding to this NERC PhD case studentship sstudy because it promises to explore how advances in methodologies and equipment can enhance the accuracy and reliability of groundwater sampling from long-screen monitoring wells and boreholes

Lindsay has been busy putting in place her PhD plan and developing the literature review that underpins all research of this kind. She has also started work on a set of activities that should help to answer the fundamental question of "how can existing data acquisition and interpretation be improved".

Academic and hands-on

Activities include developing and validating a conceptual model to test sampling methods and investigating new data collection techniques. The research phase has seen Lindsay go on field sampling trips with various local authorities as well as attending Waterra's groundwater sampling and groundwater dataloggers training courses.

Peter Dumble, MD of Waterra UK, commented that: "It's great to have an objective review of the issues surrounding both long screen monitoring and new sampling techniques. Lindsay's work is forming the basis of new guidance for this area and I am delighted that she is combining both academic rigour and field sampling experience to set out her project."

Water Framework Directive

The importance of this research is underpinned by the continued roll-out of the Water Framework Directive, which is increasing the need for operator self-monitoring. The costs of the monitoring process could be markedly reduced if long screen wells, in conjunction with techniques such as passive or low-flow sampling, can be shown to provide reliable results.

For more information on new groundwater sampling technology Waterra website or call our technical support team today on +44 (0)121 733 7743.