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SebaKMT ground penetrating radar

11 November, 2009 | Supplied by: TechRentals

TechRentals has introduced the SebaKMT Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) into its test and measurement rental fleet. The device is an easy-to-use, entry-level GPR system designed to meet utility locating needs.

Water sustainability software

10 November, 2009 | Supplied by: Wallingford Software

MWH Soft is including vanguard carbon calculation capabilities in all its water modelling product lines. Its Sustainability analysis extension will be available in InfoWorks WS, H2ONET Suite, and H2OMAP Water and InfoWater Executive Suites. The tool gives water utilities energy efficiency management capabilities for reducing both power costs and carbon footprints.

Austrade highlights Australian water management skills to American delegation

10 November, 2009

A water delegation of prominent officials from the US and Mexico has been assembled by the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) to showcase Australian expertise in water conservation, management, policy and product development across Australia from 9-20 November.

Recycling water in your backyard

09 November, 2009

Unit blocks, gated communities and other strata-titled properties could collect, manage and recycle water on site to take pressure off mains water, a Griffith University report has found.

Mobile water treatment systems

05 November, 2009 | Supplied by: Pall (Australia) Pty Ltd

Two Pall mobile military water treatment systems, supplied to the Australian Army as part of a fleet of 18 systems, have been deployed as part of Operation Padang Assist, the Australian government’s humanitarian response to the recent earthquakes in Indonesia. Two water points established by the Australian Department of Defence on the beach of Padang are using the Pall-designed and -manufactured systems to convert seawater into potable water for up to 75,000 households. The water filtration systems are mobile, self-contained and can be transported by air, sea or land.

Liquid level telemetry

28 October, 2009 | Supplied by: Clarke & Severn Electronic Solutions

WAVETANK is a telemetry wireless product line dedicated to the remote control and monitoring of liquid levels within a tank.

Dissolved oxygen meter

14 October, 2009 | Supplied by: Bintech Systems Pty Ltd

Represented in Australia by Bintech Products, the UK-based instrumentation company Pi has claimed to have launched the world’s first in-situ self-checking dissolved oxygen meter.

New manufacturing opportunities - sensors to protect marine and freshwater ecosystems

13 October, 2009

An ambitious new research collaboration, designed to track the health of Australia’s marine and freshwater ecosystems, was launched today.

Algae and chlorophyll reading instrument

28 September, 2009 | Supplied by: Technical & Scientific Equipment

Technical and Scientific Equipment’s AlgaeTorch, from bbe, Germany, is a lightweight, outdoor instrument for the quantification of blue-green algae and total chlorophyll. It allows for the rapid measurement of toxic algae in water used for drinking and recreation purposes.

Wireless tank-level monitoring module

25 September, 2009 | Supplied by: Clarke & Severn Electronic Solutions

Wavetank is a telemetry wireless product line dedicated to the remote control and monitoring of liquid levels within a tank (LPG, gas and water).

Wireless binary on/off monitor

16 September, 2009 | Supplied by: Clarke & Severn Electronic Solutions

Wavelog is a two-way wireless device that allows the user to monitor binary state-generating sensors and to control actuators, such as on/off devices and open/closed sensors.

New Australian Standard now available for greywater treatment systems

14 September, 2009

Standards Australia, in collaboration with the South Australian Environment Protection Authority (SA EPA), has published a new Australian Standard providing the minimum requirements for greywater treatment systems installed on vessels operated on inland waters.