MCERTS SCHEMES - An Overview - Dave Curtis

The first Environment Agency MCERTS scheme was introduced for the certification of Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems in March 1998 and over a decade later the scheme boasts over 100 certified systems.

The Source Testing Association (STA), www.s-t-a.org , and Water Monitoring Association (WMA), www.w-m-a.org, are the Trade Association’s representing equipment suppliers, test houses, operators and regulators, have been working closely with the Environment Agency to develop MCERTS for the air and water schemes.

MCERTS has become a mandatory requirement in recent PPC permits issued to UK process operators. The Scheme benefits include;

MCERTS delivers a certification scheme that is both accepted and formally recognised within the UK and internationally. It provides assurance to regulatory authorities that equipment and services approved to MCERTS standards are suitable, and capable of producing results of the required quality and reliability.

It gives users of monitoring equipment confidence that equipment approved by MCERTS is robust and conforms to performance standards related to current international Standards. It supports the delivery of accurate and reliable data to regulators and the public. It provides a framework whereby further monitoring instrumentation and other aspects of compliance monitoring can be formally certified.

It meets the growing requirements of EC Directives, which increasingly specify that monitoring systems must meet minimum performance requirements. Process Operators and manufactures have seen these benefits since the implementation of the schemes which now include.