Van Walt Ltd to Supply New Range of AquareadTM Meters, Probes and Loggers for Sampling & Monitoring  

Van Walt Ltd (UK) has been a distributor of the award winning, British manufacturer Aquaread’s^TM multiparameter water quality test equipment, designed for use in the field.

That water is a precious commodity speaks for itself and in response to changes in regulation such as the Water Framework Directive and improvements in equipment by the introduction of schemes like MCERTS, Van Walt has been looking for additional equipment to add to their existing range of leading sampling and monitoring systems which will give customers even more choice and additional value when it comes to selecting the right instrument for a project.

Van Walt will stock Aquaread’s meters, probes and loggers. All these instruments are easy to use, yet highly sophisticated and when combined will measure pH, EC, optical dissolved oxygen, Redox, turbidity and temperature. The recently launched AquaPlusTM meter is an advanced portable optical dissolved oxygen measurement system incorporating GPS, extremely important for fieldwork as data collected in the field is meaningless if the locations at which the readings were taken are not accurately known. This meter can take up to 2000 sets of readings tagged with time, date and position. These can then be downloaded from the meter onto a PC and reported in text or spreadsheet format as well as Google™ Maps or Google™ Earth, where the readings can be overlaid on either maps or satellite photos – an excellent method of spotting potential sources of pollution.

“We are really excited about this opportunity to offer Aquaread’s range of water quality test equipment,” said Vincent van Walt, Director. “The fact that all these products are designed and built in England with full quality control and traceability on all parts to avionics industry standards, gives us a huge amount of confidence when we offer the range to our customers. This company has 150 years combined experience at the cutting edge of science and technology and when you add our own 30 plus years in the environmental sector, I think we have a very positive package to offer anyone engaged in water sampling and monitoring.”