Boost productivity with efficient filtration in every surface water and ground water scenario

About 97% of the world’s usable freshwater is ground water¹ and surface water accounts for approximately 80% of the water used every day.²

These two sources are a significant part of the global water cycle and need to be safe for people, animals, and the environment.

Water testing is a complex, time consuming, and expensive process. Laboratories desire ways to boost productivity while also generating high quality, reproducible results. Look into filtration to optimize your laboratory testing.

Public health obligations

Surface and well water are used for drinking and recreation, irrigating crops and watering livestock.

Gasoline, oil, road salts, agricultural pesticides, fertilizers, toxic chemicals from industrial processes, and untreated waste from septic tanks can all lead to contamination of our ground and surface water.

These contaminants are a serious risk to public and environmental health. They can lead to diseases like hepatitis and dysentery in livestock and slow the growth of crops by penetrating soil.

A plethora of tests

Ground and surface water testing laboratories perform physical, chemical, and biological tests every day. Many of these take place on site, but some necessitate fieldwork.

The workflows are complex and involve advanced techniques. All processes require technicians to engage in some degree of manual sample preparation – including filtration.

Using an incorrect pore size remove inadequate levels of particulate matter from a sample. These particles can block column frits and damage injection valve seals, increasing wear and tear. This will lead to increased down time, higher maintenance costs, and shorter lifespans for expensive laboratory equipment.

In an optical test, any visible particulate matter that wasn’t removed from the sample can occlude the light beam and contribute to unreliable results.

When testing for metals in ground water, countries including the United States require the sample to be filtered at the source in large volumes. Sometimes teams must use multiple devices to prepare an adequately sized sample, which is cumbersome when you’re out in the field. Expanded capacity capsule filters can streamline field-testing while also generating reliable, reproducible results.

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References

1. Groundwater. (n.d.). https://www.safewater.org/fact-sheets-1/2017/1/23/groundwater
2. Information on Earth’s water. (n.d.). https://www.ngwa.org/what-is-groundwater/About-groundwater/information-on-earths-water