FLOW AND LEVEL MANAGEMENT
Pumps for every water-treatment process
Water-treatment operators around the world rely on a variety of pumps for the dosing of chemicals, with these systems ranging from heavy-duty equipment designed for industrial environments to ultra-high-precision dosing pumps injecting chemicals into processes in the finest increments.
Peristaltic
Peristaltic...
Our products use the latest in low power technologies – offering extended battery life for a longer return on investment
A challenge with any battery-powered devices used to monitor flow, pressure or acoustics in the water network is the CAPEX and then the OPEX costs needed to maintain the fleet.
A data logger has one job: recording and transmitting data...
Flow & Level Measurement Technology: Advancing the Water Utility Sector
The water industry has always been a crucial aspect of society, as it provides an essential resource to sustain life. To ensure that a continuous supply of fresh, clean water is accessible, advanced technology is necessary. One of the...
A New Combination of Optical and Telemetry Technology to Monitor Remote Sites for Harmful Algal Blooms
Valeport Water’s Hyperion Phycocyanin and Hyperion Chlorophyll a fluorometers recently provided a solution for monitoring the levels of blue-green algae at a remote site.
In July 2022, Valeport Water was approached by a customer to provide a solution to monitor...
Meet PCC reduction targets without active customer participation
After the summer of 2022, water availability has been bumped up the priority list for government and the water industry. Alongside leakage, PCC (Per Capita Consumption) reduction has become one of the industry’s key targets.
Industry plans to upgrade our...
Sewer alarms identify 100 blockages in six months
Yorkshire Water’s partnership with Technolog and Utilitec Services in Sheffield and surrounding areas has helped identify 100 sewer blockages and enable them to be resolved before causing wider problems for customers and the environment.
Blockages are often caused by unflushables,...
MCERTS Class 1 radars and controllers offer users all the options
In 2021, level and pressure instrumentation manufacturer, VEGA, became the first manufacturer to offer MCERTS Class one certification over a 5m range - either as a stand-alone sensor or with controller as a complete system.
Since then the company say...
Non-invasive advanced flow measurement solutions for multiple applications
Valeport Water’s doppler flowmeter was originally designed for operation within waste water pipelines where the flow was potentially slow and the water full of debris. ATEX certification was a requirement and the ATEX approved Type 810 doppler flowmeter was...
Thames Water and HWM deliver ambitious Sewer Depth Monitoring (SDM) installation project, initially deploying almost 4,000 ultrasonic level sensors
Every day, more than 15 million people in London and the Thames Valley flush or drain 4.6 billion litres of used water. To cope with this huge demand, Thames Water maintains a complex 68,000-mile sewer network.
With such huge quantities...
At last – a smarter focus on wastewater flows and levels
Spills from wastewater system storm overflows have attracted much media attention, and the Government has just concluded its consultation on developing a Storm Overflow Discharge Reduction Plan (SORP). Andy Godley, from the Water Research Centre (WRc), looks at the...
Two technologies for flow measurement
Doppler and Transit-Time are two very popular types of flow meter for non-invasive measurement of flow in full pipes. We tend to confuse these technologies because they are both ultrasonic and both measure flow by using sensors clamped onto...
Yorkshire Water expands AI use against pollution
Yorkshire Water is expanding its use of artificial intelligence (AI) to predict blockages within its sewer network and reduce pollution risks.
A successful pilot of a solution co-created by Yorkshire Water, Siemens and The University of Sheffield has been completed...
Buried or submerged closed pipe flow metering
Buried flow meters for lowest installed cost
Many seasoned water professionals may throw their hands skyward at the mere suggestion of burying flow meters underground. They will more than likely remember the manufacturer promises made a decade or more ago,...
Flow Cytometry: An alternative to classic HPC measurement
Quantifying bacterial concentrations in water samples is a necessary process to evaluate and contain microbiological contamination. Heterotrophic plate count (HPC) measurement is still the standard method to determine microbial contamination, yet a number of more modern methods are emerging....
Metering the Challenges
Andy Godley. Senior Consultant – Flow Measurement and Metering, Water Research Centre
Flow data underpins many of the critical activities undertaken by the water industry including managing water resources, leakage and customer service. This means that metering is one of the most important tools...
An expert opinion: MCERTS Radar offers a new way to help the environment
According to recently published figures from the Environment Agency, water companies discharged raw sewage into rivers in England more than 400,000 times in 2020. It’s reasons like these that make the reliable and accurate monitoring of all discharges into...
Sewage Pumping, WwTW and MCERTS Metering
On the 29th March 2021, the UK Government announced measures to put into law new duties on water companies to reduce sewage discharged into waterways.
Quoting from UK Government site www.gov.uk/government/news/measures-to-reduce-harm-from-storm-overflows-to-be-made-law: “During wet weather, storm overflows act to prevent sewers...
80GHz technology puts Continuous Level Measurement on SICK’s radar
An innovative non-contact radar sensing technology from SICK is opening up the prospect of robust and reliable real-time monitoring of fluid levels in demanding water industry applications.
SICK LFR SicWave is a fluid level sensor with maximum range of 30m...
Water companies investing in ‘Early Warning System’ in fight against fatbergs and flooding
In April this year, a huge fatberg weighing approximately 300 tonnes was discovered in the sewers below Birmingham.
Even with engineers working around the clock, Severn Trent does not expect to complete the removal of this huge mound of cooking...
Custom solutions
Wherever pressure sensors are needed, a solution can normally be found in the KELLER standard product catalog. However, there are often great benefits to optimising a product specifically for integration and use in existing complete systems. In addition to...
There’s a name for hydrostatic level measurement: DCX – Data loggers for hydrostatic level measurements
Accurate level measurements – hydrostatically!
Keller AG für Druckmesstechnik offers probes to monitor groundwater levels and filling levels in tanks that can be used under a wide range of conditions. Depending on requirements, these probes provide fully autonomous operation or...
Fighting water scarcity through Fire Supply monitoring
On average, every single person in England consumes 143 litres of water per day.
That’s the equivalent to around one and a half baths of water every day, for each of England’s approximately 56,000,000 residents, and this number is growing....
New low cost Compact 80 GHz level sensors
Extended family for water and waste industries
VEGA has extended its proven VEGAPULS family for continuous level measurement. The new radar instrument series is based on the latest FMCW 8O-GHz technology and, thanks to a specially developed radar level microchip...
FPI Mag® Flow Meter – Next Generation Mag Meter: A tool for leak detection
What can we do to prevent water loss?
The availability of fresh water supply is a growing worldwide concern. People are more informed about the need to conserve. Current technology combined with knowledge that there is a worldwide water shortage...
A dB6 Ultrasonic Level Transducer proves its resilience against the corrosive H2S gas
When wastewater is transported through sewer networks sometimes the required flow-through velocities are absent, which creates ideal conditions for the extremely toxic and corrosive Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) gas to develop.
H2S is a toxic malodorous gas and causes many problems...
Water supplies in the 21st Century: reduction of personal water use
Is there a simple solution to reverse the impact of dry spells and COVID-19 on water consumption?
UK water companies have been promoting water efficient living to counter the impact of population growth, lifestyle and weather pattern changes that are...
Going with the flow
Rheology is the science of describing the flow and deformation of materials and provides valuable information about the flow behaviour of liquids and the deformation behaviour of solids.
One useful piece of information which can be gathered from rheological measurements...
Providing a cost effective solution to Remote Water Quality Monitoring
While many water quality applications in the water and waste water industry utilise continuous monitoring equipment, a common requirement we have seen is the ability to remotely monitor where power sources may not be available. These types of applications...
Downhole camera puts the focus on borehole investigation in Nepal
Innovative project helps tackle contamination and shares expertise with local teams
In Lahan, a fast-growing town in south-eastern Nepal, less than half of the 98,000-strong population have access to piped water.
Started in 2017, a unique programme called The Beacon Project...
UK Flowtechnik partner with GPI to distribute revolutionary new Ultrasonic Flowmeter to the UK commercial irrigation market
FLOMEC® QS200 Insertion Ultrasonic Flowmeter measures flow instead of sensing it
UK Flowtechnik are excited to announce that they will become the leading UK distributor for the FLOMEC QS200 insertion ultrasonic flowmeter, designed and manufactured by U.S flow meter specialists...
