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Getting to Grips with Water Salinity

Getting to Grips with Water Salinity

2 February 20232 February 2023Blog

What is salinity? Put simply, it refers to the ‘saltiness’ of a given body of water. It is the concentration of dissolved mineral salts therein — and is often measured either directly by its concentration

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How Water Quality Affects Human Health

How Water Quality Affects Human Health

14 December 202214 December 2022Blog

In previous blogs, we’ve talked about the importance of water quality for the survival of crucial ecosystems. This time, we wanted to spotlight the ways in which water quality impacts human health and, perhaps more

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What Causes Blue-Green Algae? & How to Identify It

What Causes Blue-Green Algae? & How to Identify It

2 December 20222 December 2022Blog

If you’ve ever seen a lake or pond covered in what looks like a green sludge, you’ve probably seen blue-green algae. The ‘scum’, or mats of algae, can be quite alarming in colour, sometimes bright

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The State of the UK’s Rivers: Clean or Polluted?

The State of the UK’s Rivers: Clean or Polluted?

2 December 20222 December 2022Blog

The UK’s rivers are a crucial part of our environment that both wildlife and humans depend on. Not only are they sources of enjoyment and leisure, but we and many species of animals quite simply

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Understanding Turbidity, TDS, and TSS

Understanding Turbidity, TDS, and TSS

4 November 20222 February 2023Blog

Imagine if your drinking water was as murky as the water in your local river after heavy rainfall. Apart from wanting to drink one and not the other, a key difference between the two is

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How Flooding Affects Water Quality

How Flooding Affects Water Quality

4 November 20224 November 2022Blog

Extreme flooding events are increasingly common across the UK and the world. Devastating floods in Pakistan have displaced upwards of 33 million people, with one-third of the country underwater as of September 2022.  Floods this

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What Causes Droughts & Why Do They Lead to Floods?

What Causes Droughts & Why Do They Lead to Floods?

4 November 20222 December 2022Blog

The newspapers in the summer of 2022 were jam-packed with stories of droughts, floods, and other extreme weather events.  From June to August 2022, for example, England experienced its joint hottest summer on record —

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The Impacts of Industrial Waste

The Impacts of Industrial Waste

13 July 20222 December 2022Blog

As the population increases, so too do industrial demands, leading to strained agriculture, food, paper, and commercial industries. Technology and the means of manufacturing have advanced rapidly, and, while significantly important, these processes are often

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IC Component Shortages & Water Quality Monitoring Equipment

IC Component Shortages & Water Quality Monitoring Equipment

13 July 202213 July 2022Blog

The pandemic has wreaked havoc on innumerable elements of daily life – and industry is no different. Infected workforces, quarantines, and uncertainty have knocked back supply chains in almost every industry, and there’s currently global turmoil

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The Importance of Marine Water Quality

The Importance of Marine Water Quality

13 July 20222 February 2023Blog

Marine water quality is a growing problem, both in the UK and around the world. Untreated sewage, chemical contamination, and plastic waste have meant that the seas around the UK consistently rank among the worst

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