By Danielle Dumont Hydraulic fracturing has proven to be a useful, albeit controversial process for the extraction of oil and gas from shale rock formations. Prudent to the development and long-term undertaking of a fracking operation is to take the appropriate steps for preliminary assessment as well as ongoing monitoring of the area. And YSI’s …
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DairyNZ boosts spend on environmental science DairyNZ has announced it will spend $11 million this financial year – up from $6.7 million the year before – to meet its obligations under the Sustainable Dairying Water Accord. More… Is This the Most Anti-Science, Anti-Environmental TV Ad Ever? Here is how Toys “R” Us apparently sees the …
At a Korean government research facility, an experiment was designed to see what the environmental impact would be if a large number of animals had to be buried due to a potential foot and mouth epidemic. For the three year project – which began in February 2012 – five animal graves were specially constructed and …
Life-cycle analysis identifies opportunities for emissions reduction Researchers are attempting to help the U.S. dairy industry decrease its carbon footprint as concentrations of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere reach record levels. A report by Gregory D. Miller (President), and Ying (Director of Sustainability Research) refers to the work (in the first annual U.S. Dairy …
The challenge of the green bibbed racers was to kayak, bike and run – with bravery and cunning – to find 28 checkpoints around the harbour and hill perimeter of Nelson within six hours. It was the ENVCO sponsored Lost Ensembles Adventure Racing Team that took up the challenge set down by the Rollo Adventure …
One of four D-Opto loggers lost two years ago in Finland has turned up hale and hearty despite the extreme winter conditions it endured. Professor Lauri Arvola, of the University of Helsinki’s Lammi Biological Station in Finland, recently contacted D-Opto to tell us how the instruments – which measure temperature, dissolved oxygen saturation and content …
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Service and supply for WTW Online Instrumentation includes on-going maintenance of your existing WTW instruments such as membrane cap or electrode replacement and the supply and commissioning of new instrumentation systems. * Producers of quality water testing instrumentation world-wide for more than 60 years * World’s broadest and most highly accepted product lines for wastewater …
ENVCO handles ongoing maintenance for existing WTW instruments in New Zealand Read More »
JOIN US for this small group Acoustic Doppler and Water Quality training event brought to you by SonTek and Xylem Water Solutions in Conjunction with ENVCO Global New Zealand. Flow • Volume • Level • Velocity To register or for more information: info@envcoglobal.com Also featuring the new YSI EXO What you will learn: Bring in …
Water Quality and Acoustic Doppler Training Event New Zealand Read More »
Accurate dissolved oxygen and nitrification measurement  At a time when municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plants are looking for energy savings – particularly in the light of global warming and extra demand on New Zealand’s power resources during winter – a good strategy is to target savings around the aerator operation. The efficiencies and energy demands …
More than 200 delegates attended the 2013 WIOG “People First” conference in Invercargill 29th May – 31st June. A great selection of presentations, trade displays, entertainment, and site visits made this a fantastic event. Delegates attended from all parts of New Zealand as well as 16 WIOA members from Australia, who were on the annual …
ENVCO Global supports Water Industry Operations Group (NZ) Conference Read More »
