UK-based Intellitect Water Limited has further developed these to include ammonium and fluoride sensors, in addition to a broad range of water quality parameters, such as chlorine.
Intellitect’s technical director, David Vincent, explained the reasoning behind expanding the sensor range: “Both species are naturally present in drinking water. However, fluoride levels in drinking water are tightly regulated for oral health purposes and ammonium levels are of interest for two reasons. Firstly, they can indicate contamination of sanitary significance, and secondly, they can form part of a disinfection process to form chloramine, which maintains chlorine in the distribution system.”
Drinking water quality is mostly measured at the treatment plant, but with the arrival of Intellisonde, real-time measurements can now be taken at any point in the distribution network, and with the addition of fluoride and ammonium to the choice of sensors, water companies will be able to improve the efficiency of treatment processes and the reliability of the delivered product.
Source: Intellitect Water Limited
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