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Welcome 2022

18 January 2022

Welcome back everybody! I hope you all had a great holiday.
Like most of us, I was expecting COVID to be behind us and full steam ahead, but we are finding this a challenge with longer term ramifications for us to adjust to—skill shortages being a big one.

In a similar way, looking at the environment, we are seeing more and more awareness of a deteriorating environment, particularly catchment scale impacts, pollution, wide-spread loss of habitat and threatened species. Industry is responding but we need more skilled practitioners.

What gives me hope is humanity’s ability to adapt. Science gives us the methods and technologies to undo the problems we have created and mitigate apparent issues. Policy makers provide the frameworks to collaborate.

This year, I’m looking forward to seeing how HydroTerra’s broad suite of technologies will be applied to reduce environmental impacts and improve productivity. The new Victorian Environment Protection Act (2017), when implemented, provides a fantastic opportunity to really drive transformation to reduce industrial pollution. Such transformation requires the adoption of technologies, which means we need skilled practitioners to implement the technological solutions. HydroTerra has become adept at training and building capacity in technology support, and we look forward to helping the industry.

All the best for a great year in 2022!

Richard

Pyroscience perfects pH and dissolved oxygen

18 January 2022


As HydroTerra continues to explore a range of new technologies, we have identified some exciting new organisations with unique capabilities to monitor water quality parameters. One organisation we are currently establishing commercial ties with is Pyroscience. Pyroscience has developed water quality sensors capable of measuring continuously dissolved oxygen (DO), pH and...
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Support for continuous landfill gas monitoring

18 January 2022


Continuous gas monitoring is a critical tool in the management of closed and open landfills. HydroTerra’s extensive rental fleet means access to the best technologies is readily and quickly available across Australia. Our instrument technicians can guide you through instrument selection, in-field deployment...
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Passive air sampling success with Beacon

18 January 2022


Consultants are often in need of a cost-effective solution for identifying contaminates, without intrusive drilling. HydroTerra’s partnership with Beacon Environmental provides the perfect option for many projects, with successful recent engagements by Senversa and Aurecon. Beacon Environmental is an ISO accredited laboratory specialising in the analysis of soil gas and air...
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Solinst Readout Unit

18 January 2022


The Solinst Readout Unit (SRU) is an in-field device designed to take and display instant water level readings from a deployed Solinst datalogger. When connected, you can also select a real-time sampling rate and start a real-time monitoring session independent of the datalogger's...
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Private: Ellenex

18 January 2022


HydroTerra has recently partnered with Ellenex—a local Melbourne company that specialises in pressure, level, temperature, flow, water quality, load and many other parameters. Ellenex's focus is the development of low power, cost effective LPWAN (Low-Power Wide-Area Network) wireless sensors for mass IoT (Internet of Things) applications. Flexibility in communications is a key...
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What's hot in rental

18 January 2022

Gas monitoring systems

Gasflux

Introducing the world’s first continuous gas and flow monitoring device (patent pending) for ground-gas applications. The technology enables real-time monitoring of landfills, brownfield sites, onshore oil and gas facilities and industrial sites. The system is specifically designed to be connected to telemetry and interfaces directly to HydroTerra’s DataStream platform.

Gasflux
GA5000 portable landfill gas analyser

The Geotechnical GA5000 portable landfill gas analyser is easy to use and calibrate, benefiting from our market leading reliability and helping you to standardise monitoring routines, whilst supporting environmental legislation compliance. GA5000 landfill and contaminated land gas analyser with available gas measurements of CH4, CO2, O2, H2S and CO.

GA5000
MiniRAE 3000

Whether for industrial hygiene, leak detection, or HazMat response, the MiniRAE 3000 delivers the most advanced VOC monitoring capabilities on the market. With a photoionization detector (PID) that has an extended detection range from 0-15,000 ppm, a rapid three-second response time, built-in correction factors for more than 200 compounds, and patented auto-cleaning sensor technology, the Honeywell MiniRAE 3000 can measure more chemicals faster and more accurately than any other PID available.

MiniRAE 3000
Inspectra Laser

The INSPECTRA® LASER is a natural gas leak portable analyser with laser spectroscopy. This highly sensitive detector offers all the advantages of optical detection in a highly compact and portable device, giving you precise and reliable findings when detecting methane leaks.

Inspectra Laser


Workshop wonders

18 January 2022


5 Tips for Sensor Maintenance
  1. Adjust Alignment: Calibration is important to ensure alignment using proper measuring tools
  2. Keep it Clean: Proper cleaning methods will ensure all moving parts are working correctly
  3. Practice Proper Storage: Store properly when not in use
  4. Watch for Corrosion: Keep protected from moisture to avoid corrosion
    5. ...
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2022 HydroTerra Webinar Series Launches Tomorrow

18 January 2022


Kicking off the 2022 HydroTerra Webinar Series is a fascinating look at advanced precision data collection techniques and an insight into how new age data transfer and reception is transforming business and government communications and decision making. It’s not too late to register for...
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AHA launches free training program for hydrographers

18 January 2022


In an industry first, the Australian Hydrographers Association (AHA) has launched an induction program explaining careers in Hydrometric Monitoring and providing an introductory skills test. The comprehensive program is available online for free to anyone worldwide. It includes:
  • an overview of being a...
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