vi UK Focus - MCerts Is this the Most Comprehensive Range of MCERTs Products?


Following the award of several new MCERTS certificates, instrumentation company Hach Lange (UK) now has certified products for sampling, portable water quality monitoring and on-line water quality analysis. Hach Lange’s impressive list of MCERTS products now includes:


Automatic samplers; online process monitoring sensors and controllers including pH, turbidity and dissolved oxygen; BioTector online TOC analyser; and portable water quality monitoring instruments for conductivity and pH.


From a strategic perspective Matthew Dillon, UK & IE Sales Director says "One of our key goals is to ensure that customers are able to generate the highest quality data and we see the MCERTS scheme as an important contributor to that goal.


Hach Lange demonstrates its commitment to quality and reliability; MCERTS sets rigorous performance requirements, so it is gratifying to have certification across such a wide range of instruments, and we have more equipment under test so we plan to announce further MCERTS awards in the near future.”


To further support the quality of monitoring, Hach Lange regularly runs training workshops and can provide personal competence training for key staff so that users are able to obtain optimal performance from their Hach Lange instruments.


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MCERTS and EU Equivalence Approvals Awarded for Newest TEOM FDMS Ambient Particulate Monitors


Following the successful completion of a series of rigorous field trials in both the UK and Germany, Air Monitors (UK) is delighted to announce that the latest TEOM FDMS instruments have met the MCERTS performance standards and the EU Equivalence designation criteria (Defra approval) for continuous ambient air quality monitoring for both PM2.5 and PM10.


Commenting on the announcement, Air Monitors MD Jim Mills said: “This is great news for ambient air quality monitoring in the UK because the 1405-F provides the benefits of TEOM technology with the advantage of the added measurement of volatile and semi-volatile species by FDMS – data which is essential for an understanding of the nature and source of PM pollution, which in turn is important to inform control and improvement measures.”


DEFRA are the only authority able to designate a monitor for regulatory monitoring in the UK and recently the requirements for this approval became more stringent with the introduction of a ‘UK specific pollution climate’ that has to be applied to the test data. The TEOM FDMS is the only type of PM monitor to have passed these new criteria and without the need for any correction factors.


The existing TEOM FDMS models (1400 series) used in the AURN and in many local authority sites also continue to enjoy full equivalence designation and if maintained correctly will continue to offer good service for years to come. However those considering replacement or buying new monitoring equipment now have the ability to choose these new models (1405 series) with the highest level of MCERTS certification and EU Equivalence designation of any PM monitor on the market.


For those that need to measure both fine and coarse particulates simultaneously, a dichotomous format version of the 1405 is available (1405-DF) for continuous monitoring of both PM2.5 and PM10. This provides a substantial cost reduction, power usage and space requirement in comparison with two individual instruments.


A key feature of the new design for the 1405-F and 1405-DF is that the control unit, the sensor and the FDMS are all built into the same box, which means that the unit is smaller and more cost-effective.


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The Importance of Personal Development in the Field of Environmental Monitoring and MCERTS


In the current economic climate, expenditure by organisations on training has suffered a downturn. It is viewed by many that training is non-essential, and the focus is on maintaining profit margins.


However, continual improvement of staff understanding and knowledge within the areas they work should increase productivity and motivation. Plant owners also have a responsibility to ensure their staff is kept up- to-date with latest technical guidance and requirements.


With the growing acceptance of the MCERTS schemes in the UK, Europe and further afield, it is now more important than ever that manufacturers, process operators and stack-emission monitoring personnel are kept fully abreast of changes to legislation and policy.


CSA-Sira (UK), the MCERTS Certification provider, offers a range of training courses covering the various regulatory requirements for environmental monitoring.


All courses are delivered by practicing experts and engineers and are conducted at Sira training locations or at your own site.


Sira also delivers the MCERTS Personnel Competence Scheme, the scheme that enables stack- emission monitoring personnel to be certified as competent in their emission-monitoring tasks.


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