WWEM2014 5th & 6th November


Telford International Centre, Telford, England


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WWEM 2014, Telford International Centre, UK, 5-6th November Analysts and laboratory managers are registering in their droves for WWEM 2014, the international Water, Wastewater and Environmental testing and Monitoring event. The five previous WWEM events, which stretch back to 2005, have included conferences addressing testing and monitoring themes within the Process and Laboratory sectors, in addition to an international exhibition and scores of workshops. However, this year’s event will also include a ‘SMART’ Water Forum, a Flow Forum and a BMSS Seminar entitled ‘The application of chromatography-mass spectrometry to environmental water analysis’.


The event (www.wwem.uk.com) will take place at the Telford International Centre on 5th and 6th November and has been designed to offer everyone with a professional interest in water, environmental testing and monitoring with an opportunity to hear about the latest developments in techniques, technologies, methods, standards and regulatory requirements that relate to the monitoring which takes place both on-site and in the laboratory, covering sampling, field analysis, gas detection and continuous water and wastewater monitoring applications.


Visitors to WWEM 2014 will be able to claim Continuing Professional Development (CPD) time for the event’s Conferences, Forums and Workshops. WWEM organiser Marcus Pattison says: “This is great news for the event because it provides formal recognition of the value of the many learning experiences at WWEM 2014; time spent away from the laboratory needs to be as productive as possible and CPD approval provides delegates with reassurance that their visit will be worthwhile.”


Conference: ‘Laboratory Techniques and Quality Procedures’


Addressing a laboratory analysis theme, the second day’s Conference will commence with a presentation on proficiency testing by Fran Bilby from UKAS, in which she will discuss key aspects of the UKAS document TPS 47. Hazel Davidson from Derwentside Environmental Testing Services will then describe how lower limits of detection can be achieved by improved instrumentation or by using larger volumes of sample. Hazel’s presentation will also include an examination of good sampling protocols.


Intriguingly, Professor Clive Thompson from ALcontrol will deliver a presentation entitled: ‘Sampling and analysis in relation to Priority Substances Directive 2012/39/EU’ for which he says he will provide “a devil’s advocate response”.


South West Water, in collaboration with the University of Portsmouth and Natural Resources Wales, have developed methods using the Chemcatcher™ passive sampler to monitor for a range of acid herbicides including Mecoprop and MCPA, and the molluscicide Metaldehyde in surface waters.


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This subject will be addressed by Ian Townsend, Head of South West Water’s Organics Laboratory, who will outline the development of a Chemcatcher-based sampling method for the monitoring of polar pesticides in water.


Kyle Morrris from CSols will then outline the advantages of a mobile data capture system that is designed specifically for the UK and European Water Industries, and Bob Poole from Thermofisher Scientific will discuss the key features of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) to deliver a fully automated, efficient and intelligent approach to sample receipt and scheduling, resource management, collecting, processing and acting upon results, and securely managing data.


BMSS Seminar - ‘The application of chromatography-mass spectrometry to environmental water analysis’


The British Mass Spectrometry Society will run a seminar at WWEM 2014 on 5th November from 11am to 3.15pm. The applications of Chromatography – Mass spectrometry are extremely wide ranging; none more so than in the analysis of environmental water matrices. Depending on the sophistication of the mass spectrometry as an analysing tool, sample preparation is either of vital importance or may be largely unnecessary. The purpose of the analysis is to characterise the sample as fully as possible or to measure discrete components with high precision.


This meeting is designed to draw attention to the methodology employed to analyse environmental water containing target compounds with a range of physico-chemical properties. The analysis may be intentionally non-targeted, for example, to screen for many classes of substance without chemical bias.


In addition to the BMSS Seminar on the first day of WWEM 2014, there will also be a Conference for the managers of industrial and municipal processes entitled: ‘Regulation Updates for Process Operators’.


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