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30 September 2026Industrydirk@smemonitoring.co.zaNo Comments

Environmental Monitoring Deployment Reports

Deployment Reports: The Missing Link in Reliable Environmental Monitoring A monitoring instrument can collect thousands of measurements during a deployment. But without a good record of how that instrument was configured and installed, some of the context behind those measurements…

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16 September 2026Industrydirk@smemonitoring.co.zaNo Comments

Continuous Trade Waste Monitoring | SA Water & Kallipr Study

Continuous Trade Waste Monitoring: Lessons from the SA Water and Kallipr Study Trade waste monitoring is a challenge for wastewater utilities because industrial and commercial discharges can change significantly throughout the day. A scheduled audit or grab sample provides valuable…

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9 September 2026Industrydirk@smemonitoring.co.zaNo Comments

Continuous Water Quality Monitoring: 3 Real-World Cases

Continuous Water Quality Monitoring: What Three Real-World Projects Reveal Water quality monitoring often starts with a simple question: What is happening in the water? The harder question is: when is it happening? A conventional grab sample gives you a measurement…

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2 September 2026Industrydirk@smemonitoring.co.zaNo Comments

Solar Radiation Monitoring at Aconcagua

Measuring Solar Radiation at the Top of the World: Lessons from Aconcagua At almost 7,000 metres above sea level, Aconcagua is an unforgiving place to operate scientific instrumentation. The highest mountain in the Americas presents researchers with extreme cold, high…

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12 August 2026Industrydirk@smemonitoring.co.zaNo Comments

OTT Water Monitoring | Hydrological Measurement

Designing Reliable Hydrological Monitoring Networks with OTT Reliable hydrological monitoring depends on more than selecting a water-level sensor. A useful monitoring station must produce measurements that are appropriate for the site, preserve data between measurements, communicate reliably, and provide sufficient…

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6 August 20266 August 2026Industrydirk@smemonitoring.co.zaNo Comments

Can You Extend Ammonium ISE Sensor Calibration Beyond Four Weeks?

Can You Extend Ammonium ISE Sensor Calibration Beyond Four Weeks? Accurate ammonium monitoring is essential for wastewater treatment, environmental compliance and understanding treatment process performance. As regulatory requirements become more stringent, utilities are under increasing pressure to deliver reliable water…

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30 July 2026Industrydirk@smemonitoring.co.zaNo Comments

Weather Monitoring with the WS601 Smart Weather Sensor

Smarter Weather Monitoring with Integrated Weather Sensors Weather monitoring plays a critical role in environmental monitoring. Whether you're managing a tailings storage facility, monitoring groundwater, operating a wastewater treatment plant, or collecting data for agricultural or research applications, local weather…

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17 June 2026Industrydirk@smemonitoring.co.zaNo Comments

Mapping the Hidden Plumbing of Karst Aquifers with Dye Tracing

Understanding Groundwater Flow Beneath the Surface In karst environments, groundwater rarely follows predictable pathways. Instead, water moves through a complex network of fractures, conduits, sinkholes, and underground caves that can extend for kilometres beneath the surface. Understanding how water travels…

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10 June 2026Industrydirk@smemonitoring.co.zaNo Comments

Solid Slug Testing: A Practical Guide to Measuring Hydraulic Conductivity in Groundwater Wells

Hydraulic conductivity is one of the most important parameters in hydrogeology. It describes how easily water can move through soil, sediment, or rock and plays a critical role in groundwater resource assessments, contaminant transport studies, dewatering projects, and environmental monitoring.…

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27 May 2026Industrydirk@smemonitoring.co.zaNo Comments

Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice in Groundwater Monitoring

Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice in Groundwater Monitoring Hands-On Hydrogeology Training with Modern Monitoring Technologies At University of Pretoria, hydrogeology and engineering geology students are not only learning groundwater theory in the classroom. They are also gaining exposure…

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