River Catchment Study for Total Pollutant Load Calculation

RS Hydro are a Teledyne ISCO distributor in the UK. We have recently worked with South West Water and the Westcountry Rivers Trust (WRT)on a major catchment management project called Upstream Thinking. The water issue presented was the quality of raw surface water in the River Tamar, and improving it long before it reaches the drinking water treatment plant at Plymouth. The main issue in the River Tamar is the high level of suspended sediment via surface runoff and land use practices. The WRT needed fully water proof portable equipment that could be deployed easily at sites with no permanent infrastructure.

Our recommendation was to use the ISCO 2150 Area Velocity Flow Modules to measure flow in tandem with the 3700 Portable Automatic Sampler. This combination provides accurate flow measurement and robust, reliable sampling.

If you would like to find out how this equipment was used and the outcome of the project please click here for the full story.