Hach Lange awarded 200th MCERTS certificate 07 September 2012

Hach Lange's Biotector B7000 online TOC (total organic carbon) analyser has been awarded the 200th MCERTS certificate by SIRA – the body that manages the MCERTS scheme on behalf of the Environment Agency.

The certificate confirms that its B7000 complies with MCERTS performance specifications across three ranges (0–20 mg/l, 0-1,000 mg/l and 0-10,000 mg/l) and is suitable for use on treated wastewater, untreated wastewater, surface water, estuarine and coastal water applications.

"The purpose of the MCERTS scheme is to assure the quality of environmental monitoring, by providing instrument users with confidence that certified equipment is capable of producing the quality of data that we require," said Paul Wiggins, presenting the certificate on behalf of the Environment Agency.

"However, the success of the MCERTS scheme could not have been achieved without the support of manufacturers such as Hach Lange," he continued.

"We recognise that certification represents an investment in time and resources, which can sometimes be hard to justify when an instrument is already a market leader. But we believe that the attainment of a certificate will provide marketing advantage and demonstrate that a manufacturer is committed to quality."

In the past, the Environment Agency conducted a large amount of industrial environmental monitoring, but in recent years this responsibility has shifted to process operators, with the MCERTS scheme helping to ensure that the quality of monitoring remains high.

Brian Tinham

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