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Can someone recommend a good turbidity meter?
Leading edge not bleeding edge.
www.forestry-suppliers.com would seem to be the go-to source for such things.
What range are you expecting the Turbidity to be within? Are you going to be doing this reading for a water quality analysis?
Hach is the standard, and yeah they are pricey. If you only need it for a few usages, rentals are fairly cheap, and not money sitting on a shelf. I used them when I worked as a water quality technician and Environmental Scientist.
Are there any other contaminants or chemicals you need to be aware of or proving absence or presence? Lots of variables in water chemistry,kind of like surveying.
I'll check with our enviro guy today.?ÿ I've used our turbidity meter but I don't remember the brand and have no idea what it costs.?ÿ
Pace labs, among others, will deliver you a cooler full of sample bottles with custom labels.?ÿ After you take the samples, you just put them on ice and have Pace pick the cooler up at an agreed upon location.?ÿ With our groundwater samples, we are always hoping for a turbidity of <10 ntu.?ÿ The ice retards growth of bacteria or other microscopic organisms that could raise the turbidity reading, which is a measure of the scattering of photons of light.
Just turbidity. I am in the process of redoing my Erosion Control certification and once again will be able to perform turbidity testing as well as performing RDP's Residental Drainage Plans and also grading and drainage plans.
Turbidity testing and RDP's are what I'm angling for though. I'm looking for another revenue stream.
I thought years ago I was going to make a ton of money doing E & S plans. Then found out the engineers around here were doing them for nothing up here in Northwest Georgia. I let my E & S license expire a long time ago. I might go back this year or next and get it back since work will pay for it.
I thought years ago I was going to make a ton of money doing E & S plans. Then found out the engineers around here were doing them for nothing up here in Northwest Georgia. I let my E & S license expire a long time ago. I might go back this year or next and get it back since work will pay for it.
Ha ha, that is funny. I never once thought I would ever make a ton of money in this business. Oh that is a hoot, I'm gonna tell all my friends about this.
I will definitely talk about this at the next SAMSOG meeting. I wish I knew your name, a ton of money, that is a riot.?ÿ ?ÿ????ÿ ????ÿ ????ÿ
I thought years ago I was going to make a ton of money doing E & S plans. Then found out the engineers around here were doing them for nothing up here in Northwest Georgia. I let my E & S license expire a long time ago. I might go back this year or next and get it back since work will pay for it.
Seems we get under priced by the engineers all the time around here.
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Steve,
We have a LaMotte 2020 Turbidimeter: not sure of the price, got it from Ben Meadows several years ago.
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This reminds me of the time on 1984 when a creosote plant and one of the top 10 polluters around contacted the Engineering firm I managed and wanted us to give a flowrate of their discharge channel.
I made a few calls to get a quote for a flowmeter and after that put together a quote.
Turns out we were the only ones that would take their call and they blew a gasket at pur quote and called in somebody from out of state.
I had to place a high number on the job because the stream was a death trap. I stepped on the backwater one morning and my feet burned the rest of the day and boots fell apart within two weeks later.
It would have been a hazmat job and a one time use for an expensive instrument and I and nobody else would touch?ÿ the place.
good luck