Water Chestnuts - Issue 7

Exclusive new dealership announced – YSI Environmental Monitoring & Water Quality Meters & Systems

In January we were appointed the exclusive distributor of YSI Environmental Monitoring and Water Quality Meters and Systems in the UK and Ireland to groundwater customers.

YSI, a US company who manufacture and distribute instruments, software, and data collection platforms for environmental monitoring and testing, is renowned for their excellent and extensive range of market-leading, rugged water quality meters and environmental monitoring systems.

On the road with the MRZB

At Van Walt we are so impressed with our new MRZB micro-drilling rig that we are touring the country to ensure - as many of you as possible - see for yourselves its unique functionality. If you regularly carry out window sampling investigations to depths up to 20m depending on soil conditions, geotechnical investigations and borehole installations, or you need access to difficult locations, or drill close to or inside buildings or want drilling equipment that is easily transported on the back of a trailer or inside a transit-sized van – then you need to book your place now - as the MRZB has it all.

The Obama effect – is the new President up to the Green challenge!

Every home owner understands that restoring and replacing a plumbing system, or a heating unit, is far more expensive than taking care of the system properly in the first place and the same is true for nature’s ecosystems. Global ecosystem services - storing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, cleansing fresh water supplies, preventing soil erosion and providing food security through oceans and coral reefs has been assessed to be worth as much as $33 trillion (£22.6 trillion) a year.

When did you last save money – renting equipment from Van Walt?

For some time now Van Walt has operated an equipment rental division offering pumps, meters and remediation equipment – and we have never been so busy!

And ….. as part of the service – Rental Workshops

As part of our rental package we are also offering free workshops to regular rental customers, wherever they are located.

"The aim," says Tom, Rental Manager, "is either Jonathan, myself or both of us together will go out to our customers’ offices or on site – whichever is most convenient and appropriate and we will go through the different rental equipment we provide and, as importantly, how it operates, how best to achieve accurate results, basic on-site maintenance and troubleshooting. By the end of the session, which takes just an hour of our customer’s time, we know that in the future potential downtime will be minimised and that our customers will benefit from real ‘out-of-box’ performance."

To book a rental workshop call either Tom or Jonathan on 01428 661 660.

Van Walt is delighted to again support the QRA

Once again Van Walt is pleased to be supporting the Quaternary Research Association’s 8th International Postgraduate Symposium at the University of Manchester on 25th to 28th August 2009.

Van Walt is also supporting Geoarchaeology 2009

In addition QRA Van Walt is also supporting Geoarchaeology 2009 at Sheffield University on the 15th to 17th April 2009 in the Departments of Geography and Archaeology.

Dates for your diary

Interested in improving your field work techniques then make a note of the dates of our Environmental Soil, Groundwater Research and Remediation Training Course taking place on:

• 10th, 11th & 12th June 2009
• 30th September, 1st & 2nd October 2009
• 25th, 26th & 27th November 2009

Call 01428 661 660, visit http://www.vanwalt.com/training-auger-groundwater-environmental.htm or email tracey@vanwalt.com for details.