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"In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration."- Ansel Adams -
Van Walt focuses on Flumes
For anyone involved in Water Management you will know about flumes. A flume is used to quantify flow in open channels such as streams, field ditches and irrigation channels. Flumes…
View PostFirst installation of our new Gas Sampling Kit
The Van Walt South Africa team recently installed a Sub-Slab Gas Vapour Probe Kit and trained the customer how to install the kit and use it for repeated gas sampling…
View PostDeploying sensors in artesian wells
The United Kingdom just celebrated the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. It was a long weekend of pageantry, pomp and circumstance and it was a lot of fun and never lost the…
View PostYou need to measure Nitrates? There are options!
Nitrogen is an essential food for plant growth. In order to get that Nitrogen, plants will assimilate it in a large way in the form of Nitrates. Those three atoms…
View PostVan Walt goes to Kenya
Kenya December 2021 As I complete my first full year at the helm of Van Walt I had the opportunity to support our South Africa office with the installation of…
View PostWhy do Bees Build Hexagons?
Mathematician Thomas Hales explains the Honeycomb Conjecture in the context of bees. Hales proved that the hexagon tiling (hexagonal honeycomb) is the most efficient way to maximise area whilst minimising…
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