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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 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 PostTraining Day in South Africa
Van Walt has been offering training on a range of environmental sampling subjects for over 30 years. In that time hundreds of delegates have been through our courses from Window…
View PostVan Walt’s Window Sampling System in action
From the Sundarbans, the Congo and Kurdistan, to a Roman fortification at the Eastern end of Hadrian’s Wall in Northeast England, you can find our Window Sampling Systems. This is…
View PostGeosub2, a 21st century Grundfos MP1 alternative
I’ve been in this game now for over 40 years and I don’t think I can remember the time when the Grundfos MP1 was not around. But then memory can…
View PostSoil Moisture Probes test Concrete
Van Walt has partnered IMKO for decades. IMKO, based near Karlsruhe in Germany was owned by the Koehler family. Kurt Koehler was always rather more interested in extracting every last…
View PostVan Walt Supporting Capacity Building in Africa
I am coming to the “end of the beginning” of a project to build capacity in freshwater management in Africa. The inspiration for the project came in 2014 during my…
View PostFreshwater ecosystems of Madagascar: in extreme need of restoration
Starting out on my internship with the Tropical Biology Association (TBA), supported by Van Walt, I knew very little about Madagascar. However, right from the beginning of my research it…
View PostIntroducing David van Walt
Monday, 3rd August 2020, David van Walt starts with Van Walt Ltd in a position as joint Managing Director for the Group. David is the eldest son of Kaja and…
View PostCapacity Building in Tropical Conservation and Water Management
Emmanuel pointed out that: “The TBA field course I attended in Amani Nature Reserve in 2017 gave me an in-depth understanding of local community management which is now a cornerstone…
View PostAqua4Plus Sensor Software gets Important Update
Our smart, intuitive Aqua4Plus software has had an overhaul with a new update that includes; Saving real time data as a report for ease of use and quicker data recording…
View PostMaking the YSI ProDSS even easier to use…
The YSI ProDSS is the flagship handheld water quality meter in our rental fleet. Using the advanced technology from the EXO series the ProDSS has been designed for demanding field…
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