Our
public water infrastructure is vulnerable.
Threats - either intentional or accidental
- include chemical toxins such as pesticides
& herbicides, radioactive substances,
or pathogens such as e-coli and cryptosporidia.
More than ever, governments and water utilities
are aware of the pressing need to better secure
the supply of safe drinking water.
Real-time knowledge of
water content is an essential component
of any potable water security system. Screening
for toxins in real-time enables decision-makers
to immediately respond to threats, long
before harmful substances contaminate large
volumes of water. In contrast, most water
utilities currently rely on weekly or monthly
water sampling programs for toxin identification.
Such programs are expensive but provide
insufficient coverage.
Applied Microsystems offers
a powerful, flexible technology to detect
chemical toxins in real-time: an underwater,
in-situ mass spectrometer. Deployed directly
in water, the instrument identifies and
measures footprints for hundreds of chemicals.
With software support, end-users are able
to determine concentrations to ppm or ppb
concentrations. Data output is available
within minutes.
Benefits of our real-time
chemical detection system include:
Water security
and safety are enhanced by the ability
to detect chemical anomalies in real-time
Sample collection
and analysis costs are considerably decreased
due to in-situ detection and analysis
Sample quality
is increased given avoidance of degradation
from elapsed time and transportation
Instrument maintenance
and service costs are reduced by the ability
to detect hundreds of chemicals with one
single instrument
