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What is Air Quality?
Clean air is essential for healthy living, but according to the World Health Organization (WHO), almost 99% of the global population breathes air exceeding their guideline limits of air pollution. “Air quality is a measure of how much stuff is in the air, which includes particulates and gaseous p...Read more -
Italy launches mini weather station project to help climate monitoring and disaster prevention and mitigation
In response to the increasingly severe climate change and to enhance local climate monitoring capabilities, the Italian Meteorological Agency (IMAA) recently launched a new mini weather station installation project. The project aims to deploy hundreds of high-tech mini weather stations across the...Read more -
Ecuador successfully installs wind sensors to improve weather monitoring capabilities
Recently, Ecuador’s National Meteorological Service announced the successful installation of a series of advanced wind sensors in many important areas across the country. This project aims to enhance the country’s weather monitoring capabilities and improve the accuracy of weather forecasts...Read more -
New and innovative water quality sensor
Data is becoming more and more important. It gives us access to a wealth of information that is useful not only in our daily lives, but also in water treatment. Now, HONDE is introducing a new sensor that will provide superior high-resolution measurements, leading to more accurate data. Today, wa...Read more -
Philippine farmers widely use soil sensors: a new boost to smart agriculture
In the context of the rapid development of digital agriculture, farmers in the Philippines have begun to widely adopt soil sensor technology to improve agricultural production efficiency and sustainability. According to recent survey data, more and more farmers are aware of the importance of soil...Read more -
Australia to toughen rules around acceptable levels of key PFAS chemicals in drinking water under draft guidelines
What are PFAs? Everything you need to know Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia could toughen the rules regarding the acceptable levels of key PFAS chemicals in drinking water, lowering the amount of so-called...Read more -
Indonesia installs weather stations across the country to improve weather monitoring capabilities
The Indonesian government officially announced the deployment of a new batch of weather stations across the country. These weather stations will be equipped with a variety of weather monitoring equipment such as wind speed, wind direction, air temperature, humidity and air pressure, aiming to str...Read more -
Wastewater flow compliance achieved at Fowey
Here at Water magazine, we are constantly looking for projects that have overcome challenges in ways that could benefit others. Focusing on flow measurement at a small wastewater treatment works (WwTW) in Cornwall, we spoke to the key project participants… Small wastewater treatment works frequen...Read more -
Continuous Measurement of Ammonia in River Water
River water quality is assessed by the Environment Agency through the General Quality Assessment (GQA) programme and it is vital that potentially harmful chemicals in the river are controlled. Ammonia is an important nutrient for plants and algae that live in river water. However, when the river...Read more