In the face of mounting pressure to improve water quality transparency, especially around designated bathing sites, Meteor Communications is leading a quiet revolution. As a specialist in remote monitoring technologies, Meteor’s recent deployment, in partnership with the Environment Agency (EA) and funded through the River Severn Partnership’s Advanced Wireless Innovation Region, is a compelling example […]
Tim Wilson explains how, in addition to providing visibility of water quality, ESNET final effluent monitors are also delivering substantial benefits for Scottish Water through enhanced process control. For example, ESNET units are dramatically reducing the use of dosing chemicals by introducing automatic monitoring and control. Background Typically, the mains-powered water quality analysers that are […]
Meteor Communications has invested in a new water quality service centre that is 250% larger than the company’s previous facility. “This expansion reflects the rapidly growing demand for remote river and final effluent monitoring systems, and in particular the continuous water quality monitoring requirements of the Environment Act 2021, Section 82,” explains Managing Director, Matt […]
Meteor Communications, the industry leading provider of remote environmental monitoring technology, is delighted to announce that Thames Water Utilities Ltd has extended the term of its Framework Agreement for the supply of water quality monitoring equipment and services for Final Effluent Monitoring. The Framework extension will run until September 2027, and covers the provision of […]
Following successive years of vigorous growth, Meteor Communications, the specialist developer of remote environmental monitoring equipment and services, has appointed Thierry Bouzac as Non-Executive Director. “This is an important step in the strategic development of our company,” explains Matt Dibbs, Managing Director of Meteor Communications. “Over the past few years, we have seen consistent, sustainable […]
APEM Group has been announced as the winner of the ‘Pollution Mitigation Initiative of the Year’ category at the Water Industry Awards, in recognition of the company’s continuous water quality monitoring project for United Utilities. Working in partnership with Meteor Communications, APEM Group managed a water quality monitoring project on the River Kent near Kendal […]
Water and sewerage companies are installing Meteor MRC remote cameras at an increasing number of wastewater discharge and storm overflow locations; primarily to check the veracity of event duration monitors (EDMs), but also to avoid unnecessary site visits, save costs, lower the carbon footprint of operations, and help identify the sources of pollution. The UK […]
A continuous water quality monitoring project has recently been completed on the River Kent near Kendal, in the UK’s Lake District. The monitoring was implemented for United Utilities by the environmental consultancy APEM, with Meteor Communications responsible for instrumentation installation and calibration, as well as real-time web-based data provision, event visualisation and reporting. “Monitoring was […]
The management of flood defence networks is being revolutionised through a combination of MRC remote cameras and AI (Artificial Intelligence) systems developed by Meteor Communications. This new advanced technology is already providing Water Utilities, UK Government Agencies and Local Authorities with early warning of issues within their networks, enabling targeted, appropriate responses to events as […]
Following a competitive tendering process, Meteor Communications has been awarded a four-year contract by the Environment Agency to significantly expand their estate of low-power remote image collection cameras. Installed at strategic locations, the cameras will provide critically important information on the status of water management assets involved in reducing flood and coastal risk. Under the […]
