Water quality parameter
Arsenic testing in Ethiopia
Arsenic is a naturally occurring groundwater contaminant measured in micrograms per litre. Laboratory confirmation is ideal, but field screening is what makes it practical to cover many boreholes. The Palintest Arsenator is a digital field kit that gives a numeric arsenic result at the wellhead rather than a colour match.
Why it matters in Ethiopia
The WHO guideline value for arsenic in drinking water is 10 µg/L, which is below what a colour chart resolves reliably. That is the case for a digital field instrument: screen boreholes on site, then send only the ones that read high to a laboratory.
2 products in the Wagtech Trading catalog measure Arsenic.
Instruments and kits
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