Water quality parameter
pH testing in Ethiopia
pH sets how well chlorine disinfects and how aggressive water is to pipes and fittings. The same chlorine dose does noticeably less work as pH rises, so a pH reading belongs beside every chlorine result. Palintest covers pH with phenol red tablets on a comparator, with photometer reagents and with pocket and bench meters.
Why it matters in Ethiopia
Groundwater from the Rift Valley often arrives alkaline, and alkaline water blunts chlorine. Recording pH next to the chlorine residual explains a weak residual that a chlorine test on its own would blame on the dose.
12 products in the Wagtech Trading catalog measure pH.
Instruments and kits
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- In stock in Addis Ababa
- In stock in Addis Ababa
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Reagents and consumables
- In stock in Addis Ababa
How to run this test
Step-by-step Palintest instructions for the photometer test, with a picture for each step. The sheets show the Lumiso photometer. The same tablets and steps work on the Photometer 7100 and 7500. To choose the test on those photometers, see the Photometer 7500 (Bluetooth) manual and the Photometer 7100 manual.
Instrument manuals
- Wagtech Potalab+ manual (PDF on palintest.com, 6.4 MB)
- Palintest Lumiso Expert manual (PDF on palintest.com, 3.9 MB)
- Palintest Micro 800 Multiparameter manual (PDF on palintest.com, 2.0 MB)
All manuals and test instructions for Palintest instruments and Wagtech kits