Water quality parameter
Turbidity testing in Ethiopia
Turbidity is the cloudiness of water caused by suspended particles. It matters beyond appearance, because particles shield microorganisms from disinfection and soak up chlorine. Palintest measures it on nephelometric meters in NTU, with field instruments that run on batteries and read in seconds.
Why it matters in Ethiopia
WHO guidance is that turbidity should ideally be below 1 NTU for disinfection to be effective. Surface sources and shallow wells swing hard between the dry season and the rains, so turbidity is usually the first thing to check when a residual that normally holds suddenly disappears.
10 products in the Wagtech Trading catalog measure Turbidity.
Instruments and kits
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- PT513
- Range
- 5-500 JTU
- Method
- Jackson turbidity tube, 26 in, two-part
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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 Turbidity Expert manual (PDF on palintest.com, 11.3 MB)
All manuals and test instructions for Palintest instruments and Wagtech kits