Northern Ireland Water decided to use Thermo Scientific's Samplemanager laboratory information management system (LIMS) to improve workflow efficiency, and Csols' Remote Sampler for in-field sampling.
Northern Ireland Water (NI Water), a government-owned company (GoCo) set up in April 2007, is the sole provider of water and sewerage services in the country.
There are approximately 795,000 domestic, agricultural, commercial and business properties in Northern Ireland connected to the public water supply and 660,000 connected to the public sewerage system.
NI Water supplies 625 million litres of clean water every day for almost 1.7 million people and treats 134 million m3 of wastewater each year.
The company installed a LIMS in order to improve the efficiency of its sample management process and the integrity of the samples collected from the field.
The agency selected Thermo Scientific SampleManager LIMS to improve workflow efficiencies, productivity and sample integrity and has recently implemented Csols Remote Sampler, a handheld device for water and other industries where in-the-field sampling is necessary.
Remote Sampler allows field samples to be taken and recorded in situ and uploaded directly into LIMS, thus saving time and reducing transcription errors as well as providing a secure record of sampler locations.
NI Water has invested in this integrated approach, linking its enterprise-level LIMS with a remote field testing device, to further build upon its agency's technology advances and to cement its public position as a trusted provider of the public water supply.
