Remote Water Quality Monitoring in South Africa

Situated in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa, the Xstrata Coal South Africa (XCSA) runs several open cut and underground mining operations producing thermal coal. To ensure their mining operations do not affect the surrounding natural water bodies, the company employs Hydrolab and OTT water quality monitoring equipment with remote data transmission options: the OTT ecoLog 800 water level and conductivity sensor, netDL data logger, and Hydrolab DS5X multiparameter sonde. Installation of this monitoring equipment involved rappelling down a 25-meter cliff to install a Hydrolab DS5X! The probe on the cliff can be seen in the photos on the left.

For more information on Remote Water Quality Monitoring in South Africa talk to OTT Hydrometry Ltd