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Leading Stack Emissions Monitoring and Testing Providing market-leading, professional and competitive monitoring and testing services throughout the UK, Ireland and internationally, ESG's Stack Emissions Monitoring business is one of the largest established MCERTS & UKAS accredited consultancies. Our Services Include: • Routine monitoring for compliance with environmental permitting requirements & obligations • QAL2 & AST calibration of Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems, including functional checks • Investigative & process optimisation trials • Monitoring of substitute fuel trials & co-incineration plant • Plant commissioning & abatement efficiency monitoring projects • UKAS accredited analytical services for stack gas samples For more information regarding ESG's stack emissions monitoring and testing services, please contact Trevor Worrall on 07764 835021 / 0161 443 0980 or email trevor.worrall@esg.co.uk. SOURCE TESTING ASSOCIATION | Annual Guide 2015 18 A word from the Water Monitoring Association T he Water Monitoring Association (WMA) is a subsidiary of the STA and represents the interests of companies involved in all aspects of water monitoring. e association was formed in mid-2007 to influence the development of standards, equip- ment, personnel training and applications that affect qualitative and quantitative water moni- toring. e association was particularly effective in developing the MCERTS standards for con- tinuous and portable monitoring equipment, an area of interest that persists today. e objectives of the association are to: • provide an independent technical resource for members and their clients; • influence appropriate industry standards, codes, safety procedures and operating principles; • encourage the professional development and a high level of ethical conduct of industry personnel; • seek co-operative endeavours with other pro- fessional organisations, institutions and regu- latory bodies, nationally and internationally. Membership is open to any company or individual that has an interest in the monitoring of water and related fields. We are keen to in- crease our membership, with process operators, suppliers and contractors welcome to join. e WMA: • provides articles for leading industrial magazines on a variety of topics related to the market sector; • assists in the Development of British Standards within BSI EH3/6 management committee; • holds consultations and reviews of the Environment Agency's MCERTS scheme documentation; • runs task groups covering the following flow monitoring, analytical, process instru- mentation and MCERTS. e WMA was founded with support from: • ABB Instrumentation • Emerson Process Management • Environmental Technology (Publications) • Envitech Ltd • HACH LANGE Ltd • Hydro-Logic Ltd • Jenway Ltd • Krohne Ltd • Partech Instruments • Rivertrace Engineering Limited • Sira Environmental Limited • WRc plc e WMA has since grown to a membership of more than 65 companies from equipment suppliers, end users and process operators. For more information please contact +44 (0)1462 434684 or info@w-m-a.org Angus Fosten WMA Chairman Partech Instruments

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