New Methods for Automatic and Unattended Monitoring of Heavy Metals

Normally meteorological data are all collected automatically without the need for physical presence. However, most chemical pollution data are found by collecting samples manually, to be brought to laboratories with special equipment for analyses. The advantages also remotely to monitor chemical pollution are obvious. The following can unattended be measured in waters: Temperature pH-value COD, TOC and other major components Conductivity Turbidity and colour Flow rate and water level Some bacteria etc. …… BUT HEAVY METALS ARE NOT ON THIS LIST. Methods for such monitoring have been developed by the present authors, and will me pre-sented and discussed.