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Successful training program concludes environmental monitoring project for the Environmental Council of Zambia. September 28, 2009 13:40
Wagtech have recently completed the last stages of a project to supply, install and train on a range of environmental monitoring equipment for the Environmental Council of Zambia under the Copperbelt environment project (CEP).
The CEP is a critical project for Zambia which arose in the wake of the privatisation 
of the mines and the subsequent requirement for the strengthening of the environmental regulatory framework across the industry. Wagtech were responsible for supplying and providing installation on a wide range of water and environmental testing equipment that will be used to ensure that historical and future environmental liabilities arising from mining activities are handled in compliance with national environmental and social safeguards.
Similar to other mining related environmental control projects that Wagtech has worked on across the world, the range of products included equipment for water quality monitoring (water test kits, digital meters, hydrocarbon analysers, BOD/COD/Toxicity equipment, trace element analysers), passive and active samplers (automatic particulate sampling systems, airborne particulate sampling and monitoring unit) as well as a wide range of supporting laboratory equipment and consumables.
“We recently had a disaster in our country and our office was called upon to respond to the emergency. Thanks to your training we were able to use the equipment effectively”
Perine Nkosi Kasonde, Environmental Council of Zambia, Inspector.
The products will be primarily used by the Environmental Council of Zambia (ECZ), and then also in conjunction with the Mines Safety Department (MSD). As an integral component of Wagtech’s Project Division, full installation, commissioning and training was provided on-site by Wagtech technicians. The training program lasted a week and included presentations, laboratory sessions and field demonstrations.
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