
Episode 2 - Why KISS?
03/08/22 • 34 min
Welcome to the “Van Walt – The Environment Monitors” podcast, where we discuss and share a wide range of information and knowledge we have built up; to help you choose the best environmental equipment for your application or project, and to make sure you get the soil, water or groundwater sample/data you need, efficiently and effectively. Whether taking a sediment sample with an auger or implementing a multi-sensor, multi-parameter, with multiple locations, telemetered monitoring network – we believe we have lots of information, co-hosts, and guests to share!
So, delve into this and our other resources on LinkedIn, Twitter or YouTube (links below) and enjoy getting ‘behind the scenes’ information on what’s new, powerful, and interesting in the world of environmental monitoring. The video version of the stream is designed to be interactive and is sure to develop as we gain confidence with our live shows and podcast channel.
In this episode, Chris Dawes interviews Van Walt Ltd Director, David van Walt, about the brand new vanwaltKISS water telemetry product, and the inspiration behind the KISS name. Find out how the Keep It Simple Sensing data collection product is set to be disruptive to both manual logger and automatic data telemetry worlds with its simplicity and affordability!
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Welcome to the “Van Walt – The Environment Monitors” podcast, where we discuss and share a wide range of information and knowledge we have built up; to help you choose the best environmental equipment for your application or project, and to make sure you get the soil, water or groundwater sample/data you need, efficiently and effectively. Whether taking a sediment sample with an auger or implementing a multi-sensor, multi-parameter, with multiple locations, telemetered monitoring network – we believe we have lots of information, co-hosts, and guests to share!
So, delve into this and our other resources on LinkedIn, Twitter or YouTube (links below) and enjoy getting ‘behind the scenes’ information on what’s new, powerful, and interesting in the world of environmental monitoring. The video version of the stream is designed to be interactive and is sure to develop as we gain confidence with our live shows and podcast channel.
In this episode, Chris Dawes interviews Van Walt Ltd Director, David van Walt, about the brand new vanwaltKISS water telemetry product, and the inspiration behind the KISS name. Find out how the Keep It Simple Sensing data collection product is set to be disruptive to both manual logger and automatic data telemetry worlds with its simplicity and affordability!
All episodes and choice of podcast player to listen to whilst walking your dog are available at https://vanwaltpodcast.buzzsprout.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/VanwaltLtd
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/van-walt/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/vanwalt
Website: https://www.vanwalt.com/
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Episode 1 - Day Rates of Nitrates
Welcome to the “Van Walt – The Environment Monitors” podcast, where we discuss and share a wide range of information and knowledge we have built up; to help you choose the best environmental equipment for your application or project, and to make sure you get the soil, water or groundwater sample/data you need, efficiently and effectively. Whether taking a sediment sample with an auger or implementing a multi-sensor, multi-parameter, with multiple locations, telemetered monitoring network – we believe we have lots of information, co-hosts, and guests to share!
So, please delve into this and our other resources on LinkedIn, Twitter or YouTube (links below) and enjoy getting ‘behind the scenes’ information on what’s new and powerful in the world of environmental monitoring. The video version of the stream is designed to be interactive and is sure to develop as we gain confidence with our live shows and podcast channel.
In addition to introducing the co-founder of Van Walt Ltd (40 years ago, Vincent van Walt), this episode 'dips' into Nitrates! What they are? Where you find them? The problems they can cause and, most importantly, how you can monitor nitrate levels in real-time, continuously, and accurately. The episode features our new Nitrate Sensor and we will be telling you about some of its unique features and where it can be deployed, helping you collect the “day rates of your nitrates”...
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/vanwalt
Website: https://www.vanwalt.com/
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Episode 3 - Measure the Moisture!
Welcome to the “Van Walt – The Environment Monitors” podcast, where we discuss and share a wide range of information and knowledge we have built up; to help you choose the best environmental equipment for your application or project, and to make sure you get the soil, water or groundwater sample/data you need, efficiently and effectively. Whether taking a sediment sample with an auger or implementing a multi-sensor, multi-parameter, with multiple locations, telemetered monitoring network – we believe we have lots of information, co-hosts, and guests to share!
So, delve into this and our other resources on LinkedIn, Twitter or YouTube (links below) and enjoy getting ‘behind the scenes’ information on what’s new, powerful, and interesting in the world of environmental monitoring. The video version of the stream is designed to be interactive and is sure to develop as we gain confidence with our live shows and podcast channel.
In this episode, Chris Dawes interviews Van Walt Ltd.’s Stefan Öhlmayer about everything soil moisture, the monitoring of it in such varied situations and locations, and for a multitude of reasons! Where do we and should we “Measure the Moisture” of our soil, and why is it becoming more mainstream information to need? Whether it is crops or shipwrecks, we delve into a bit of everything. www.vanwalt.com/soil-moisture
All episodes and choice of podcast player to listen to whilst walking your dog are available at https://vanwaltpodcast.buzzsprout.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/VanwaltLtd
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/van-walt/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/vanwalt
Website: https://www.vanwalt.com/
Van Walt - The Environment Monitors - Episode 2 - Why KISS?
Transcript
Van Walt is a bespoke team of individuals in five offices across three continents, who design source, instal supply, rent and repair equipment for Environmental Research.
Chris DawesFor more than 40 years, we have developed our expertise and experience to bring you best in class equipment for soil water, and groundwater monitoring and research. Listening to your needs, using our experience and expert
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