Industrial water systems … whether pre-treatment, cooling, steam generation, or process waters are
key enablers for manufacturing or human comfort and must be maintained carefully. System
performance serves to realize primary business goals, such as production throughput and yield, energy
consumption, capital asset preservation, environmental compliance and the protection of human health.
Measurement and control of critical water chemistry parameters are key performance indicators of
water system conditions.
In today’s industrial arena, all enterprises require that the productivity of their assets be maximized to
remain competitive and profitable in the markets they serve, and in particular, their human assets. The
advent of technologies that enhance the human experience and productivity in achieving a better endresult
have been accelerating in the past decade in almost every facet of our personal and professional
lives.
This paper discusses the convergence of the changing needs of the owners and operators of industrial
water systems. The discovery and development of technology that transfers to personal, hand-held
devices, that vastly improve the productivity of measurement and control of water systems is discussed.
Testing real-world systems shows the system’s value in practical, every-day situations.
Key words: industrial water, testing, colorimetric, multiplexed, array, open evaporative cooling system