INNOVATION

INNOVATION

DelAgua has been at the forefront of research in water quality for over 30 years. In partnership with universities and other research organisations we provide practical solutions that help to improve people’s lives.

QUICKTEST

Originally designed for use in the most challenging situations, the DelAgua kit is robust, reliable and can test for up to six days without electricity.

The kit tests for the World Health Organisation key parameters for the safety of drinking water.

PROBLEM

Current water testing technologies to identify bacterial contamination in water supplies, including our own market leading test kit, are generally time consuming (up to 24 hours or more) and require skilled operators. From end user feedback we identified the need for a rapid microbial tester (less than 1 hour) capable of detecting species or even strains of bacteria and which would be user friendly enough to be used by unskilled persons in the field.

SOLUTION

In collaboration with the University of Surrey we started development of Quick-Test in 2011. The aim is to identify one colony forming unit of bacteria in 100ml of water sample. The technology behind Quick-Test has far wider application beyond water testing. It can be adapted to satisfy the testing requirements of many industries that have a need to identify and quantify bacterial contamination to a species or even strain level. The project is co-funded by the UK’s innovation agency, the Technology Strategy Board.

APPLICATION

Early markets for Quick-Test include food manufacture, food distribution and storage, pharmaceutical production and healthcare. We aim to have our first production version for water, beverage and food testing available within the market in the next 18 months.

RESEARCH

DelAgua allocates significant investment towards researching the latest technologies and are currently running two large scale pilot schemes to practically evaluate new technology.

Only via ‘real-life’ testing can we be sure that new design is progressive rather than a distraction. We work with a number of different partners to make sure that significant background work is carried out before we take an idea to manufacture or implementation.

Knowing that education and understanding is the key to success in technology adoption, we also consider it essential to make the potential user of any new technology core to the design at the concept stage.

RESEARCH

DelAgua allocates significant investment towards researching the latest technologies and are currently running two large scale pilot schemes to practically evaluate new technology.

Only via ‘real-life’ testing can we be sure that new design is progressive rather than a distraction. We work with a number of different partners to make sure that significant background work is carried out before we take an idea to manufacture or implementation.

Knowing that education and understanding is the key to success in technology adoption, we also consider it essential to make the potential user of any new technology core to the design at the concept stage.

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