Wagtech™ Potatest Classic

Why is the Wagtech™ Potatest Classic right for me?
Using visual test equipment, the Potatest Classic provides rapid onsite testing of critical drinking water quality parameters. The kit has been designed for water testing in emergency situations, such as natural disasters, and for simple water quality testing projects. To compare this with our other Wagtech™ kits click here.

What is included in the kit?
Wagtech Incubator, Contour Comparator, Double Length Turbidity Tube and Pocket pH Sensor.

Tests

Chemical tests for free chlorine, total chlorine, and combined chlorine
Physical tests for turbidity and pH
Microbiological tests for thermotolerant/faecal coliforms and total coliforms

Rapidly assess water sources for suitability as drinking water
Rapid microbiological analysis for screening of faecal and total coliforms to support important decision making when selecting between drinking water sources, such as boreholes, rivers and tankered water.

Removable Water Safety Kit
Contains instruments and visual test equipment for simple on-site testing of free, total and combined chlorine, pH and turbidity. Monitoring of these parameters can also assist in the implementation of Water Safety Plans (WSPs), which focus on identifying and eliminating risks.

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A Palintest Product

Palintest is proud to have a long and established partnership with the humanitarian and development sector, providing technologies which safeguard water for everyone, every day. As challenges in this sector continue to evolve, our Wagtech kits have been adapted to the growing needs of the WASH sector.

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Portable Case

Ideal for field use

Multiparameter

Microbiological

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Reagents

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Accessories

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Chlorine

Faecal/Thermotolerant Coliform

Total Coliform

Turbidity

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Frequently Asked Questions

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What is the membrane filtration technique?

The membrane filtration (MF) method can be used to reliably test large numbers of water sample, and is US EPA approved for measuring coliforms.

The water sample is filtered through the membrane filter using a vacuum to pull the water through the membrane. The membrane filter is then placed onto a nutrient source gel in a petri dish and incubated for 24 h at 37 °C. The Coliform and non-Coliform colonies can then be counted. Often pH indicators are used to distinguish between different colony types.

Analyte, Parameter, Species, Units, What do these terms mean?

‘Analyte’ and ‘Parameter’ are scientific terms for something you want to measure. For example, the analyte may be nitrate and as a parameter it would be nitrate concentration. Take a look at our parameter pages which include an overview of the test parameter, it’s presence in different applications and information on testing.

‘Species’ is used to refer to the atom, molecule or part of a molecule being tested for. In the nitrate example above, the result could be given as N or as NO_3.It is important to be specific, especially when comparing different results.

‘Units’ refer to what the result’s numbers are. Commonly, we use milligrams per litre (abbreviated to mg/L). Parts per million (ppm) is also used as an equivalent in many industries.