Enterprise-Level LIMS at NI Water

Northern Ireland Water (NI Water), provider of water and sewerage services in Northern Ireland, has standardised on Thermo Scientific SampleManager LIMS across its laboratories, where it will manage more than 150,000 samples per year taken from reservoirs, water treatment works and directly from the taps in consumers’ homes. Remote Sampler, developed by CSols, has also been implemented: "We have introduced Remote Sampler in the field for all our water quality samplers. Remote Sampler runs on rugged handheld computers and integrates seamlessly with Thermo Scientific SampleManager LIMS. The use of Remote Sampler allows us to ensure that all samples taken in the field are accurately recorded, taken where they are claimed to be, and inputted into the LIMS at source. This saves time and facilitates data management," said Gareth Maxwell, LIMS and Compliance Reporting Manager for NI Water. "With SampleManager LIMS in place and our investment in remote sampling, NI Water is setting the benchmark in the future of water testing in Europe. This solution puts NI Water in the leading edge of extracting real benefits from our quality testing programme. NI Water will have better sampling audits than most other UK water utilities currently," he added.