Go Bio pH Buffers (pink/yellow)
Stocked or sourced on request — ask the counter.
Laboratory Chemicals for Municipal & Industrial Water Treatment in Namibia
Every compliance certificate a Namibian water plant issues rests on bench work — DPD chlorine tests, pH calibrations, turbidity checks, hardness titrations. Through the ACE agency Swachem keeps the water lab supplied: reagents, indicators, buffers and conductivity standards, field testers for the works without a lab, and the CP acids and solvents behind formal methods.
The local problems this range solves
- Compliance sampling schedules outrunning reagent stocks
- Meters drifting unverified for months at small works
- Buffers and standards arriving stale after long freight
- Operators needing field-usable tests, not laboratory procedures
Compliance & documentation
COAs are available for reagents used in accredited methods; test-kit reagents include instructions aligned with standard water-testing practice.
Local tip
Calibrate pH meters at dawn in summer — buffer temperature corrections matter when the plant room swings 15 °C over a day, and morning readings keep your calibration honest.
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Go Bio Conductivity Standards (1413 µS, 12.88 mS)
Stocked or sourced on request — ask the counter.
Go Bio PC5 Tester
BiodynePocket pH/conductivity tester for field water testing.
Pack sizes on request
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay
Purple crystal used in labs for product testing and experiments.
Available in500 g25 kg
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay
Keeps boxed products fresh and dehydrated.
Pack sizes on request
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay
Reagent Bottles (amber)
Stocked or sourced on request — ask the counter.
Laboratory Chemicals for municipal & industrial water treatment: asked and answered
What is the minimum test kit for a small treatment works?
Four instruments of honesty: a pH/EC pocket tester (PC5) with fresh buffers and standards, DPD reagents for free and total chlorine, a hardness titration kit, and a simple turbidity tube. That set catches ninety percent of process drift before consumers do. We supply it as a package with laminated instructions for operators.
How often should buffers and conductivity standards be replaced?
Respect the expiry dates and the storage reality: an opened buffer bottle in a hot plant room is suspect within months regardless of the label. Works that calibrate weekly should buy small bottles quarterly — local stock makes that economical, which is the point of holding them in Windhoek rather than couriering from SA.
Can operators without lab training run compliance-relevant tests?
Field tests, yes — DPD comparators, pocket meters and titration kits are designed for operators, and correctly performed they are exactly what water-safety plans expect at works level. Formal compliance samples still go to an accredited lab, but daily operator testing is what keeps those monthly samples from surprising anyone.
Do you supply the reagents accredited water labs use?
Yes — CP-grade acids, solvents and reagent salts through ACE, with COAs for accredited methods, plus consumables from reagent bottles to desiccants. NamWater-type labs and municipal labs order monthly alongside plant chemicals. Method-specific reagents beyond shelf stock come in on the regular ACE consignment.
Serving Municipal & Industrial Water Treatment from our Windhoek branch
Swachem Windhoek · 2-8 Walter Street, Southern Industrial Area, Windhoek · Tel 061 235 051 · Monday – Friday, 08:00 – 17:00
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