Patent ID: 6398930
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: C02F,G01N,Y02A

Abstract:
A water quality meter sized and configured for attachment to a location on a pipe so as to draw water out of said pipe prior to its supply to at least one end user in a water distribution system which supplies water that is obtained by purifying raw water as drinking water to each end user via a water distribution piping network, said water quality meter comprising:a plurality of analyzing units, each of which includes a measurement flow path in which liquid flows, for introducing a water sample into said measurement flow path from said location on said pipe, and analyzing said water sample; a photometer which is situated at a measurement flow path in at least one of said analyzing units, for irradiating liquid flowing in said measurement flow path with light and measuring absorbency of said liquid; and a liquid introducing unit comprising a single member in which a plurality of fluid flow paths for feeding a plurality of types of liquid including said water sample into said plurality of analyzing units is formed.