WATER QUALITY
DESCRIPTION
BASELINE WATER QUALITY ANALYSIS
This service includes total nitrogen, total phosphorus, and turbidity. This information is useful for checking in on your water quality or for getting to know a new water body. This service is convenient, quick and affordable but may not be able to fully give you the in-depth analysis you may be looking for. The laboratory staff will summarize the findings from the analysis and provide recommendations as well as answer any questions you may have.
IDEAL FOR: Snapshot of nutrient levels in your water.
ADVANCED WATER QUALITY ANALYSIS
This service includes total nitrogen, total phosphorus, reactive phosphorus, turbidity, pH, conductivity, alkalinity, hardness, and in vivo chlorophyll-a concentration. These parameters are useful for providing robust management recommendations, isolating sources of nutrients that may be causing nuisance aquatic plants and algae blooms, and identifying parameters that may be influencing fisheries reproduction and health. The laboratory staff will summarize the findings from the analysis and provide recommendations as well as answer any questions you may have.
IDEAL FOR: In-depth analysis and long-term monitoring
PHOSPHORUS MANAGEMENT ESSENTIALS
This service includes total phosphorus, reactive phosphorus and turbidity. These parameters are useful for determining if the removal of phosphorus from the water column is feasible and/or recommended at the time of sampling. Most phosphorus binding agents only bind reactive phosphorus, which is the form of phosphorus that is bioavailable for plants and algae. The laboratory staff will summarize the findings from the laboratory analysis and will provide recommendations for the removal of phosphorus that is specifically fit to your water body as well as answer any questions you may have.
IDEAL FOR: Getting started with nutrient remediation
FISHERIES WATER QUALITY ANALYSIS
This service includes total nitrogen, total phosphorus, pH, conductivity, alkalinity, and hardness. These parameters are useful for assessing the water chemistry influence on fisheries health and reproduction. This analysis is recommended if you are working on improving your fishery, are in between fish surveys, or are preparing for stocking fish in your water body. The laboratory staff will summarize the findings from the laboratory analysis and will work with fisheries biologists on staff to provide recommendations and answer any questions you may have.
IDEAL FOR: Fish farms, hatcheries, recreational ponds and lakes used for fishing
WATER CLARITY ANALYSIS
This service includes screening for suspended solids that may be causing increased turbidity and a recommendation for water clarity chemical application at effective rates based on a bench scale single replicate jar test. pH, alkalinity and total suspended solids (TSS) are reported as well as management recommendations for turbidity.
IDEAL FOR: Determining the baseline turbidity (cloudiness) of your water and options for water clarification treatments.
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