Adopt-A-Stream -- Water Quality Monitoring Equipment

Water Quality Monitoring Equipment

For a complete item and price listing, catalogs may be obtained from the following companies that carry testing and sampling equipment.

CHEMetrics, Inc 80 Ashby Road Calverton, VA 22106 Toll-free: (800) 356-3072 in Virginia: (703) 788-9026 Fax: (703) 788-4856 Telex: 292861 CHEM UR	Millipore Route 28 Bedford, MA 01730 Toll-free (800) 221-1975 Phone: (617) 275-9200 Fax: (617) 275-5550
LaMotte Company Post Office Box 329 Chestertown, MD 21620 Toll-Free (800) 344-3100 In the 708 & 312 area codes: (708) 647-7600 Fax: (708) 647-9660 Telex: 28-9405	Cole-Parmer Instrument Company 7425 North Oak Park Avenue Niles, Illinois 60714 Toll-Free: (800) 323-4340 Phone: (800) 778-310 Fax: (410) 778-6394
Hach Chemical Company World Headquarters Post Office Box 389 Loveland, CO 80537 Toll-Free: (800) 227-4224 Phone: (303) 669-3050 Fax: (303) 669-2932 Telex: 910-930-9038	Ward's Natural Sciences, Inc. Post Office Box 92912 Rochester, NY 14692-9012 Toll-Free (800) 962-2660 Toll-Free Fax: (800) 635-8439 Phone: (716) 359-6174
Wildlife Supply Company 301 Cass Street Saginaw, MI 48602 Phone: (517) 799-8100 Telex: 22-7415

This is a comprehensive listing of equipment; selection of equipment is of course based on your budget and the field activities you select. It may also be possible to borrow equipment from a local university, or make your own. There are instructions for building some of your own equipment in the Manual; those that do have instructions from the list below are indicated with a *.

Water Sampling Equipment	Sources
Bottom Sampling Dredges	Wildlife, Ward's, Cole-Parmer
Plankton Nets*	Wildlife, Ward's, Cole-Parmer
Water Sampling Bottle(s)	Wildlife, Ward's, Cole-Parmer
BOD (biological oxygen demand) bottles	Ward's
Water Samplers (deep water)	Wildlife, Ward's, Cole-Parmer
Grab Sampler*	Wildlife, Ward's, Cole-Parmer
Seine Net*	Wildlife, Ward's, Cole-Parmer
Dip Nets*	Wildlife, Ward's, Cole-Parmer
Mechanical Flow Meter	Ward's
Field Microscope	Wildlife
Water Analysis	Sources
Turbidity
Secchi Disk*	Wlidlife, Ward's, Cole-Parmer
Digital Turbidity Meter	Ward's, Cole-Parmer
Test Kit	LaMotte
Bacteria
Bacterial Growth Test Kit	Cole-Parmer
Coliform Test Kit	Ward's, Cole-Parmer
Filtration Devices	Millipore, Hach, Ward's
Media, Prepared and Ampules	Millipore, Hach, Ward's
Petri Dishes	Ward's, Cole-Parmer
Membrane Filters	Ward's, Cole-Parmer
Field Test Kits
Reagents, Labware	Cole-Parmer, LaMotte, Hach, Ward's
Instructions w/in Carrying Case	Cole-Parmer, LaMotte, Hach, Ward's
Electronic Field & Classroom Colorimeters	Sources
For Water Analysis	Cole-Parmer, LaMotte
Immunoassay Kits for Pesticide Detection	Sources
Immunoassay Kits	Millipore
Test Meters	Sources
Total Dissolved Solids	Ward's, Cole-Parmer
Dissolved Oxygen	Ward's, Cole-Parmer
Conductivity	Ward's, Cole-Parmer
pH Meters	Sources
pH Meters	Ward's, Cole-Parmer
Plankton Processing Equipment	Sources
Processing Equipment	Ward's, Wildlife
Other Materials	Sources
Water Quality Educator Cd-ROM w/ Handbook	LaMotte

Colorimetric Test Kits	Sources
Reagent-filled ampules are inserted into the water sample and the tip is broken to allow the sample to be drawn into the ampule which automatically mixes and reacts with the reagent. The ampules color is checked against a permanently sealed comparator.	Ward's- Snap Test instant water quality test kits Cole-Parmer- Compact Water quality test kit CHEMetrics (requires Multianalyte Photometer to read the results)