Monitoring Equipment Resources and Contacts
The WAV stream monitoring fact sheet series describes methods for monitoring water temperature, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, stream flow, habitat, and macroinvertebrates. Each fact sheet includes a list of items that are needed to monitor as described in the procedures. This page is designed to provide a summarized list of the items that are listed in the fact sheet series and to offer contact information for some companies that carry these items.
Remember that there are Watershed Education Resource Centers located across the state that have many of these items available for loan (at no or little cost), so be sure to check with them to see if you can borrow the equipment you need to complete your monitoring.
Please understand that listing a company's contact information on this page does not constitute UW-Extension's or the Water Action Volunteers support for the company. Furthermore, the list IS NOT a complete list of all available distributors of stream monitoring equipment, it is simply provided to assist local program coordinators with finding a source(s) for equipment. The equipment that is available from these providers may not correlate directly with equipment that is listed below which is needed for monitoring using WAV methods. Instead, the list offers contacts for companies that provide a wide range of stream monitoring equipment.
Monitoring Equipment for WAV
| Equipment Description |
Variable(s) measured |
Approximate cost per unit (April 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Calculator | stream flow | $6.00 |
| Clipboard | all | $2.00 |
| D-frame kick net | biotic index | $54.00 |
| Dishpan (white) | biotic index | $5.00 |
| Dropper bottles | dissolved oxygen | $2.00 |
| Dissolved Oxygen kit | dissolved oxygen | $55.00 |
| Forceps | biotic index | $2.25 |
| Gloves (waterproof) | all | $7.00 per box of 100 |
| Hip boots | all | $75.00 |
| Magnifier | biotic index | $3.25 |
| Measuring tape | habitat, stream flow | $15.00 |
| Meter stick | stream flow | $3.00 |
| Plastic bin | all | $7.00 |
| Safety goggles | dissolved oxygen | $5.00 |
| Sorting equipment (basters, spoons, screening, etc) | biotic index | $7.50 |
| Stake wire flags | habitat | $6.15 per pack of 100 |
| Starch solution | dissolved oxygen | $15 for 1 L |
| Stopwatch | stream flow | $10.00 |
| Thermometer | temperature | $10.00 |
| Transparency tube | transparency | $52.00 |
| Approximate start up cost per site plus 10% for shipping Costs | ~$340 |
Contact Information for some companies that carry stream monitoring equipment: