Watershed Management Bureau

  Volunteer Lake Assessment Program

   Sampling Equipment Needs

DES will provide all of the necessary sampling equipment and collection bottles to volunteer monitors upon advanced request. Typically, a volunteer monitor will need the following equipment to collect VLAP samples:

Secchi Disk Kemmerer Bottle with messenger Integrated Sampler Calibrated Chain

Secchi Disk

Kemmerer Bottle

Integrated Sampler

If you are interested in making your own homemade equipment, please refer to the following resources:

How to make a Secchi Disk [PDF]

How to make an Integrated Sampler [PDF]

If you are interested in purchasing your own set of equipment, you may wish to contact the following vendor for more information: