In-Situ Inc. has announced the launch of new water monitoring instruments to expand the company’s Aqua TROLL portfolio: Aqua TROLL 700 and 800 Multiparameter Sondes.
These seven-port water quality sondes serve a variety of surface water, coastal, groundwater, and aquaculture applications.
“Today, we're seeing a greater demand for the larger platform across almost every application,” said In-Situ Product Manager Steve Sewell. “Water quality monitoring as a whole is evolving. What's considered baseline these days has changed to include more parameters.”
In-Situ said that a design priority for the Aqua TROLL 700 and 800 was to make the instruments feel like an extension of the portfolio.
“We wanted the 700 and 800 to look, feel and function like other products within our water quality family, just in a larger form factor,” said Sewell. “Design features will be very similar to a user who's familiar with the Aqua TROLL 500 and 600, and these products interact with the same app, the same sensors — all the things our customers are already familiar with.”
Available in vented and non-vented options, both the Aqua TROLL 700 and 800 connect to VuLink telemetry for remote monitoring or the Wireless TROLL Com for communication with a Bluetooth-enabled mobile device using the free VuSitu mobile app. The Aqua TROLL 800 has internal battery power, internal logging and a Micro SD Card for backup data storage.
Brock Houston, In-Situ’s coastal application development manager, said that reliability, ease of use and reduced maintenance requirements make the Aqua TROLL 700 and 800 the most cost-effective multiparameter options available.
“With their proven antifouling technology, they’re ideal for marine applications where biofouling can be a significant challenge,” Houston said.
