# Multiparameter Sondes for Fresh Water Monitoring

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [University of Exeter](/buyers/university-of-exeter/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Aquaread Ltd
- Award value: £336,922
- Award date: 15 March 2021
- Published: 15 April 2021
- Contract start: 18 March 2021
- Contract end: 17 April 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: e987731c-2ebd-458e-8de9-d345f366514f-428857
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-3670b3f4-6183-4082-9ea7-b4d085173a60

## Description

We are looking to purchase water quality monitoring equipment for the Upstream Thinking project, funded by South West Water\. The project aims at understanding the impact of catchment interventions on water quality at catchment scale in both streams and reservoirs\. The equipment will be deployed to give us an understanding of \(1\) turbidity and DOC issues in streams, and \(2\) algae blooms in reservoirs\. In each environment, we seek to deploy a number of sondes \(i\.e\. up to 28 in total\) comprising the following combinations of parameters: Sonde A: o pH o Conductivity/temperature o Dissolved Oxygen o Turbidity Sonde B: o pH o Conductivity/temperature o Turbidity o fDOM Sonde C: o Turbidity o Dissolved Oxygen o Conductivity/temperature o Chlorophyll a o Phycocyanin The equipment will be deployed for a period of time and accessed periodically\. It will need to include appropriate biofouling prevention, data logging and power capacity\. The data download needs to be similar for all sensors, and all cables and/or hardware must be provided\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e987731c-2ebd-458e-8de9-d345f366514f-428857)