For Municipalities, Counties & Agencies
Make lake decisions on evidence, not complaints.
Towns, counties, and lake districts need defensible data to prioritize spending, respond to residents, and support grants and reporting.
Free membership. No credit card. Choose a subscription later — or never.
We understand what's at stake for you
You're balancing limited budgets, resident pressure, and reporting requirements — often across many lakes at once, with incomplete data.
Lake Pulse helps you see conditions across your jurisdiction, focus resources where they matter, and communicate clearly with the public.
Needs
Consistent, comparable data across the lakes you manage.
Concerns
Reactive spending, public complaints, gaps in reporting.
Goals
Defensible priorities and resident trust.
Start free. Upgrade only if you need more.
Member
Free
always
“I want to know what's going on.”
See your lake, follow what's happening, and learn the vocabulary before you spend anything.
- Your lake's status, alerts, and activity
- The Lake Pulse app
- Field notes and photos from the community
- Ask Lake Pulse for help (general answers)
Basic
$12
per year, per lake
“I'm the one who notices things.”
Pull the records your lake already has into one shared record and see how the seasons compare.
- Everything in Member
- Your lake's existing data, gathered in one place
- Season-over-season views
- Location-level detail, not one lake-wide grade
Plus
$365
per year, per lake
“I'm collecting data, not just reading it.”
For people running tests and monitoring gear who want results to land somewhere useful.
- Everything in Basic
- Toolbox results sync into Documents & Reports
- Trend and trajectory analysis, plus exports
- The Boathouse — limnologists you can ask
Lake Admin
$3,650
per year, per lake
“I'm accountable for the lake's whole record.”
One subscription that carries the lake profile, the contributors, and everything that gets reported out.
- Everything in Plus
- Maintain the lake profile and monitoring locations
- Coordinate contributors and reporting
- Board- and agency-ready outputs
PRO
Custom
per year, per portfolio
“I'm responsible for many waterbodies at once.”
For counties, agencies, consultants, and nonprofits tracking 5, 50, or 500 lakes under one agreement.
- Everything in Lake Admin
- Portfolio view across all followed lakes
- Cross-lake comparison and bulk export
- Delegated Lake Admins and shared reporting