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For municipalities, counties & agencies

Your lake's record between sampling events.

Keep every lake you're responsible for on a dated, sourced record that outlasts staff and budgets.

We get you.

Agencies, municipalities, and reservoir operators manage more water than they can sample. Lake Pulse helps you see more of it and show your work.

“Our sampling can't be everywhere.”

The challenge: Staff and budgets allow a handful of samples a season, and conditions change in between.

How we help: Satellite views, sensor feeds, and community reports add dated data between sampling rounds, alongside your own program.

“Residents want answers now.”

The challenge: Calls and emails spike every time the water looks off.

How we help: One shared record with dated conditions and your advisories, so you can point residents to the facts and spend less staff time on the phones.

“Was that money well spent?”

The worry: Public funds went into remediation, and critics say nothing improved.

How we help: Before-and-after measurements with fixed methods show the result, whichever way it went.

Your report goes to voters and ratepayers.

Council meetings, public comment, legislative briefings, and ratepayer questions all call for clear evidence. Lake Pulse turns monitoring into a record you can present: dated, sourced, and open about its methods.

It's not all bad news.

When a lake is doing well, when a restoration project works, or when conditions are improving, Lake Pulse gives you a credible, evidence-based platform to share it. Good news backed by dated measurements and open methods is good news people believe. Show the public where its investment is working.

Subscriptions for government teams

Every tier, in order, marked by how well it fits government teams. Start as a Member and move up only if you need more.

  1. Also common

    Member

    No charge

    always

    Follow your lake at no charge. See its Snapshot, what's happening, and what your neighbors are contributing — in the app and on the portal.

    • View the Snapshot, status updates, alerts, and project overviews*
    • View photos and field notes from others
    • Read-only
  2. Also common

    Basic

    $12

    per year, per lake

    Member, plus contributions. Add what you see and join the conversation.

    • Everything in Member
    • Add your own photos and field notes, and comment on others'
  3. Most chosen by government teams

    Plus

    $365

    per year, per lake

    View the full record, upload documents and reports, and talk with the Boathouse. Other record editing starts at PRO.

    Includes a 30-min intro call
    • Boathouse access: 30-min intro call included; more time available as credits in the Toolbox
    • Everything in Basic
    • View the full Library and lake record (no editing)
    • Toolbox results sync to Documents & Reports in your lake's Portal
    • Upload documents and reports
    • View Flora & Fauna
    • View the Real-Time Monitoring hub and Locations hub (no editing)
  4. Extends Lake AdminMost chosen by government teams

    PRO

    Included with the Lake Admin's subscription

    For the consultant your lake admin brings in. One lake or many — multi-lake portfolios from $10,000/yr.

    • Everything in Plus
    • Trends
    • Lake Index
    • Edit the Library and lake record
    • Cannot publish status updates or alerts
  5. Most chosen by government teams

    Lake Admin

    $3,650

    per year, per lake

    See and edit everything, and publish. The record keeper for the whole lake.

    Includes a 60-min intro call
    • 60-minute Boathouse onboarding call
    • 6 Boathouse credits a year (one credit = one hour)
    • 2 Plus subscriptions and 1 PRO subscription
    • Everything in PRO
    • Full view and edit access across the portal and app
    • Publish status updates and alerts

Questions from government teams

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Lake Pulse for Government

Episodic sampling, your lake's record.

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