PlantCheck
Turnaround: Kits ship after checkout. Photo identifications are returned within 5 business days of receiving your email. eDNA results post as the lab completes its analysis.
$1,000
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ClarityCheck
Find out why the water got cloudy.
$1,450
Checkout arrives with the store connection. Orders attach to the lake on your account.
Overview
ClarityCheck tells you why your lake lost clarity. Algae and suspended sediment look alike from the dock and call for different responses. ClarityCheck measures both at two locations, adds phosphorus to show what feeds the algae, and sets it against ten years of satellite-derived sediment history. Click, pay, and the kits ship. No call required.
What you get & how it's made
6 components
- Value type
- Not published
| Component | Learn more |
|---|---|
| Chlorophyll-a test: 2 kits, 2 locations | Click here to learn more |
| TSS & turbidity test: 2 kits, 2 locations | Click here to learn more |
| Total phosphorus test: 2 kits, 2 locations | Click here to learn more |
| Secchi disk | Click here to learn more |
| Satellite-derived sediment history: 10 years | Click here to learn more |
| Satellite Snapshot of current conditions | Click here to learn more |
You get
- Chlorophyll-a test: 2 kits, 2 locations
- TSS & turbidity test: 2 kits, 2 locations
- Total phosphorus test: 2 kits, 2 locations
- Secchi disk
- Satellite-derived sediment history: 10 years
- Satellite Snapshot of current conditions
Product category
- CombinationKit with multiple items
- Availability
- Shipping
Flat-rate to your front door. Shipping details
- SKU
LP-BH-BUNDLE-007
Turnaround
Kits ship after checkout. The satellite snapshot posts within 3 business days and the sediment history within 15. Lab results post as each lab completes its analysis.
What problem does this solve for our lake?
- Why has the water lost clarity, and is it new?
- Lost clarity usually has one of three causes: algae, suspended sediment, or dissolved color. Each points to a different source and a different fix.
- ClarityCheck measures algae (chlorophyll-a) against sediment (TSS and turbidity) at the cloudiest spot and a clearer reference spot, with phosphorus to show what is feeding the algae. The satellite history shows whether the loss is recent or long-running.
What's included
Chlorophyll-a Test2 kits, 2 locations
The direct measure of how much algae your lake is actually growing.
Measures: Chlorophyll-a
TSS & Turbidity Test2 kits, 2 locations
Both clarity measurements together — how much material is in the water, and how much it matters.
Measures: Total Suspended Solids (TSS), Turbidity
Total Phosphorus Test2 kits, 2 locations
The single most predictive number in lake management, for $52.
Measures: Total Phosphorus
The oldest measurement in limnology, and still one of the most useful.
Measures: Water clarity (Secchi depth)
Satellite-derived sediment history10 years
Satellite imagery (Sentinel-2, Landsat for earlier years), processed by Lake Pulse; aerial base image from NAIP
A current 10 m satellite view of bloom and sediment across your lake, or the part you draw.
Maps: Bloom index, Turbidity/sediment index
- Prepaid return shipping and cold packs for every lab kit
- All results load to your lake portal
See each product for methods, detection limits, and turnaround.
What's not included
- Dissolved color testing. If algae and sediment both come back low, color is the likely cause. Contact the Boathouse.
- Sample collection. You collect with the kits provided. Boathouse field collection is available separately.
- A call with the Boathouse. Add a 30-minute call (0.5 credit) at checkout for $75.
- Treatment, removal, or applicator services, or advice on which treatment to use. The Boathouse helps you collect and interpret data; it does not recommend treatments.
Requirements
- A Lake Pulse account at any tier. On Plus and Lake Admin, results load to your lake's portal; on Member and Basic, they are emailed to you.
- Access to two sampling locations, from a dock, shoreline, or boat
- A freezer or refrigerator for the samples until you ship them
- Satellite components need a lake of about 25 acres or more.
- Questions before you order? Contact the Boathouse.
What you get back
Results
- Chlorophyll-a, TSS, turbidity, and total phosphorus at two locations
- A side-by-side read of algae against sediment
- Ten years of satellite-derived sediment history
- A current satellite snapshot of the lake
- Everything loads to your lake portal on Plus and Lake Admin, or arrives by email on Member and Basic
Pro tips
- Sample the cloudiest spot and a spot that still looks clear, on the same day.
- High chlorophyll-a with low TSS points to algae. High TSS with low chlorophyll-a points to sediment.
- Take a Secchi reading at both spots on sampling day, then weekly after that.
- Sample after a calm spell and again after a storm if you can. Sediment clouding follows wind and runoff.
Results load to your lake's portal on Plus and Lake Admin; on Member and Basic, they are emailed to you.
Compare subscriptionsAbout these results
Every result shows the date and time the sample was collected. Results reflect one sample, collected at a specific place and depth, and analyzed by an independent accredited laboratory using the method listed on this page. Lake conditions change across a lake and over time, sometimes within hours, in ways a single sample may not capture. Every method has detection and reporting limits; where the laboratory provides them, they are reported with your results. A detection is not a diagnosis, and a non-detection does not prove absence. Results are not a regulatory or compliance determination unless the agency involved accepts them as one. Results can help you make decisions about safe swimming and water use, but no result is definitive for every place and time. It is always good practice to check posted signs and your state or local health authorities. Recommendations are options to consider; decisions, and responsibility for any action taken, rest with you.
Every reading and observation shows the date it was collected. Field values are made by you or your members, at the place and time recorded, and depend on the instrument, the observer, light, weather, and technique. They are not laboratory analyses. Observations, such as Lake Tag presses or microscope sightings, are reports, not verified identifications. Lake Pulse records what is submitted; it does not independently verify each entry.
Every image shows the date it was captured. Satellite products are derived from reflected light recorded as a satellite passes over your lake. Values are relative indices, not laboratory concentrations, and cannot identify an organism, a toxin, or a pollutant. Cloud, haze, sun glint, shallow water, and shoreline effects can distort or hide the signal, and small lakes, narrow arms, and coves may fall below the image resolution. Conditions can change within hours of a pass. The absence of a detected bloom does not mean the water is safe.
Blooms move, and toxin production can change quickly. A low or non-detected result applies only to the water sampled. The absence of a detected bloom or toxin does not mean the water is safe.
Lake Pulse reports measurements. It does not score, rate, rank or forecast lakes or properties. See something wrong? Request a correction →
Questions on this?
Our team can help you choose the right solution for your lake, explain how results sync to your Portal, or point you to the right subscription.
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