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Company Overview

Water Monitoring Solutions, Inc. (WMS) operates from three locations in Texas allowing for rapid response to climate and flow biased sampling conditions. We have offices in San Antonio, Austin and the Dallas metro area. All locations manage and support programs throughout the state providing logistics and technical support to public and private entities committed to the preservation of the state’s natural resources.

WMS is a proud member of the San Antonio River Basin Monitoring Network - a public/private partnership that operates continuous water quality monitoring stations in the San Antonio River Basin. The SARBMN received the Texas Environmental Excellence Award provided through the Office of the Governor.

On June 17, 2011, WMS's application for a Texas Parks and Wildlife Scientific Collection Permit was approved. Under this permit, WMS staff are authorized to collect fish (marine and freshwater); insects (aquatic and terrestrial); and invertebrates (excluding freshwater mussels). Listings include species listed by TPWD as threatened or endangered. Collection may be conducted via electroshock (backpack, tote barge, boat-mouted), seine, minnow traps, benthic kicknet, D-shaped dipnet, Surber sampler, and Ekman dredge. These provisions are easily amendable and extend throughout the state of Texas.

Key Staff Members

The key WMS staff has over 70 years of combined field experience and sample collection. Our seasoned staff is knowledgeable of all USEPA and TCEQ physicochemical, biological, andhydrological monitoring protocols. Our staff has extensive experience in the areas of advanced environmental impact assessment, biological assessments and contaminants investigations dealing with impacts to natural resources throughout the state. Past work experience includes areas of water quality related to human health, biological communities, habitat degradation, erosion, in-stream flows, and algal community behavior. Additionally, WMS staff has experience with storm water, industrial waste-water, hazardous and toxic solid waste, and drinking water monitoring, collection, and compliance. Members of WMS have served as advisors on numerous committees involved in water related issues in many of the basins throughout the State of Texas.

Field Services

HYDROLOGICAL:

Instantaneous discharge measurements using acoustic doppler instruments during periods of ambient and stormwater conditions
Install, program and operate acoustic Doppler instruments for continuous flow monitoring systems
Rating curve development
Bathymetric survey
Continuous water level measurement and discharge calculation

CHEMICAL:

Collection, handling, and preservation of surface, groundwater and sediment samples for:

Convention Parameters

Organics

Total Metals

Semi-volatile organics

Dissolved Metals

Volatile organics

Pesticides

Bacteria

PHYSICAL:

Collection of field data including:

Instantaneous & Diel water quality
Intensive Monitoring Surveys (IMS)
Use Attainability Analysis (UAA)
Receiving Water Assessments (RWA)
Habitat Assessments
Environmental Impact Assessments
Phase I ESA’s
Contaminants Investigation
Fish Kill Investigation
Aquatic Life Monitoring (ALM)
Aquatic and Riparian Habitat Assessments
Installation, operation and maintenance of continuous monitoring stations with Real-Time communications capabilities
Calibration, maintenance and operation of multiparameter water quality sondes

BIOLOGICAL/BACTERIOLOGICAL/ALGAL:

Organism collection, preservation, and identification:

Rapid Bioassessments (RBA) through collection of benthic macro-invertebrates
Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) using fish as biological water quality indicators
Collection and preservation of fish tissue
Collection, preservation and enumeration of E. coli. and Fecal coliform
Experienced using back-pack electro-shockers, boat mounted electro-shockers, gill nets and various seine types for fish collection.
Experienced using surber samplers, Eckman dredge and D-frame nets (kick-nets) for benthic collection.
Taxonomic expertise for fish, benthic macroinvertebrates, aquatic plants, birds, mammals, reptiles, and herpetiles.

INSTRUMENTATION & FIELD SAMPLING EQUIPMENT

YSI Multiparameter Water Quality sondes with:

Dissolved Oxygen	Chlorophyll
Temperature	Turbidity
Conductivity	Rhodamine WT
pH/ORP	Blue Green Algae

RiverSurveyor M9 Acoustic Doppler Profiler with RTK GPS

A combination of multiple acoustic frequencies allows for continuous flow measurement from shallow-to-deep waters with a vertical beam providing precise channel definition, profiling, and bathymetry measurement.

Range: 0.25 – 25 meters

SonTek FlowTracker Acoustic Doppler Velocity Meters

Instantaneous flow measurement in wadeable streams

SonTek RiverCat (3.0 MHz) Acoustic Doppler Profiler

Instantaneous flow measurement in non-wadeable streams

Range: 0.25 – 6 meters

SonTek Argonaut SW

Continuous flow measurement in open channels including streams and pipes
Submersible Pressure/Temp Transducers/Data Loggers

± 0.2 – 0.5% accuracy
Non-Submersible Pressure Transducers, Data Loggers and Sensors

Up to 3 RS-232 serial ports, extended temp testing, multiple data logging functions, 4-20mA output, internal Flash memory for data storage, USB cables and more

“Smart Gas” System – H-3551

Self-Contained gas purge system for use with non-submersible pressure transducers

Self-Contained Continuous Flow Bubblers with Fully Integrated Pressure Sensor

For use with any DCP, includes SDI-12 and RS-232 cables

High Level Data Loggers with Data Acquisition Systems

Optional Data Acquisition System with touch screen display

Radar Measurement Systems for Water Level

SDI-12 Radar, Standard horn is 3” diameter, 4” horn optional), SDI-12 and RS-232 outputs at the unit, designed to run SDI-12 to Data Logger