Total Suspended Solids Monitoring
TSS Monitoring supplies:
A typical TSS citizen monitoring test kit for the field work includes a hand held operated vacuum pump, filter holder and receiver, glass fiber filters, water collecting graduated cylinders, forceps, and sterilized Petri dishes; and for the laboratory work aluminum weighing dishes, a drying oven and a analytic balance. These supplies can be obtained from different suppliers or constructed with local low cost materials. Below are contact information of suppliers contacted at some point by GWW to purchase some of the stream biomonitoring supplies.
| Vacuum Pumps Hand-operated vacuum pump (Cat. 6133-0010) Fisher Scientific Company www.FisherScientific.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hand-operated vacuum pump (SKU Z248134-1EA) Sigma-Aldrich Company www.sigmaaldrich.com | ±$310.00* Phone: 800-766-7000 Fax: 800-926-1166 ~±$270.00* Phone: 800-325-3010 Fax: 800-325-5052 |
| Filter Holder with Receiver Filter Holder with Receiver 1000mL (Cat. 300-4100) Fisher Scientific Company www.FisherScientific.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Millipore® Sterifil® filtration system (SKU Z355461-1EA) Sigma-Aldrich Company www.sigmaaldrich.com | ±$350.00* Phone: 800-766-7000 Fax: 800-926-1166 ~±$110.00* Phone: 800-325-3010 Fax: 800-325-5052 |
| Filters Glass Fiber Filters, 47mm, 100/pack (Cat. AP4004700) Fisher Scientific Company www.FisherScientific.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Glass Fiber Filters, 47mm, 100/pack (SKU 29-1065) Wildco Company www.wildco.com | ±$50.00* Phone: 800-766-7000 Fax: 800-926-1166 ~±$50.00* Phone: 800-799-8301 Fax: 800-799-8115 |
| Forceps Forceps (4-½” fine points, serrated tips) eNasco Company www.enasco.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Swiss Style Forceps (4-½” various styles) Bioquip Company www.bioquip.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Forceps, entomological ~ curved (SKU 7905-T10) Wildco Company www.wildco.com | ±$1.00* Phone: 800-558-9595 Fax: 920-563-8296 ~±$5.00* Phone: 310-667-8800 Fax: 310-667-8808 ~±$5.00* Phone: 800-799-8301 Fax: 800-799-8115 |
| Aluminum weighing Dishes Fisherbrand Aluminum Weighing Dishes (Cat. 08-732-101) Fisher Scientific Company www.FisherScientific.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Disposable Aluminum Dishes (Z154865-100EA) Sigma-Aldrich Company www.sigmaaldrich.com | $±50.00* (144 pack) Phone: 800-799-8301 Fax: 800-799-8115 ~±$40.00* (100 pack) Phone: 800-325-3010 Fax: 800-325-5052 |
| Disposable Petri Dishes Fisherbrand Disposable Petri Dishes (Cat. 08-757-13A) Fisher Scientific Company www.FisherScientific.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sterile Disposable Petri Dishes (18-V-7099) Ward’s Natural Science Company www.wardsci.com | $±200.00* (500 case) Phone: 800-799-8301 Fax: 800-799-8115 ~±$7.00* (20 pack) Phone: 800-962-2660 Fax: 800-325-5052 |
| Graduated Cylinders Polymethylpentene Cylinder, 250 mL (Cat. 08-572-5E) Fisher Scientific Company www.FisherScientific.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Polymethylpentene Graduated, 250 mL (18-V-1753) Ward’s Natural Science Company www.wardsci.com | $±45.00* Phone: 800-799-8301 Fax: 800-799-8115 ~±$12.00* Phone: 800-962-2660 Fax: 800-325-5052 |
* Contact listed company to get updated price listing for any equipment. There are multiple resources for many of these materials so for the best deals, try searching on the web.