Selecting your water quality field instrument

1:58 – Types of field instruments
6:53 – Question 1: What is your application?
13:51 – Question 2: What parameters do you need to measure?
21:47 – Question 3: What are the environmental challenges?
32:09 – Question 4: What are your data requirements?
37:00 – Question 5: What is your budget and maintenance capability?
42:58 – Webinar recap
44:02 – Q&A

How to pick the instrument that's right for you

Our experts are here to guide you through the five key questions that will help you select a water quality field instrument. We’ll walk through important things to consider—your application, the characteristics of the environment and water, target parameters and methods, how the data will be used, and more. After the webinar, our experts will be available to answer your questions live.

In this webinar, we will:

  • Guide you through key questions to ask when selecting a water quality field instrument
  • Review essential features to look for
  • Recommend equipment for example applications

Who should attend:

  • Water quality scientists, managers, engineers, and consultants
  • New environmental researchers or those looking for a refresher
  • Anyone looking to expand their monitoring applications

Meet the Experts:

environmental applications engineer

Catie Marchand
Environmental Solutions Application Engineer

Catie Marchand joined Xylem in 2021 as a sales representative and has been in the Applications Engineer role since 2022. At Xylem, she collaborates with the R&D teams and product managers on advancements to our technologies and creating resources for customers. She also supports testing and validating instrument design with her field expertise and customer focus. She is a technical expert in the field, and you can often find her at tradeshows and conferences.

Before working at Xylem, Catie spent five years with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality in watershed management and water quality monitoring of Arizona’s rivers, lakes, and streams. She has a B.S. in Environmental Microbiology from the University of Arizona and is at home in the field and lab.

water instrumentation sales respresentative

Diego Davis
Environmental Sales Manager

Diego Davis joined Xylem in 2014 as a Sales Representative and has served as the Western U.S. Sales Manager since 2020. He supports surface water and coastal hydrology projects across the region, providing training and application expertise for YSI and SonTek equipment.

Diego holds a degree in Earth Science from the University of California, San Diego. Before joining Xylem, he spent three years at HydroScientific West as an Environmental Scientist and Technician, specializing in continuous flow, level, and water quality monitoring, as well as telemetry and SCADA applications.

water instrumentation sales respresentative

Nate Christopher
Marketing Communications Manager

Nate Christopher joined Xylem in 2017 in a marketing communications role for some of Xylem’s leading brands including the YSI EXO and Pro Series. He creates product guides, how-to videos, and customer training events. He has a B.F.A. in Visual Communication Design from the University of Dayton.

water instrumentation sales respresentative

Kyle Just
Marketing Communications Specialist

Kyle Just joined Xylem in 2022 as a marketing communications specialist. He is responsible for creating product guides, videos, and events for YSI and other Xylem brands. He holds a BS in Computer Graphics Technology from the Purdue School of Engineering & Technology.

What are people saying about YSI webinars?

Info sessions like this are great for our new employees. We have some that do not get to handle equipment as often as others, so refresher presentations are helpful for us.
- Webinar attendee

Thank you. These webinars are very important to refresh our knowledge about using and maintaining equipment.
- Webinar attendee