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Price Quote Automation

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Price Quote Automation   "As technology advances, it reverses the characteristics of  every situation again and again. The age of automation is going  to be the age of 'do it yourself.'" -Marshall McLuhan   It's common for companies to develop taglines or slogans to convey a message or an image to potential clients. A tagline that our company uses to convey the message we want our potential clients to receive about our services is the term "data automation" .  We use the term data automation because it best describes our services. With just a few clicks, users are able to upload and convert that data into infographics used to convey the location, severity, and trends of contamination at their site. We do this by creating graphs, tables, maps, charts, contour maps, and other images in a matter of seconds. A while back a client called me and asked for a sampling cost proposal he needed for a competitive bid he was preparing

A Preview - The In-Situ Aqua TROLL 600 Multi-Meter

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A Preview - The In-Situ Aqua TROLL 600 Multi-Meter   "It doesn't matter if the glass is half full or half empty  if you think you can make a better glass." - Unknown   If you've been reading my newsletters over the years you'll know periodically we review various environmental equipment for environmental sampling.  We've reviewed most of the popular water quality multi-meters on the market. Back in 2014 we reviewed In-Situ's SmarTroll. I concluded at the time that, although it did not meet everything I could wish for in a meter, it was a very good meter and at the time my favorite meter. You can review that article  here . Things have changed, and I now have a  new favorite meter. It's the  Aqua TROLL 600 meter , also made by In-Situ. Last month we took advantage of In-Situ's "try before you buy" demo program. They told us this would be an "early demo" because although the multi-meter itself was complete in its fi