Vetaclear Water Monitoring Locations
Chicago River North Branch Monitoring Station (Wild Mile)
Status: Active
Equipment: In-Situ Aqua Troll 400
Monitoring station in the North Branch of the Chicago River in collaboration with Urban Rivers at the Wild Mile
Chicago River South Branch Monitoring Station (Bubbly Creek)
Status: Coming Soon (ETA Spring 2026)
Equipment: In-Situ Aqua Troll 600
DO, pH, ORP, Turbidity, Conductivity, Temperature, & Chlorophyll Monitoring station in the South Branch of the Chicago River on Urban Rivers’ Floating Islands in Bubbly Creek.
Wild Mile II Trial Data Run
Status: Trial Run
Equipment: In-Situ Aqua Troll 600
DO, pH, ORP, Turbidity, Conductivity, and Temperature Monitoring station trial run on the Wild Mile in the North Branch of the Chicago River on Urban Rivers’ Floating Islands. This was to do a trial run on the AT600’s sensors and also cross-check data with the Wild Mile 1 deployment above. Data is also available on HydroVu under Wild Mile 2.
River Park
Status: Coming Soon (ETA Spring 2026)
Equipment: In-Situ RDO Blue
DO + Temp monitoring on Urban Rivers’ River Park islands at the confluence of the North Branch of the Chicago River and canal.
Prologis
Status: Coming Soon (ETA Spring 2026)
Equipment: In-Situ RDO Blue
DO and Temperature monitoring on the Chicago River South Branch near industrial usage
Wilmette
Status: Coming Soon (ETA Spring 2026)
Equipment: In-Situ RDO Blue
DO and Temperature monitoring on the Chicago River North Branch Lake Michigan Inlet
Photo: By IvoShandor – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28133348
Riverwalk
Status: Coming Soon (ETA Spring 2026)
Equipment: In-Situ RDO
DO and Temperature monitoring on the Chicago River Main Branch Riverwalk gardens
Western Connecticut Monitoring Project
Status: Coming Soon (ETA Spring 2026)
Equipment: RDO Blue + Aqua Troll 200 (C/T)
Monitoring station in Western Connecticut. Data will be on Mathworks Thingspeak.
Suburban Chicago Lake Monitoring
Status: Active
Equipment: In Situ Aqua Troll
Monitoring station in several suburban lakes
Lake Okeechobee Monitoring Project
Status: Inactive
Equipment: In-Situ Aqua Troll
Lake Okeechobee is Florida’s largest lake, and is used by many industries, from municipalities and industry to personal uses such as recreation and as a habitat for wildlife. It is becoming increasing affected by leaching, which affects personal uses such as fishing and safety in its waters. Lately, Lake Okeechobee has seen it discharge toxic algae that eventually brings way to red tide, which is a major issue in Florida and an extreme detriment to human and marine health.