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Automated Water Quality Monitoring for Lakes & Ponds

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Communities, municipalities, golf courses, public lands, and private landowners can leverage the power of automation with AI-driven water quality testing. With KETOS, your water body can remain more resilient and healthy.
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Defend Against Contamination



Maintain Water Ecosystems



Ensure Water Quality Over Time



Balance Best Practices With Digital Water Technology for Water Transparency

Lab-Accurate, Real-Time Results

Gain lab-level insights right on-site to manage water quality in real-time.

Predictive/Prescriptive Insights

Follow historical trends and predict water quality fluctuations with our powerful AI to move from reactive to proactive.

Threshold Alerts

Get notified the moment any one of your parameters shift beyond your own customizable thresholds.

35+ Parameter Monitoring

Monitor for 35+ parameters under one convenient, low-cost device.

Zero Maintenance + Self Calibrating

Devices are self-cleaning and self-calibrating with regular KETOS-managed maintenance to ensure seamless testing 24/7.

Modular Design

Place KETOS devices strategically to gain a 360-degree view of your water body.

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Revolutionizing Water Quality Monitoring with KETOS

Discover how KETOS empowered local authorities in Mexico to restore a vital lake ecosystem with real-time data and predictive analytics. By replacing manual testing with automated solutions, they achieved improved water quality, enhanced agricultural sustainability, and proactive lake restoration strategies.

KETOS for Lake & Pond Management

Labor Savings

  • Removes the need for manual sampling or third-party lab analysis
  • Automates testing across operations to eliminate human intervention
  • One solution monitors 35+ parameters simultaneously
  • KETOS handles calibration and maintenance for a low monthly fee
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Process Efficiency

  • Remove time-intensive human intervention with automation
  • Get lab-accurate results with zero risk of human error on every sample
  • Gain the power to act in real time as issues arise
  • Centralize data for reduced administrative and reporting overhead

Data-Driven Water Management

  • Understand usage to find areas to improve water quality
  • Understand water health for improved management capabilities
  • Protect ecosystems and maintain balance
  • Monitor water quality over time and make decisions based on real-time readings
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Why You Need Automation to Effectively Manage Your Lake or Pond’s Water Quality

Monitoring water quality in lakes and ponds is essential for ecosystem health, public safety, and resource management. These bodies of water support diverse ecosystems, and regular monitoring helps detect changes in pH, oxygen, and nutrient levels that sustain aquatic life. Without monitoring, issues like algal blooms and fish kills can disrupt these environments.

Lakes and ponds often serve as drinking water sources. Monitoring helps ensure they meet health standards, remaining free of contaminants like bacteria and chemicals. These water bodies are also popular for recreation, and clean water supports safe swimming, fishing, and boating.

Because lakes and ponds can connect to creeks and streams, or rely on surface water runoff, they may face contamination risks, especially in agricultural areas. Runoff can introduce excess nutrients, causing rapid algae growth that depletes oxygen and harms aquatic life. Monitoring nutrient and oxygen levels allows for timely interventions to protect water quality and ecosystem balance.

But monitoring of lakes and ponds has historically been expensive and time-consuming. Manual efforts are often used to gather water samples that must be sent to third-party labs for analysis. This delay between gathering samples and getting results can allow issues to compound.

Automation is helping make lake and pond water management easier while driving down costs. With devices on-site, operating 24/7, samples can be pulled and tested at a regular cadence for pennies on the dollar. This ongoing collection of data and analysis also allows lake and pond management officials to spot trends in water quality and act in real-time to lab-accurate readings for more streamlined management of water bodies.

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