Ecohydrology lab equipment

Fill in the request form below for the lab facilities and equipment you are requesting to rent. We will respond with a quote based on your submission. For questions, please contact Stephanie Slowinski (seslowinski@uwaterloo.ca).

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Note: All prices are in Canadian dollars (CAD$). For more details on our rental policies and how we set our pricing, please see Our policies and FAQs page.

Ecohydrology lab equipment and rental fees

Experimental systems

Equipment

Used for

Fee

Flow through reactors of various sizes

Biogeochemical kinetics

$25 per day/per reactor

Experimental column systems of various sizes

Biogeochemical kinetics

$35 per day/per column

Benchtop peristaltic pumps                             

  

$12 per day

MicroRespTM system

CO2 production rates from soils and water

$100 per day, including use of multi-mode reader and gas chromatograph for measurement and calibration

Automated Soil CO2 Flux System (LI-COR LI-8100)

CO2 concentrations and emission fluxes from soil, water surfaces

$135 per day

CO2 and CH4 Infrared Analyzer (LI-COR LI-7810)

CO2 and CH4 concentrations and emission fluxes from soil, water surfaces

$135 per day

Freeze-thaw Soil Column System

Cold region soil processes

$35 per day per column

Bioreactors (Applikon Biotechnology)

Biogeochemical kinetics

$35 per day per column

  
Temperature-controlled chamber(s) For conducting temperature controlled experiments.
More information about temperature-controlled chambers available:
https://uwaterloo.ca/ecohydrology/facilities/lab-facilities/critical-zone-experimental-laboratory-czoex		 $125 per day
Anaerobic chamber(s) For conducting anoxic/anaerobic experiments and analyses $125 per day
 

Other equipment

Equipment

Used for

Fee

Multi-mode well plate reader (Flex Station 3, Molecular Devices)

Automated well plate reader: can be used to measure fluorescence, absorbance, or luminescence

$125 per day

UV-Visible Spectrophotometer (Thermo Evolution 260)

For measuring absorbance of aqueous samples (wavelength range: 190 to 1100 nm)

$100 per day

Multimeter probes (ThermoScientific Orion VersaStar)

Probes for:

  • pH
  • Eh/ORP (redox potential)
  • Electrical conductivity
  • Temperature
  • Dissolved oxygen

$100 per day

Autoclave (Tuttnauer model 3850E Electronic Tabletop)

For sterilizing microbial cultures, soils and sediments

 $100 per day

Weigh scales (Mettler Toledo New Classic MF)

For weighing aqueous solutions, soils, and sediments

 $100 per day

Analytical balance (Mettler Toledo XS205 Dual Range)

For weighing aqueous solutions, soils, and sediments

$100 per day

Oven (ThermoScientific Heratherm)

For drying soils and sediments

$100 per day 

Centrifuge (ThermoScientific Sorvall ST16R)

For separating soils and sediments from aqueous solutions

 $100 per day 

Portable Lab Spectral Induced Polarized (PSIP) Instrument (Ontash & Ermac)

Specialized geophysical technique: Measures spectral induced polarization (SIP) response of porous media and materials in porous media (e.g., microbial cells, microplastic particles)

$300 per day

Titrator (Metrohm 907 Titrando)

Particle analysis (particle surface charge properties)

$200 per day

Stereomicroscope (Leica EZ4 stereomicroscope)

Particle, solid phase analysis (microplastics)

$110 per day
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