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Visit us at the Ocean Optics in Ghent 13-18 September!
We are looking forward to see you (again) at the 2026 Ocean Optics Conference from The Oceanography Society in Ghent (BE) between 13 and 18 September!
At the previous editions we attended we have launched our optical above-water spectral water quality instruments WISP-3 (2012), WISPstation (2018) and WISP Orca (2024).
This year in Ghent, we can already share one thing: we’re not launching a new instrument. Instead, we’ll be working on that within the HEU OASIS Project, so come and see our poster! This Ocean Optics Conference is special for us because it marks the finale of our anniversary year celebrating 20 years of Water Insight, and we’ll be there with not one, not two, but three team members: Annelies Hommersom, Semhar Ghezehegn and Marnix Laanen!
Don't forget to visit us at our booth 12. We’ll have a very limited-edition goodie bag waiting for you, while supplies last. See you in Ghent!
Instruments
Fixed position or handheld optical ecological water quality instruments
WISPstation
A difgital instrument for water quality
High frequency measurements for more insight in the ecological status, bathing water information and a coupling with new techniques such as monitoring with satellites.... Where do you want to go with your water quality monitoring? The WISPstation optical measurement station does all of these.
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WISP Orca
Never miss a measurement with the Orca!
The WISP Orca is an agile and user-friendly instrument, designed for fast and precise optical ecological water quality measurements (chlorophyll, cyanobacteria, turbidity, etc) and for calibration/validation of satellite data. Building on the robust experience of our well known WISP-3 (retired) and WISPstation, the WISP Orca incorporates several significant improvements.
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Solutions
We provide solutions for Research, Water Management, Aquaculture and Dredging
Cyanobacteria and (harmful) algal blooms
Our first project at Water Insight was about mapping HABs in the North Sea and 20 years later we are still providing algal bloom information services.
These services are about inland water cyanobacterial blooms and about Red Tides, Phaeocystis and other nuisance species at sea. Where applicable, we can provide a potential bloom warning service based on the occurence of upwelling processes.
Our latest EU LIFE project CYANOBLOOM aims to demonstrate a solution for early detection of toxic cyanobacteria blooms in public water supply reservoirs through a combination of remote monitoring (i.e by means of data retrieved from public and private satellites) and on-site measurements (i.e hyperspectral field measurements with genetic analysis of collected samples).
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Aquaculture and fisheries
Water Insight is supporting the Dutch aquaculture sector for many years with Earth Observation information in projects and commercial services.
Aquaculture and fisheries companies are currently making the transition from experience based to data driven decision making. We provide ecological status maps, including for instance Primary Production information. Together with our partners, we also work on shellfish growth models.
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Aquatic vegetation mapping
For a number of Water Boards in the Netherlands we provide aquatic vegetation mapping services based on Earth Observation data, usually VHR data from the Satellietdataportaal. Using machine learning AI models different vegetation classes can be identified.
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Dredging monitoring
Monitoring dredging plumes using Earth Observation data has recently gained interest as a cost-effective way for dredging projects to check their compliance to environmental restrictions.
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Ammon project
AMMON (Autonomous Monitoring for Multi-use on the North Sea) is an innovation project aimed at transforming how offshore activities are monitored. By developing autonomous monitoring systems, it reduces the reliance on traditional vessels, lowering both operational costs and emissions.
AMMON is supported by Kansen for West, and ‘Co-funded by the European Union’. Read more about this project on the website of the European Seaweed Association (formerly the North Sea Farmers).
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