Turbidity & suspended solids instrumentation, historically based in Port Townsend, WA Product line now supported through Campbell Scientific, Inc.
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D & A Instruments
Turbidity monitors & water-quality instrumentation

Turbidity Monitors & Suspended Solids Instrumentation

Sensors and hydrology systems for dredging, research, defense, and OEM applications.

D & A Instruments designed and manufactured turbidity monitors, suspended solids sensors, hydrology systems, water-quality instrumentation, and ground water profilers for the dredging industry, research organizations, defense agencies, and OEM manufacturers. The company's product line is now supported through Campbell Scientific, Inc.

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Instrumentation for Sediment & Water Quality

The company's equipment line included turbidity sensors, suspended solids monitors, hydrology systems, and ground water profilers, built for use in dredging plume monitoring, environmental research, and defense-related applications. Products such as the Zebra Wiper supported ongoing maintenance of optical sensors deployed in harsh marine and freshwater environments.

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Optical Sensing Technology

D & A Instruments' equipment used optical backscatter and transmission-based measurement principles, designed for reliable operation in harsh marine and freshwater conditions. This approach underpinned the turbidity and suspended-solids monitoring instruments supplied across the company's target markets.

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Applications

Instruments from D & A Instruments served a range of sediment and water-quality monitoring needs:

Dredging

Plume monitoring and compliance measurement for the dredging industry.

Research

Hydrology studies and environmental research relying on sediment and turbidity data.

Defense & OEM

Applications for defense agencies and custom integration for OEM manufacturers.

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Glossary & Terminology

The site's glossary explained terminology used across turbidity and water-quality measurement, including definitions of turbidity, NTU, suspended solids, optical measurement terms, and hydrology/sediment-transport vocabulary.

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Company Background

D & A Instrument Company was based at 40-A Seton Road, Port Townsend, WA 98368, with John Downing as President. The original site was built circa 1999. Campbell Scientific, Inc. later purchased D & A Instruments; contact for the product line moved to Campbell Scientific's Logan, Utah offices, with Boyd Bringhurst serving as Product Manager.

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Campbell Scientific, Inc.815 W 1800 N, Logan, UT 84321-1784 U.S.A.
Phone / Fax(435) 753-2342 / (435) 750-9540
Emailinfo@d-a-instruments.com
Product ManagerBoyd Bringhurst — boyd@d-a-instruments.com

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Historical company details reflect the original D & A Instrument Company; the product line and current contact points are maintained under Campbell Scientific, Inc.