Dakota Technologies, Inc. software

Dakota has developed the Tar-specific Green Optical Screening Tool or TarGOST®. TarGOST was developed exclusively for detection of coal tars, creosotes, heavy crudes, and tank bottoms. Following a comprehensive spectroscopic study of coal tar behavior, Dakota created this method which results in a monotonic response for coal tars on a variety of soils. Lab tests of TarGOST indicate the system is ideally suited for delineating the NAPL contaminated zones or source term at former manufactured gas plants (MGPs) and wood treating facilities.

The Optical Screening Tool Data Acquisition & Display Software (OST) was developed by Dakota to be an intuitive and powerful tool for the collection and manipulation of data from our optical screening tools. Built for use on a Windows operating system, the software handles all communication with our instruments. The user is able interface with the data, including generating log images and advanced batch processes. Like our instruments, our software shows that Dakota has been in the field for years and we know what makes working easy and what makes it hard.