High-Res Groundwater Monitoring Tracks its Success: Over 40 years ago, a former industrial site in the City of Guelph, Ontario, was contaminated by toluene; the chemical plume has since leached into the underlying fractured bedrock aquifer. Today, the site is home to a unique research project headed by the University of Guelph Morwick G360 Groundwater… Continue Reading »
Saldanha in the Western Cape of South Africa is a small port town on the northern shore of Saldanha Bay. The bay is a naturally sheltered harbour, making it ideal for exporting iron ore on massive ships. It serves the region’s base metal mines and a heavy minerals smelter, and is also the location of… Continue Reading »
Changes in legislation, combined with improved and lower cost sampling instrumentation, have encouraged consultants, researchers, and government agencies to obtain higher quality groundwater samples. No-purge, also known as passive or grab sampling, is one method that is gaining acceptance by many regulatory agencies for obtaining representative groundwater samples. The ITRC (Interstate Technology… Continue Reading »
Double Valve Pumps can provide high quality, representative groundwater samples. However, to get the best quality samples from your pump, it is critical to understand how the Double Valve Pump works and how to operate it properly. Double Valve Pump Operating Principles: When a Double Valve Pump is submerged, hydrostatic pressure… Continue Reading »
Students at the Indian Institute of Technology are undertaking a transient hydraulic tomography project using Solinst Pneumatic Packers for hydraulic tests. Continue Reading »
Since 1996, low flow sampling has become an increasingly approved method for obtaining high quality groundwater samples. Through the work of Puls and Barcelona, the US EPA released standard operating procedures for low flow sampling (EPA/540/S-95/504). Following such guidelines Continue Reading »
Solinst Bladder Pumps give defensible data due to consistent, high quality samples in all types of applications. They provide both time and cost savings. Continue Reading »
Spectrasens exclusive distributor of Solinst in the Netherlands, proposed Solinst CMT Multilevel Monitoring Systems to help gather high-resolution groundwater data in the Botlek region. Continue Reading »
A project manager’s aim for groundwater sampling is to collect samples that are representative of actual in-situ conditions, maintaining sample integrity. Continue Reading »
Gruppo Egeo, the exclusive distributor of Solinst products in Italy, recently worked with a client with very specific groundwater sampling requirements. Their client Tecno Habitat, an engineering company specializing in the environment, has the task of investigating the vertical distribution of tetrachloroethylene (commonly known as PCE) in the groundwater at an abandoned… Continue Reading »
