{"id":716,"date":"2009-11-13T09:53:17","date_gmt":"2009-11-13T14:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solinst.com\/onthelevel-news\/?p=716"},"modified":"2017-05-04T16:21:50","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T20:21:50","slug":"advances-environmental-drilling-technologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solinst.com\/onthelevel-news\/groundwater-monitoring\/advances-environmental-drilling-technologies\/","title":{"rendered":"Advances In Environmental Drilling Technologies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"imgbdr\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/onthelevel\/symposium2009\/images\/Advances-in-Environmental-Drilling.jpg\" alt=\"solinst boart longyear sonic drilling advances in environmental drilling technologies contaminated soil investigations groundwater investigations plume delineation vertical aquifer profiling well installations air sparge installations remedial injections landfill investigations manufactured gas plant site characterizations image\" width=\"476\" height=\"302\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">Day One ended with a guest speaker from Boart Longyear. Brennan McMahan focused on the use of sonic drilling technology for environmental applications, involving soil samples and groundwater monitoring.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">Brennan discussed the advantages gained through sonic drilling, talked about the costs involved and showed that this technology is quick and effective in a wide variety of applications, including site investigations and remediation efforts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/onthelevel\/symposium2009\/images\/Advances-in-Environmental-Drilling-Diagram.jpg\" alt=\"solinst boart longyear sonic drilling advances in environmental drilling technologies contaminated soil investigations groundwater investigations plume delineation vertical aquifer profiling well installations air sparge installations remedial injections landfill investigations manufactured gas plant site characterizations image\" width=\"476\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Why Use Sonic Drilling?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>Speed (2-4 times faster than conventional drilling)<\/li>\n<li>Superior information (continuous core samples, provide clear view of lithology, geochemistry, and hydrogeology)<\/li>\n<li>Waste minimization (\u201cdry\u201d drill uses less water, less waste to dispose\u00a0of)<\/li>\n<li>Sample virtually anywhere! &#8211; Sand, gravel, boulders, bed rock, delicate formations, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Applications\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>Contaminated soil and groundwater investigations<\/li>\n<li>Plume delineation &#8211; Vertical Aquifer Profiling<\/li>\n<li>Well installations<\/li>\n<li>Air sparge installations<\/li>\n<li>Remedial injections<\/li>\n<li>Landfill investigations\/expansion<\/li>\n<li>MGP site characterizations (Manufactured Gas Plant)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #52609a;\" href=\"\/symposium\/watershed-high-resolution-monitoring.php#advances\">View Presentation Abstract Online &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day One ended with a guest speaker from Boart Longyear. 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