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A Multilevel Ground Water Monitoring System for Casing Advance and Bedrock Drilling Methods
Author(s) -
Boyle D.R.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
groundwater monitoring and remediation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-6592
pISSN - 1069-3629
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6592.1992.tb00040.x
Subject(s) - piezometer , casing , coring , drilling , bedrock , geology , borehole , petroleum engineering , sampling (signal processing) , aquifer , core sample , overburden , groundwater , mining engineering , geotechnical engineering , engineering , filter (signal processing) , core (optical fiber) , geomorphology , electrical engineering , mechanical engineering , telecommunications
A single‐hole multilevel sampling piezometer system (MLSPS) has been designed by the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) to be installed using drilling systems that continuously core (e.g., Rotosonic) or continuously sample (e.g., hollow‐stem auger, Becker hammer) overburden and that have the flexibility of allowing additional coring (diamond drilling) or sampling (hammer drilling) of bedrock. The GSC‐MLSPS (under license to Solinst Canada Ltd.) uses a patented GSC dry injection system for accurate emplacement of filter packs and seals. This system permits (a) the use of variable screen lengths; (b) the complete evacuation of piezometers before introduction of new ground water (no bailing); (c) the use of a number of types of hydraulic tests (e.g., slug, withdrawal/recovery, vacuum, pressure‐pulse); (d) ground water sampling under a nitrogen atmosphere; (e) dissolved gas sampling; (f) a great deal of flexibility in the use of design materials; and (g) the elimination of bridging and collapse of filter packs and seals.