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Diffusion Samplers as an Inexpensive Approach to Monitoring VOCs in Ground Water
Author(s) -
Vroblesky Don A.,
Hyde W. Thomas
Publication year - 1997
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.1745-6592.1997.tb00593.x
Subject(s) - groundwater , volatile organic compound , toluene , environmental chemistry , benzene , diffusion , environmental science , sampling (signal processing) , water well , chemistry , environmental engineering , waste management , geology , organic chemistry , engineering , filter (signal processing) , geotechnical engineering , physics , electrical engineering , thermodynamics
Abstract Diffusion samplers installed in observation wells were found to be capable of yielding polyethylene to transmit other volatile compounds, such as benzene and toluene, indicates that the samplers can be used for a variety of volatile organic compounds. In wells at the study area, the volatile organic compound concentrations in water samples obtained using the samplers without prior purging were similar to concentrations in water samples obtained from the respective wells using traditional purging and sampling approaches. The low cost associated with this approach makes it a viable option for monitoring large observation‐well networks for volatile organic compounds.