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Multiport Sock Samplers: A Low‐Cost Technology for Effective Multilevel Ground Water Sampling
Author(s) -
Jones Ian,
Lerner David N.,
Baines Owen P.
Publication year - 1999
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.1745-6592.1999.tb00197.x
Subject(s) - aquifer , groundwater , sampling (signal processing) , environmental science , borehole , hydrology (agriculture) , engineering , geotechnical engineering , telecommunications , detector
The importance of obtaining depth‐specific ground water samples is now well recognized among practitioners and scientists alike. Many methods and technologies are available for level discrete or depth‐specific ground water sampling in consolidated aquifers. All methods have their associated advantages and drawbacks, however. One common disadvantage is that they are expensive. A large number of point discrete ground water samples were required for a UK research project aimed at quantifying natural attenuation processes in ground water contaminated by a former coal carbonization plant. Based on experience from a previous project to develop novel level accurate sampling methodologies for use in existing boreholes, the Ground Water Protection and Restoration Research Unit (GWPRRU) produced and tested a low‐cost design multiport sock sampler for ground water monitoring. The sock sampler design allowed the recovery of multiple depth‐specific ground water samples from depths of 150 feel (45 m) from individual boreholes in the sandstone aquifer at the field site. Because of their use of inexpensive materials, simple design, installation and use that does not require gravel packs, packers, or grouting, sock samplers were found to be the most cost effective, convenient, and reliable method of obtaining multiple depth‐specific ground water samples at the project field site.