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An Efficient, Portable Apparatus for Sampling Subsurface Waters
Author(s) -
Stites Will
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
soil science society of america journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1435-0661
pISSN - 0361-5995
DOI - 10.2136/sssaj1993.03615995005700030009x
Subject(s) - vadose zone , sampling (signal processing) , groundwater , environmental science , hydrology (agriculture) , remote sensing , soil science , geology , computer science , geotechnical engineering , soil water , telecommunications , detector
Field studies of element cycling or solute transport require that subsurface water samples be collected. The equipment used to collect these samples often makes poor use of staff time and effort. More efficient sampling can be achieved with the appartus described here. The apparatus is easily and inexpensively built, highly portable, and hand powered. It aspirates samples directly into 125‐mL polyethylene bottles. It can collect water from vadose‐zone samplers or multilevel groundwater samplers. It is actuated by a vacuum provided by a large‐displacement hand pump, also described here.