Metals in ground water: Sampling artifacts and reproducibility
Journal Article
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· Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials; (United States)
- R.S. Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory, Ada, OK (United States)
Field studies evaluated sampling procedures for determination of aqueous inorganic geochemistry and assessment of contaminant transport by colloidal mobility. Research at three different metal-contaminated sites has shown that 0.45 [mu]m filtration has not removed potentially mobile colloids, when samples have been collected using low pumping flow rates. However, when pumping velocities greatly exceed formation groundwater flow velocities, large differences between filtered and unfiltered samples are observed, and neither are representative of values obtained with the low flow-rate pumped samples. There was a strong inverse correlation between turbidity and representativeness of samples. Several different sampling devices were evaluated in wells ranging in depths from 10 to 160 ft. Those devices which caused the least disturbance also produced the most reproducible samples irrespective of filtration. The following water quality indicators were monitored during well purging; dissolved O[sub 2], pH, Eh, temperature, specific conductance, and turbidity. Sampling was not initiated until all indicators had reached steady-state. In all cases turbidity was slowest to reach steady-state values, followed by dissolved oxygen and redox potential. Temperature, specific conductance, and pH results were generally insensitive to well purging variations.
- OSTI ID:
- 6914303
- Journal Information:
- Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials; (United States), Journal Name: Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials; (United States) Vol. 9:2; ISSN 0882-5696; ISSN HWHME2
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540220* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
CONTAMINATION
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FIELD TESTS
FLOW RATE
GROUND WATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MASS TRANSFER
METALS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
PUMPING
SAMPLING
TESTING
VELOCITY
WATER
WATER POLLUTION
540220* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
CONTAMINATION
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FIELD TESTS
FLOW RATE
GROUND WATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MASS TRANSFER
METALS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
PUMPING
SAMPLING
TESTING
VELOCITY
WATER
WATER POLLUTION