Well-purging criteria for sampling purgeable organic compounds
Ground Water
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Abstract
The results indicate that 1) purgeable organic compound concentrations stabilized when three casing volume were purged in only 55% of the cases evaluated in this study, 2) purgeable organic compounds concentrations did not consistently follow the temporal variation of, nor stabilize at the same time as, the measure field characteristics, and 3) purging to achieve hydraulic equilibrium between casing and aquifer water consistently underestimated the time and casing volumes needed to achieve stable values of water-quality measurements in highly transmissive aquifers. The conclusion from these data is that none of the previously recommended criteria for purging a well can be applied reliably to collecting a "representative' sample of purgeable organic compounds. These results indicate that the criteria for purging a well prior to sampling for purgeable organic compounds must take into account other factors, such as the unique hydrogeologic characteristics of a site, the nature and extent of purgeable organic compounds present, and areal extent of the contamination, the well construction, and the sampling objectives of the investigation. -from Authors
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Well-purging criteria for sampling purgeable organic compounds |
| Series title | Ground Water |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1990.tb02230.x |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Year Published | 1990 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Wiley |
| Contributing office(s) | Toxic Substances Hydrology Program |
| Description | 11 p. |
| First page | 68 |
| Last page | 78 |
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