Course Overview
This field school involves two full days of hands-on sampling exercises: sampling strategies, design and implementation of sampling plans, and interpretation of results. The sampling exercises include: (1) soil sampling using drill rig, backhoe and hand augers; (2) groundwater sampling by installation, development and testing of monitoring wells; (3) overview of surface water and sediment sampling techniques; and (4) demonstration of geophysical investigation techniques.
Prerequisite(s)
- 50% in EENG 8772
Credits
1.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:
- Conduct a Stage II site investigation.
- Implement required health and safety measures at a contaminated site.
- Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of site sampling techniques.
- Prepare a Stage II site investigation report.
- Oversee the drilling of a borehole and the obtaining of soil samples for soil chemical analysis.
- Describe concerns associated with sample collection, labelling and sample tool decontamination procedures.
- Practice soil core logging and sampling.
- Practice soil vapour screening as an aid to sample selection.
- Oversee the construction of a monitoring well after drilling a borehole.
- Demonstrate the method to develop and purge a monitoring well.
- Describe the methods and preservation techniques used to collect water samples for a variety of chemical contaminants.
- Operate under supervision a variety of organic vapour analyzers for use in performing a soil gas survey.
- Explain how to conduct a soil gas survey and collect vapour samples.
- Discuss the problems or conditions that may affect the survey results.
- Participate in a geophysics demonstration for subsurface data collection.
- Operate under supervision a variety of geophysical tools.
- Discuss the problems or conditions that may affect the geophysical results.
- Oversee the use of a backhoe for collecting soil samples.
- Demonstrate the use of a head space test to determine the presence of volatile organics.
- Describe the correct safety procedures for working alongside excavating equipment.
- Perform a hydraulic response test in a monitoring well to determine hydraulic conductivity.
- Describe the procedure used for applying either the Bouwer and Rice method or the Hvorslev method.
- Describe how to gather data using a data logger.
- Solve for hydraulic conductivity using field data.
- Conduct a water level survey to determine the water table gradient and direction of groundwater flow.
- Use a water level meter to measure water levels in a monitoring well.
- Use a survey level to determine relative borehole elevations.
- Calculate groundwater elevations and prepare a hydraulic gradient map.
- Determine the direction of groundwater flow.
Effective as of Fall 2003
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