Sampling equipment conforms to construction and usage conditions detailed in the EPD Manual for Groundwater Monitoring SOP, Revised September, 1991. A specific equipment listing is provided at the beginning of each subsection of “Sampling Procedures”.
Following is a list of other routinely used equipment:
Item | Use |
Ice chests (styrofoam or insulated plastic) | Sample container and sample transport |
Sampling vehicles | Sample container and sample transport |
Field thermometer | Field measurement of temperature |
Field pH meter | Field measurement of pH |
Field conductivity meter | Field measurement of specific conductance |
Electronic water level indicator | Depth to water, potentiometric surface |
Stainless steel tamp measure | Depth to water, potentiometric surface |
Nylon line | Bailer sampling line |
Sheet plastic | Cross-contamination |
Aluminum foil | Cross-contamination |
Plastic or metal buckets | Collection of purge water or decontamination reusable bailers and sampling equipment |
Cleaning brushes | Equipment decontamination |
Liqinox detergent | Equipment decontamination |
Analyte-free water contained in contaminant-free glass or plastic bottles | Equipment decontamination |
Isopropyl alcohol (nanograde) contained in contaminant-free glass or plastic bottles | Equipment decontamination |
10% Nitric acid (metals grade) contained in contaminant-free glass bottles | Equipment decontamination (except for stainless steel equipment) |
Glass or plastic jugs | Transport of cleaning solutions |
Sample preservation reagents contained in dispenser bottles or reagent bottles | Sample preservation |
Field carrier (covered, divided tray or box) | Transport of preservation reagents |
pH paper | Field-check of sample preservation |
Disposable pipettes | Addition of preservation reagents |
Standard buffer solutions | Calibration of field pH meter |
Standard KCl solutions | Calibration Check of field conductivity meter |
Disposable unpowdered latex gloves | Cross-contamination |