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CHAPTER A2.
SELECTION OF EQUIPMENT FOR WATER SAMPLING
Cover/Title Page
Back of Title Page
Foreword
Abstract
Introduction
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Purpose and scope
Requirements and recommendations
Field manual review and revision
Acknowledgments
- A2 Selection of Equipment for Water Sampling
- Edited by F.D. Wilde, D.B. Radtke, J. Gibs, and R. T.
Iwatsubo
- 2.0 Chemical compatibility of equipment and
the water sample
- D.B. Radtke and F.D. Wilde
- 2.1 Sample collection
- 2.1.1Surface-water sampling equipment
- W.E. Webb and D.B. Radtke
- 2.1.1.A Isokinetic depth-integrating
samplers
- Hand-held samplers
Cable-and-reel samplers
- 2.1.1.B Nonisokinetic samplers
- Open-mouth samplers
Thief samplers
Single-stage samplers
Automatic samplers and pumps
2.1.1.C Support equipment
- 2.1.2 Ground-water sampling equipment
- Jacob Gibs and F.D. Wilde
- 2.1.2.A Pumps
- Supply-well pumps
Monitoring-well pumps
- 2.1.2.B Bailers and specialized
thief samplers
- Bailers
Specialized thief samplers
2.1.2.C Support equipment
- 2.2. Sample processing
- D.B. Radtke, F.D. Wilde, M.W. Sandstrom, and K.K. Fitzgerald
- 2.2.1 Sample splitters
- 2.2.1.A Churn splitter
2.2.1.B Cone splitter
2.2.2 Processing and preservation
chambers
2.2.3 Filtration systems
- 2.2.3.A Inorganic constituents
- Disposable capsule filter
Plate-filter assembly
- 2.2.3.B Trace organic compounds
- Metering pump
Filtration assemblies
Filter media
- 2.2.3.C Dissolved and suspended
organic carbon
2.2.4 Pump tubing
- 2.3. Field vehicles
- D.B. Radtke
- 2.4. Lists of equipment and supplies
- D.B. Radtke
Conversion factors, selected terms, and abbreviations
Selected references and internal documents
Publications on Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations
Illustrations
2-1.
- Diagrams of isokinetic depth-integrating samplers: (A) US DH-81, (B)
US D-95, (C) US D-77, (D) D-77 Bag without current meter attached, and
(E) Frame- Bag sampler with sounding weight and current meter attached
- 2-2.
- Slotted bottle hole configurations for (A) D-77 Bag sampler and (B)
Frame-Bag sampler
- 2-3.
- Example of a field worksheet for calibration of D-77 Bag and Frame-Bag
samplers
- 2-4.
- Examples of nonisokinetic open-mouth samplers: (A) hand-held open-mouth
bottle sampler, (B) US WBH-96 weighted-bottle sampler, (C) biochemical
oxygen demand (BOD) sampler, and
(D) volatile organic compound (VOC) sampler
- 2-5.
- Examples of nonisokinetic thief samplers: (A) Kemmerer sampler, (B)
Van Dorn sampler, and (C) double check-valve bailer with bottom- emptying
device
- 2-6.
- US U-59 sampler: (A) single-stage and (B) a bank of U-59 samplers installed
on a plank post
- 2-7.
- Diagrams of pumps typically used to obtain water from supply wells:
(A) centrifugal pump and (B) jet pump
- 2-8.
- Diagrams of pumps typically used for withdrawal of water samples from
monitoring wells: (A) peristaltic suction-lift pump and (B-F) examples
of submersible positive-displacement pumps
- 2-9.
- Photograph of churn splitter
- 2-10.
- Photograph of cone splitter
- 2-11.
- Example of (A) polyvinyl chloride frame of a processing or preservation
chamber and (B) sample being processed within the chamber
- 2-12.
- Photograph of disposable capsule filter
- 2-13.
- Photograph of nonmetallic backflushing plate- filter assembly for 142-mm
diameter filter media
- 2-14.
- Photograph of valveless piston metering pump
- 2-15.
- Photograph of aluminum plate-filter assembly for 142-millimeter diameter
filter media
- 2-16.
- Photograph and diagram of apparatus for filtering samples for analysis
of dissolved/ suspended organic carbon: (A) stainless steel pressure-filter
assembly and (B) fluorocarbon polymer pressure-filter assembly
- 2-17.
- Example of flexible fluorinated ethylene polypropylene (FEP) tubing:
(A) convoluted design and (B) corrugated design
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Tables
2-1.
- General guidelines for selecting equipment on the basis of construction
material and target analyte(s)
- 2-2.
- Isokinetic depth-integrating water-quality samplers and sampler characteristics
- 2-3.
- Prefield checklist for hand-held and cable-and-reel samplers
- 2-4.
- General requirements and considerations for selecting ground-water sampling
equipment (pumps or thief samplers)
- 2-5.
- Examples of pump capability as a function of well and pump characteristics
in a 2-inch-diameter well
- 2-6.
- Example of six cone-splitter accuracy tests using deionized water
- 2-7.
- Capsule filter or plate filter requirements for processing of samples
for analysis of inorganic chemical constituents
- 2-8.
- Common varieties and characteristics of fluorocarbon polymer tubing
- 2-9.
- Support equipment for surface-water sampling
- 2-10.
- Support equipment for ground-water sampling
- 2-11.
- Sample-collection equipment for (A)
surface water and (B) ground water
- 2-12.
- Sample-processing equipment and supplies (2-12
continued)
- 2-13.
- Sample-preservation equipment and supplies
- 2-14.
- Cleaning equipment and supplies
- 2-15.
- Shipping equipment and supplies (2-15
continued)
Section A2--Selection of equipment for water sampling
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