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Direct-push multilevel sampling system for unconsolidated aquifers = Système d'échantillonnage multiports installé par méthode de poussée directe

Ducommun, Pascale ; Boutsiadou, Xenia ; Hunkeler, Daniel

In: Hydrogeology Journal, 2013, vol. 21, no. 8, p. 1901-1908

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    Title
    • Direct-push multilevel sampling system for unconsolidated aquifers
    Translated Title ()
    • Système d'échantillonnage multiports installé par méthode de poussée directe
    Author
    • Ducommun, Pascale. Centre for Hydrogeology and Geothermics (CHYN), University of Neuchâtel, Emile Argand 11, CH-2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
    • Boutsiadou, Xenia. Centre for Hydrogeology and Geothermics (CHYN), University of Neuchâtel, Emile Argand 11, CH-2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
    • Hunkeler, Daniel. Centre for Hydrogeology and Geothermics (CHYN), University of Neuchâtel, Emile Argand 11, CH-2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
    Document Type
    • Postprint
    OAI-PMH Identifier
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:312130
    Summary
    An economical multilevel groundwater monitoring system has been developed that can be rapidly installed with a direct-push machine, yet is suitable for sampling across large permeability contrasts. This sealed multiport sampling (SMPS) system consists of up to five lengths of PVC tubing (12mm OD), each with a screen at a specific depth created by drilling 2.5-mm holes. Above and below each screen, round elastomer pieces, with peripheral holes (to clip in the sampling tubes) and a central hole (to hold a discontinuous piece of central tubing at the height of the screen), are emplaced. Cement-bentonite grout is injected via a tremie tube inserted through the discontinuous centre tube into each interval between the sampling screens. The elastomer pieces and central tube prevent grout from reaching the screened interval. A textile wrapped around the system holds the arrangement in place and at the same time serves to filter the groundwater at the level of the sampling screens. The SMPS system was tested at a tetrachloroethene (PCE) contaminated site. The seals effectively separated the sampling intervals even in heterogeneous formations. Furthermore, concentration profiles agreed well with a reference system. The system should be suitable for a wide range of hydrogeological conditions