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Measuring and Interpreting Gas Flow from Landfill Boreholes - March 2010 Paper written by Dr. Roger Riley of Geotechnical Instruments UK What's Eating Your Pump - Free Webinar for Australia & New Zealand - Nov & Dec 2009 Selecting Submersible Pumps for Landfill Leachate and Condensate Removal Applications New Direct Push Tooling Range - Oct 2009 Introducing a new alternative for Direct Push tooling and consumables. New Aquaread^TM Multi-Parameter Water Quality Instruments- Sep 2009 EnviroEquip appointed exclusive distributor of Aquaread^TM multi-parameter water quality instruments in Australia and New Zealand. New Aqua Twin Tube for Groundwater Sampling- Aug 2009 New Aqua Twin Tube for groundwater sampling, exclusive to EnviroEquip. New In-Situ Level TROLL 200 - Jul 2009 In-Situ® Inc. Announces Economical Level TROLL® 200 Instrument with Direct-Read Cable for Measuring and Logging Water Level and Temperature New In-Situ AquaTROLL 100 - Mar 2009 In-Situ® Inc. Releases the New Aqua TROLL® 100 Instrument for Monitoring and Logging Conductivity and Temperature. Groundwater Hydrology Lectures Summary - Apr 2008 Thank you to all those who attended their local Groundwater Hydrology Lecture during April. Geoprobe Soil Vapour Implants - Apr 2008 Geoprobe permanant implants can be used for soil vapour sampling, groundwater sampling or air sparging to shallow depths and you don’t necessarily need a drill rig to install... Submersible Pump Guide - Mar 2008 An interactive pump selection guide that allows you to compare three types of pumps commonly used for landfill leachate and condensate pumping, and for remediation sites. Case Study - Landfill Gas Well Dewatering - Mar 2008 Article by QED Environmental Systems on how Autopumps lowered liquid levels in landfill gas extraction wells The Monitoring of Landfill Gas - Nov 2007 Article from Roger Riley, NPI Manager, Geotechnical Instruments In-Situ Product Updates – Aug 2007 New features for LevelTROLLs and new communication cables ORP, Eh, SHE? I'm confused! - Updated July 2007 What is ORP, how is it measured, and what is ORP, Eh and SHE? Acquisition Announcement - April 07 We are pleased to announce that in January of this year EnviroEquip accepted an offer from Biolab (Aust) Pty Ltd, a division of Alesco Corporation, to purchase our business. PID Correction Factors, Ionization Energies, and Calibration Characteristics - Jul 05 "Can I detect TCE with a 10.6eV lamp, or do I need an 11.7eV lamp?" "What method is best for calibrating a PID?" Questions such as these are answered in our most requested technical document. Workhorse for Tough Environments - Jul 05 After a dream run in its Californian trials, QED’s new air-driven piston pump has arrived in Australia. Digital Detection of Wastewater in Stormwater - Jul 05 This paper was written by the South Gippsland Shire Council, and published in "Environmental Health" Vol.5 No.1 2005. In the paper the predecessor to the LevelTroll, the MiniTroll was used obtain the crucial data for this study. Pump Placement for Low Flow Sampling - Oct 03 Pump placement is often an issue when changing to Low Flow Sampling from traditional purging; concern is that samples will come from a narrow zone within the well screen, possibly missing contamination above or below the pump intake. However this is not the case! Read on... Measuring trichloroethylene with PIDs - May 2003 Can I measure trichloroethylene with a standard 10.6 eV PID lamp? Measuring diesel fuel or kerosene with PIDs - May 2003 Can I use a PID to measure diesel fuel or kerosene? Options for Sampling Very Low Yield Monitoring Wells - May 2003 Obtaining samples from wells set in low hydraulic conductivity formations is a challenge. Groundwater Monitoring Gets a Direct Push! - March 2003 So, why is groundwater monitoring important you ask? And what does 'direct push' have to do with it? And for that matter, what is 'direct push'? How to prevent humidity condensation on your PID sensor - Dec 2002 Great advice for PID users Performance Comparison: Direct-Push Wells Versus Drilled Wells - May 2002 A large-scale U.S. Navy sponsored performance comparison was conducted at a major MTBE cleanup site in Port Hueneme, California. The study found almost no difference between samples collected from small diameter direct push wells and those collected from conventional drilled wells. Use of PIDs for Soil Headspace Measurements - May 2002 A guide to using PIDs for sampling organics from potentially contaminated soils. Introduction to Bailers - August 2001 A brief introduction to bailers and their application in groundwater sampling. VOC Sampling with bailers - August 2001 How to obtain a sample with VOCs into a Voss Disposable Bailer. Hydrocarbon Recovery Factors...What to Consider - May 2001 Current risk-based practices in groundwater remediation often target the removal of floating hydrocarbon layers without the removal of water. Low-Flow (Minimal Drawdown) Ground Water Sampling Procedures - December 1999 This paper from the United States Environmental Protection Agency is widely respected as a resource for persons who need or wish to use Low-Flow purging and sampling as a method of sampling the groundwater at their site. Low Flow Sampling by J.Ritchie (319kb) - November 2002 The Why's, What's & Hows of Micropurge Sampling (843kb) - October 2001 Explains the benefits of low-flow sampling versus traditional methods such as bailers Micropurge Sampling, Long & Sort Term Strategies (1.66Mb) - October 2001 Portable Groundwater Pumps (755kb) - October 2000 A Complete Guide on Portable Groundwater Pumps for Sampling and Purging Bores to 50 m using only your 12 Volt Battery Download Help