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Water Systems
Engineering, Inc. Investigative Water
Consulting & Design Laboratory |
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Water
Sampling Procedures While analyzing
the chemistry and biology of a sample, our lab tries to take a still picture
of what is happening in your well. This we hope will give you an idea of what
type of mineral deposit or biological mass is affecting your well system or
water flow. To this end we
ask you to sample your well both from the casing water and from the
aquifer. After the well has been left
idle overnight (or at least 8 hours) collect a sample immediately after the
water from the column pipe has been discharged and mark it
"casing". This should
represent the casing sample. Then let
the well pump for at least 1 hour or more, at which time all of the water
from the screen and casing area should be discharged and new water should
have entered the system from the aquifer.
Collect a sample of this water and mark the sample
"aquifer". Please collect a
minimum of 1 quart or 1000 mls for each sample, and completely fill the bottles with your sample water. Comparison of these samples will then give a
more complete picture of well activity. Exceptions to the above procedure can be made but should be
documented. You may want to draw a series of samples to
represent the casing or screen area, the gravel pack, and deeper into the
formation. Samples need not
be refrigerated during shipment if received by the lab within 24 hours of sampling. You should not use any type of preservative and ship to our lab immediately. All major carriers offer daily drop off at our laboratory and some very competitive 2nd and 3rd day
delivery rates are available. Schedule sampling to occur for shipments to
be received Tuesday through Friday. Send samples
to: Water Systems Engineering,
Inc. 3201 Labette Terrace P.O. Box 700 Ottawa, KS 66067 Please fill out the Well
Sample Data Sheet for each well sampled. You may send any additional operating information, and your questions or objectives in having the analysis performed. To have sample bottles shipped to you, please
email or call the lab at
785-242-6166 ext. 3.
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