GWM-16 Field Decontamination Procedures for Ground-Water Sampling Equipment

  • Teacher: Gillian Nielsen
  • Level: Intermediate
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  • Price: $ 159.00
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Field Decontamination Procedures for Ground-Water Sampling Equipment

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  • It is a common practice to use a variety of field equipment that travels from well to well during a ground-water sampling event.  Portable equipment such as water-level gauges, flow cells, analytical instruments and multi-parameter sondes are examples of some equipment that is used in each monitoring well, even in situations where dedicated pumps are used.  And, of course, where portable pumps are used, the pump (and, in many cases, the discharge tubing) will also travel from well to well.  To avoid the potentially very serious and costly problem of monitoring well cross-contamination, it is critical to implement thorough and effective field equipment cleaning protocols.  This module discusses in detail field equipment cleaning protocols that apply to drilling, soil sampling and ground-water sampling field equipment.  Learn why a few of the “detergents” commonly used for field equipment cleaning should be avoided for some field applications because they may contain phosphates, and why others may introduce trace amounts of semi-volatile compounds if not diluted sufficiently.  Field videos are included within this module to explain the practices and procedures used in decontamination of field equipment used in ground-water sampling events.

    • Objectives of Field Equipment Decontamination
    • Considerations for Selection of an Effective Field Decontamination Protocol
    • Discussion of ASTM Standards D 5088 and D 5608 on Field Equipment Decontamination
    • Problems Associated With Using Chemical Desorbing Agents
    • QA/QC Elements of Equipment Cleaning Programs
    • Verifying the Effectiveness of Field Decontamination Efforts

    Total CEUs for Module GWM-16: 1.7 CEUs

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1 Day: $ 159.00

Teacher

Gillian Nielsen

Gillian Nielsen is Vice President of Nielsen Ground-Water Science, Inc. the parent company of The Nielsen Environmental E-School and The Nielsen Environmental Field School.  She is also Chairman of the International Certification Program for Environmental Samplers and Specialists.  She has 37 years of International experience as an environmental and ground-water consultant and trainer.  During her professional career she has developed, managed and implemented ground-water monitoring and sampling programs, soil gas monitoring investigations, multimedia environmental sampling programs, RCRA compliance audits, environmental site assessments and remediation programs at hazardous and non-hazardous waste sites in the U.S. and Canada. She has also played a key role in the development and management of corporate standard operating procedures as well as health and safety procedures and policies. 

Gillian specializes in developing and instructing a wide variety of field practice-oriented training programs for private industry, consulting firms, state and Federal regulatory agencies, universities, professional and trade associations. She has lectured extensively and taught hundreds of field courses on the topics of ground-water monitoring and sampling, environmental sampling and field sample analysis, design and implementation of soil gas investigations and RCRA compliance throughout the U.S. as well as Canada, England, Guatemala, Mexico and Australia. Gillian also conducts 8-hour health and safety refresher training courses for clients across the U.S. who are involved in environmental contamination investigation and remediation projects. In addition to training, she works closely with industry and consulting firms as a consultant conducting audits of field investigation activities, negotiating with PRPs and regulatory agencies, developing corporate standard operating procedures and health and safety plans and providing technical reviews of site investigation reports. She also works closely with environmental instrumentation companies in the evaluation of new equipment and in development of new instrumentation. 

Gillian was a 16-year member of the Editorial Board of Ground-Water Monitoring and Remediation and a member of the ASTM Subcommittee D-18.21 task group on ground-water sampling. She is the recipient of Ground Water Publishing Company's Outstanding Service Award for her work on the editorial board of the journal Ground-Water Monitoring and Remediation and has received several Standards Development Awards from ASTM. She has authored a number of scientific papers and written many ASTM Standards dealing with ground-water sampling, soil-gas monitoring, field analysis of environmental samples, and field decontamination procedures, and was a contributing author for first (1991) and second (2006) editions of The Practical Handbook of Environmental Site Characterization and Ground-Water Monitoring as well as Technical Guidance on Low-Flow Purging and Sampling and Minimum- Purge Sampling (2002). She is also a co-editor and contributing author of the text The Essential Handbook of Ground-Water Sampling, published in January 2007. Gillian frequently provides technical reviews of state and Federal regulatory agency technical guidance documents. Gillian holds B.Sc. degrees in geography (hydrology) and biology (aquatic) from Trent University in Ontario Canada.

Courses by this teacher

Name Level Release Date
ES-01: Planning an Effective EnvironmentalSampling ProgramThe Sampling Analysis Plan 01/29/2017 22:03:52
ES-02: Developing A Conceptual Site Model & Fine Tuning it With Site Reconnaissance 01/29/2017 22:03:52
ES-03: Strategies for Three-Dimensional Sampling of Environmental Media 01/29/2017 22:03:52
ES-04: Field Equipment Decontamination Procedures for Multi-Media Environmental Sampling 01/29/2017 22:03:52
ES-05: Field Quality Assurance/Quality Control Practices for Multi-Media Environmental Sampling 01/29/2017 22:03:52
ES-06: Environmental Sample Handling and Shipment 01/29/2017 22:03:52
ES-07: Documentation of Environmental Sampling Events 01/29/2017 22:03:52
ES-13: Soil Sample Handling and Processing Using U.S. EPA Method 5035B – Introduction; Use of Volumetric Sample Collection Methods 01/29/2017 22:03:52
ES-14: Soil Sample Handling and Processing Using U.S. EPA Method 5035B – Use of Chemical Preservation/Extraction Methods 01/29/2017 22:03:52
ES-15: Field Sample Analysis Options for Soil Samples 01/29/2017 22:03:52
ES-25 Field Water-Quality Indicator Parameter Measurement During Well Purging 01/29/2017 22:03:52
ES-26 Ground-Water Sample Filtration 01/29/2017 22:03:52
ES-27 Ground-Water Sample Preservation 01/29/2017 22:03:52
ES-28 Overview of Aquatic Systems and Sampling Strategies for Surface Water 01/29/2017 22:03:52
ES-29 Overview of Surface-Water Sampling Devices 01/29/2017 22:03:52
ES-30 Overview of Sampling Strategies and Sampling Devices for Sediment 01/29/2017 22:03:52
ES-31 Waste Sampling Strategies and Methods -- Planning a Waste Sampling Program; Sampling Strategies and Devices for Drums, Tanks and Other Containers 01/29/2017 22:03:52
ES-32 Waste Sampling Strategies and Methods -- Sampling Strategies and Devices for Dumps and Landfills; Stockpiles and Waste Piles; Lagoons, Basins and Pits; Artifactual Sampling 01/29/2017 22:03:52
GWM-16 Field Decontamination Procedures for Ground-Water Sampling Equipment 01/29/2017 22:03:52
GWM-17 Field Quality Assurance/Quality Control Practices for Ground-Water Sampling Events 01/29/2017 22:03:52
GWM-25 Field Water-Quality Indicator Parameter Measurement During Well Purging 01/29/2017 22:03:52
GWM-26 Ground-Water Sample Filtration 01/29/2017 22:03:52
GWM-27 Ground-Water Sample Preservation 01/29/2017 22:03:52
GWM-28 Ground-Water Sample Handling and Shipment 01/29/2017 22:03:52
GWM-29 Documentation of Ground-Water Sampling Events 01/29/2017 22:03:52
SS-01 Planning an Effective Soil Sampling Program – The Sampling & Analysis Plan 01/29/2017 22:03:52
SS-02 Developing a Conceptual Site Model and Fine-Tuning it With Site Reconnaissance 01/29/2017 22:03:52
SS-03 Strategies for Three-Dimensional Sampling of Soil 01/29/2017 22:03:52
SS-04 Field Equipment Decontamination Procedures for Soil Sampling 01/29/2017 22:03:52
SS-05 Field Quality Assurance/Quality Control Practices for Soil Sampling 01/29/2017 22:03:52
SS-11 Soil Sample Handling and Processing Using U.S. EPA Method 5035B – Introduction; Use of Volumetric Sample Collection Methods 01/29/2017 22:03:52
SS-12 Soil Sample Handling and Processing Using U.S. EPA Method 5035B – Use of Chemical Preservation/Extraction Methods 01/29/2017 22:03:52
SS-13 Field Sample Analysis Options for Soil Samples 01/29/2017 22:03:52
SS-16 Soil Sample Handling and Shipment 01/29/2017 22:03:52
GWM-15 Planning and Executing a Successful Ground-Water Sampling Event 01/29/2017 22:03:52
GWM-16 Field Decontamination Procedures for Ground-Water Sampling Equipment 01/29/2017 22:03:52
GWM-17 Field Quality Assurance/Quality Control Practices for Ground-Water Sampling Events 01/29/2017 22:03:52
GWM-25 Field Water-Quality Indicator Parameter Measurement During Well Purging 01/29/2017 22:03:52
GWM-26 Ground-Water Sample Filtration 01/29/2017 22:03:52
GWM-27 Ground-Water Sample Preservation 01/29/2017 22:03:52
GWM-28 Ground-Water Sample Handling and Shipment 01/29/2017 22:03:52
GWM-29 Documentation of Ground-Water Sampling Events 01/29/2017 22:03:52
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