Groundwater Field Equipment

The Water Research Laboratory has extensive field equipment for use in groundwater investigations. Equipment ranges from specific to general use, with a multitude of tools to aid in: bore design, aquifer delineation and testing, acid sulfate soil investigation, downhole geophysical investigation, electrical imaging, resistivity imaging and groundwater quality testing. 

Water Sampling and Testing Equipment:

Mobile lab for accurate on-site analysis
Small and large flow cells
ORION EC, pH, Eh, DO, and temperature meters
60 & 100 m GRUNDFOS submersible pumps
Teflon bailers and Watera foot valves
Whale submersible pumps
Single and 5 channel peristaltic pumps
Air lifting and slug testing equipment
Portable 240 V generators

Geophysical Equipment:

SAS 4000 terrameter
LUND switch box
Selection of cables and electrodes
GEOVISTA borehole logger
EM39, natural gamma and spectral gamma electrodes

Drilling and Coring Equipment:

Hand augering probes
Access to a range of jet, rotary and percussion rigs
Experience with vibro-coring
HQ minimally disturbed coring system
Multi-port mini piezometer construction

Monitoring Probes and Loggers:

Selection of electronic water level dip meters
Wide selection of DRUCK pressure transducers
KENT down hole EC probe
Climate station including barometric pressure
Single and dual channel HYDROKIT data loggers

Downloads

•   Equipment Sheet

Related

Areas of expertise

• Environmental Data
• Groundwater
• Hydrology & Water Resources

Projects

• Development of 3D Moisture Tomography
• Feasibility Assessment for Managed Aquifer Recharge – Joynton Avenue Re-Development Site
• Groundwater Monitoring and Evaluation and Grower Survey, Namoi Catchment
• Hydrogeological Investigation of the Fate of Salt Mobilised Under Dryland Cropping on the Cryon Plain, North Western NSW
• Potential Impacts of Effluent Re-Use on Groundwater at Tamworth