Thomas Kwader explains why rarely does the piezometric map reflect that all the ground water in a particular area is being drawn to and captured by the pumping wells.
Thomas Kwader explains that probably the most important factor in determining the depth of a monitoring well is the relative ground water level at the time of installation.
Thomas Kwader reminds us that monitoring well data are only important if the wells are in the proper locations and the data are being analyzed to assess the progress toward the goals of the program.
The occurrence of metals in ground water often is an unwelcome surprise -- both at sites of known contamination and in drinking water wells located far away from any known source of contamination, explains Thomas Kwader.
Just look how far the monitoring well drilling industry has come in the last 20 years and you can see that this is an industry that is not standing still by any stretch of the imagination.