Water Resources--Office of Water Quality

CHAPTER A2. (Version 2.0, 3/2003)
SELECTION OF EQUIPMENT FOR WATER SAMPLING

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Abstract
Introduction

Purpose and scope
Requirements and recommendations
Field manual review and revision
Acknowledgments

A2. Selection of Equipment for Water Sampling

Revised 2002 by Susan L. Lane, Sarah Flanagan, and Franceska D. Wilde
Edited by F.D. Wilde, D.B. Radtke, J. Gibs, and R. T. Iwatsubo

2.0. Chemical compatibility with the water sample

2.0.1. Equipment materials

2.0.2. Disposable gloves

2.0.3. Blank water and chemical reagents

2.1. Sample collection

2.1.1. Surface-water equipment

2.1.1.A. Isokinetic depth-integrating samplers

Hand-held samplers
Cable-and-reel samplers

2.1.1.B. Nonisokinetic samplers

Open-mouth samplers
Thief samplers
Single-stage samplers
Automatic samplers and pumps

2.1.1.C. Support equipment

2.1.2. Ground-water equipment

2.1.2.A. Pumps

Supply-well pumps
Monitoring-well pumps
Well-development pumps

2.1.2.B. Bailers, thief samplers, and passive diffusion bag samplers

Bailers and thief samplers
Passive diffusion bag samplers

2.1.2.C. Support equipment

2.2. Sample processing

2.2.1. Sample splitters

2.2.1.A. Churn splitter
2.2.1.B. Cone splitter

2.2.2. Processing and preservation chambers

2.2.3. Filtration systems

2.2.3.A. Inorganic constituents

Disposable capsule filter
Plate-filter assemblies

2.2.3.B. Organic compounds

Metering pump
Filtration assemblies
Filter material

2.2.4. Pump tubing

2.3. Field vehicles

2.4. Lists of equipment and supplies

Conversion factors, selected terms, and abbreviations

Selected references and technical memorandums

Appendix: Construction of a collapsible sample-processing/preservation chamber

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