The impact of urban groundwater upon surface water - eTheses ...

MONITORING NETWORKS AND METHODS
CHAPTER 4. MONITORING NETWORKS AND
METHODS
The fundamental aim of this research is to determine the significance of contaminated
groundwater flow in contributing to the water quality of the groundwater/surface water
interface and the overlying water column of an urban-river system. To this end data were
collected from surface water surveys, a river-bed piezometer network specifically installed for
the study and a previously installed shallow groundwater monitoring network in the vicinity
of the Tame. The objective of this chapter is to detail the techniques employed in collecting
field data on groundwater and surface water quality, head distribution and flow and the
subsequent methods of data and sample analyses. Groundwater modelling methods are
described separately in Chapter 6.
Data were collected over a period of three years (1999-2001) with the majority of fieldwork
undertaken in the summers of 2000 and 2001. The range of fieldwork undertaken was greatly
enhanced by the creation of several MSc and BSc projects designed to contribute to the
overall PhD remit. The following projects were field managed by the PhD: MSc projects -
Hogan,1999, Dowell, 2000, Henstock, 2000, Singleton 2001; BSc projects - Moylett, 2000,
Fuller 2001, Littler, 2001. This greatly facilitated data collection. The sampling of shallow
groundwater across the northern section of the Tame valley was undertaken in conjunction
with the PhD research of Shepherd (2002).
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