Handbook of Suggested Practices for the Design and Installation of Ground-Water Monitoring Wells

This document is intended to assist personnel involved with the design, construction, and installation of ground-water monitoring wells. t does not focus on specific regulatory requirements, but instead presents state-of-the-art technology that may be applied in diverse hydrogeologic situations. he "Handbook" addresses field-oriented practices to solve monitoring well construction problems rather than conceptual or idealized practices. The information is presented in both matrix and text form. he matrices use a relative numerical rating scheme to guide the user toward appropriate drilling technologies for particular monitoring situations. he text provides the narrative overview of the criteria that influence ground-water monitoring well design and construction. Such influencing factors include purpose, location, site hydrogeology, contaminant characteristics, anthropogenic activities, and tasting equipment that the well must accommodate. Other major sections of the "Handbook" include planning considerations; drilling methods; well components, completion, and development; and network management considerations. Monitoring wells should provide representative ground-water samples and levels, and they should not themselves contribute to contamination of the ground water. With 800+ pages on the incredible variety of HVAC systems and equipment, this volume helps designers and operators select and use equipment. Extensively updated, it has new chapters on ultraviolet lamp systems and combustion turbine inlet cooling and discusses critical features and differences of today's systems and equipment. ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is an international organization of some 50,000 persons. ASHRAE fulfills its mission of advancing heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world through research, standards writing, publishing, and continuing education. The ASHRAE Handbooks are the design standard for control of built environments with volumes on Systems and Equipment, HVAC Applications, Refrigeration and Fundamentals. Each is updated every four years. In addition to publishing design guidance for engineers, architects, and facility managers, we also publish a series of texts for classroom use. Some of the areas we publish in -Energy Modeling and Auditing -High Performance Building Design -Psychrometrics -Indoor Air Quality and Environmental Quality -Data Center Energy Efficiency -Noise & Vibration Control -Humidity Control -HVAC for Healthcare Facilities This handbook is intended to assist personnel involved with the design, construction, and installation of ground-water monitoring wells. Topics ranging from initial planning for a monitoring well to abandonment are addressed. Factors influencing monitoring well design and installation include: Purpose, location, site hydrogeology, contaminant characteristics, anthropogenic activities, and testing equipment that the well must accommodate. This text does not focus on specific regulatory requirements, but instead presents state-of-the-art technology that may be applied in diverse hydrogeologic situations. Content: Front Matter • List of Figures • List of Tables • Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Factors Influencing Ground-Water Monitoring Well Design and Installation 3. Monitoring Well Planning Considerations 4. Description and Selection of Drilling Methods 5. Design Components of Monitoring Wells 6. Completion of Monitoring Wells 7. Monitoring Well Development 8. Monitoring Well Network Management Considerations Appendices • Glossary • References Annotation The 2008 ASHRAE Handbook--HVAC Systems and Equipment discusses various systems and the equipment (components or assemblies) that comprise them, and describes features and differences. This information helps system designers and operators in selecting and using equipment. It is divided into seven sections: Air-Conditioning and Heating Systems; Air-Handling Equipment and Components; Heating Equipment and Components; Cooling Equipment and Components; General Components; Packaged, Unitary and Split-System Equipment, and General. An accompanying CD-ROM (free with the book"also sold separately) contains all the volume's chapters in both I-P and SI units