Environmental Projects

Saving time and money on environmental projects

Information on the vertical distribution of fluid pressures and chemistry is the key to characterizing, managing and remediating contaminated groundwater sites. Westbay System enables you to collect the data you need to identify the problem—affordably.

Fewer boreholes

The cost of adding additional boreholes to single-point monitoring wells typically prohibits the number of monitoring zones implemented. But, the low incremental costs associated with adding multiple Westbay System monitoring zones to each borehole frees the site hydrogeologist to let field observations of geology, rather than cost, decide number and position.

Fewer boreholes mean less secondary waste (i.e., drill cuttings, drilling fluid, etc.), less public impact, particularly when boreholes are in residential areas, and a shorter project schedule. The result? Substantial cost savings in waste management, site access, site security, traffic control, noise abatement, and project management.

Less purging

Characterization and monitoring of contaminant plumes requires collecting groundwater samples. Westbay System technology allows sample collection without repeatedly purging the monitoring zones. Avoiding purging reduces operating costs incurred in storing, testing, transporting and disposing of hazardous purge fluids. When sampling continues for years, these cost reductions become significant.

Collect the data you need to identify the problem—affordably—with a Westbay System completion!

Technical papers of interest 

• Black, W.H.:Minimize Secondary Waste With No-purge Sampling
• Hartten, A. S.and R. B. Genau (1995):Deep Bedrock Hydrogeologic Characterization through the Use of Multiport Monitor Wells
• Landin, B. K.The Use of Multi-Port Monitoring Wells for Aquifer Characterization and Plume Delineation in a Thick Alluvial Aquifer
• Landin, B. K.Stretching Environmental Budgets With Cost-Effective Multiport Wells

Related services and products