Day 1

Optimizing Monitoring Well and Screen Placement

• Establishing Objectives, Data Needs and Uses
• Assembling and Evaluating Existing Information
• Developing an Initial Conceptual Site Model
• Conducting a Detailed 3-Dimensional Site Characterization Program
• Developing a Refined Conceptual Model
• Selecting Optimum Well or Multi-Level Monitoring System Locations

Environmental Drilling and Direct-Push Technology for Monitoring Well Installation

• Differences Between Environmental Drilling and Other Drilling
• Factors to Consider in Selecting a Drilling Method
  • Descriptions of Common Environmental Drilling Methods
  • Casing Advancement Methods
  • Fluid Circulation Methods
  • Auger Methods
  • Direct-Push Methods

Day 3

Ground-Water Monitoring Well Design and Construction - Part 4

• Selection and Installation of Annular Seal Materials
• Surface Protection Measures

Ground-Water Monitoring Well Design and Construction - Part 5

• Alternative Well Completions
• Direct-Push Well Installation

Monitoring Well Development Methods

• ASTM Standard D5521 on Development of Monitoring Wells
• Objectives and Purposes of Well Development
• Applications, Advantages and Limitations of Development Methods
• When and How Long to Develop Monitoring Wells

Day 2

Ground-Water Monitoring Well Design and Construction - Part 2

• Factors Influencing Selection of Well Diameter
• Types and Designs of Well Screens
• Importance of Selecting an Appropriate Well-Screen Length
• Multi-Level Monitoring Systems - Design and Construction

Ground-Water Monitoring Well Design and Construction - Part 3

• Selecting the Proper Filter Pack Grain Size and Well-Screen Slot Size

Field Session: Site Characterization and Well Installation with Direct-Push and Sonic Drilling Technology ; Multi-Level Monitoring Systems

Station 1: Site Characterization, Soil & Ground-Water Sampling and Ground-Water Monitoring Well Installation Using Direct Push Technology 

• Objectives of the Field Session
• Introduction to Direct-Push Rigs and Tooling
• Discrete and Continuous Soil Sampling with a Direct-Push Rig
• Ground-Water Sampling with a Direct-Push Rig
• Installation of a Single Short-Screened Pre-Packed Well

 Station 2 - Site Characterization, Soil Sampling and Ground-Water Monitoring Well Installation Using a Sonic Drilling Rig 

• Objectives of the Field Session
• Introduction to Sonic Rigs and Tooling
• Continuous Soil Sampling
• Installation of a Ground-Water Monitoring Well
• Comparison of Sonic Drilling and Direct-Push Technologies for Well Installati

Station 3 - Demonstration of a Multi-Level Monitoring & Sampling System

• Objectives of Multi-Level Monitoring Programs
• Overview of the Components of Multi-Level Monitoring Systems
• Installation Considerations
• Sample Collection Methods
• Applications of Multi-Level Monitoring Systems