Objective
TO ESTABLISH THE EFFECTS OF AGRICULTURAL LAND-USE PRACTICES ON GROUNDWATER QUALITY.
THE PROJECT COVERED BY THIS CONTRACT IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF A LARGE RESEARCH PROGRAMME, FUNDED, IN ADDITION TO THE EC BY NATIONAL AGENCIES IN THE UK.
THE PRINCIPAL METHODS OF FIELD INVESTIGATION ARE:
A) SPECIALISED DRILLING AND SAMPLING TO OBTAIN PORE WATER SAMPLES FOR PROFILLING OF N SPECIES, MAJOR IONS, CERTAIN TRACE ELEMENTS, TRITIUM AND OTHER ISOTOPES.
B) COMPLEMENTARY INVESTIGATIONS OF GROUNDWATER FLOW REGIMES IN THE SATURATED AND UNSATURATED ZONES USING HYDROGEOLOGICAL PUMPING TESTS, GEOPHYSICAL BOREHOLE FLOW LOGGING, LABORATORY DETERMINATION OF AQUIFFER HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES INCLUDING PORE-SIZE ANALYSIS,
C) LIMITED INVESTIGATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF N, S AND FE BACTERIA IN PARTS OF THE GROUNDWATER SYSTEMS,
D) OPERATION OF CAREFULLY-DESIGNED MONITORING NETWORKS TO DETERMINE TEMPORAL VARIATIONS IN GROUNDWATER QUALITY.
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