Tapping a Spring

[eggsarascal]

I use these for water samples.

 

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There are plenty of other labs that will test water for you.

[openspaceman]

53 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Don't you need a license to do this ?

I think you only need an abstraction licence if you exceed 20m3 a day

[Stubby]

Just now, openspaceman said:

I think you only need an abstraction licence if you exceed 20m3 a day

Ah , yes . Thanks .

[openspaceman]

34 minutes ago, Billhook said:

the advantage of a screw top is that I can inspect as well as keeping out foreign materials.

It is better to keep light out to prevent algae

[openspaceman]

47 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

I use these for water samples.

 

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There are plenty of other labs that will test water for you.

What's the routine? How often do you have to sample and for what?

The place where I worked for 20years had their spring condemned because of heavy metal contamination from  a car park up the hill (which had cars burned out on it) and we had to lay a water main in.

[eggsarascal]

1 hour ago, openspaceman said:

What's the routine? How often do you have to sample and for what?

The place where I worked for 20years had their spring condemned because of heavy metal contamination from  a car park up the hill (which had cars burned out on it) and we had to lay a water main in.

Most of the ones I sample are on apartment blocks where mains water comes into a break tank, then forwarded on using booster pumps. They are sampled annually, most, not all, break tanks have a sample point on the them. 2, 1 litres bottles filled from the tank and tested for Ecoli, Legionella, and coliforms.

 

I also do some borehole sampling, but not a lot.

Edited May 6, 2019 by eggsarascal