Install drive point well heads and diffusion gradient samplers.
Location
Ashumet Pond, Falmouth, Massachusetts, United States, North America;
Summary
Diver installation of seepage diffusion gradient samplers into the lake floor sediments and mini-drive point wells (with in situ syringe sampling of subsurface waters) and drive point well capping and development. Looking for phosphorous seepage from MMR sewage treatment beds located up gradient from the lake. Strong indication of phosphorous concentration 20 ft. from shore.
Info derived
Samples and chemical analysis;
Comments
SCUBA diving by WHFC personnel; phone, first aid kit, oxygen administration equipment will be on site. Buddy system to be utilized - mostly shallow water work less than 25 ft. Data Curator: Denis LeBlanc - WRD.