Announcement: Book launch, Elmvale Groundwater observatory, World water day March 22, 2024
Folks,
I hope everyone is doing well.
The book about the Elmvale Groundwater Observatory has now been published online.
The book can be downloaded for free, using the link provided below.
Please do not share copies of the book: instead, please provide others with the link to the Groundwater Project website, as this helps to support the Groundwater Project which is a Canadian charity led by Professor John Cherry. All of their books can be downloaded for free: so far there have been more than 250,000 downloads of their books, from 178 countries.
Best wishes all around
Bill
William Shotyk, Ph.D., Dr. rer. nat. habil., P.Ag., FRSC
Bocock Chair for Agriculture and the Environment
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
SWAMP, a metal free, ultra-clean laboratory,
We’re pleased to announce the publication of a new book: The Elmvale Groundwater Observatory, written by William Shotyk, Beatrix Bicalho, Chad W. Cuss, Iain Grant-Weaver, Muhammad Babar Javed, Michael Krachler, Tommy Noernberg, Michael A. Powell and Jiancheng (James) Zheng.
Click here for a free download of the book
Book Description:
Even in the most pristine groundwater, all naturally occurring trace elements are found in varying concentrations. Some of these elements are essential for human health (e.g., molybdenum), others are benign (e.g., strontium), and still others are potentially toxic (e.g., lead). Added to these naturally occurring trace elements are those introduced anthropogenically.
To quantify and understand the impacts of various human activities on groundwater quality, it is vital to establish reliable background concentrations of trace elements for comparison. In this book, we describe work conducted at the Elmvale Groundwater Observatory, a dedicated research facility for sampling pristine, flowing, artesian groundwater while minimizing the risk of sample contamination. We summarize the experience we have gained to date regarding selection of well construction materials, the design and use of laminar-flow, clean-air cabinets, and the importance of appropriate plastic sampling bottles and cleaning procedures—measures intended to minimize trace elements in blank samples (i.e., samples containing distilled water). The book includes a summary of trace element concentrations in pristine groundwater that will be useful for other studies. In addition to providing context and perspective, values in the summary also function as reference levels to allow comparison to pristine groundwater concentrations.
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