Designation:D6089−15StandardGuideforDocumentingaGroundwaterSamplingEvent1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD6089;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope*1.1Thisguidecoverswhatandhowinformationshouldberecordedinthefieldwhensamplingagroundwatermonitoringwell.Followingtheserecommendationswillprovideadequatedocumentationinmostmonitoringprograms.Insomesituations,itmaybenecessarytorecordadditionalordifferentinformation,orboth,tothoroughlydocumentthesamplingevent.Inothercases,itmaynotbenecessarytorecordalloftheinformationrecommendedinthisguide.Thelevelofdocumentationwillbebasedonsite-specificconditionsandregulatoryrequirements.1.2Thisguideislimitedtowrittendocumentationofagroundwatersamplingevent.Othermethodsofdocumentation(thatis,electronicandaudiovisual)canbeusedbutarenotaddressedinthisguide.Thespecificactivitiesaddressedinthisguideincludedocumentationofstaticwaterlevelmeasurement,monitoringwellpurging,monitoringwellsampling,fieldmeasurements,groundwatersamplepreparation,andgroundwatersampleshipment.1.3Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.1.4Thisguideoffersanorganizedcollectionofinformationoraseriesofoptionsanddoesnotrecommendaspecificcourseofaction.Thisdocumentcannotreplaceeducationorexperienceandshouldbeusedinconjunctionwithprofessionaljudgment.Notallaspectsofthisguidemaybeapplicableinallcircumstances.ThisASTMstandardisnotintendedtorepre-sentorreplacethestandardofcarebywhichtheadequacyofagivenprofessionalservicemustbejudged,norshouldthisdocumentbeappliedwithoutconsiderationofaproject’smanyuniqueaspects.Theword“Standard”inthetitleofth...
