Designation:D5875/D5875M−13StandardGuideforUseofCable-ToolDrillingandSamplingMethodsforGeoenvironmentalExplorationandInstallationofSubsurfaceWater-QualityMonitoringDevices1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD5875/D5875M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope*1.1Thisguidecoverscable-tooldrillingandsamplingproceduresusedforgeoenvironmentalexplorationandinstal-lationofsubsurfacewater-qualitymonitoringdevices.1.2Severalsamplingmethodsexistforobtainingsamplesfromdrillholesforgeoenvironmentalpurposesandsubsequentlaboratorytesting.Selectionofaparticulardrillingprocedureshouldbemadeonthebasisofsampletypesneededandgeohydrologicconditionsobservedatthestudysite.1.3Drillingproceduresforgeoenvironmentalexplorationoftenwillinvolvesafetyplanning,administrationanddocu-mentation.Thisguidedoesnotpurporttospecificallyaddressexplorationandsitesafety.NOTE1—Thisguidedoesnotincludeconsiderationsforgeotechnicalsitecharacterizations.1.4ThevaluesstatedineitherSIunitsorinch-poundunitsaretoberegardedseparatelyasstandard.Thevaluesstatedineachsystemmaynotbeexactequivalents;therefore,eachsystemshallbeusedindependentlyoftheother.Combiningvaluesfromthetwosystemsmayresultinnon-conformancewiththestandard.1.5Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.1.6Thisguideoffersanorganizedcollectionofinformationoraseriesofoptionsanddoesnotrecommendaspecificcourseofaction.Thisdocumentcannotreplaceeducationorexperienceandshouldbeusedinconjunctionwithprofessionaljudgment.Notallaspectsofthisguidemaybeapplicableinallcircumstances.ThisASTMstandardisnotintendedtorepre-sentorreplacethestanda...
