The Standard References for Monitoring Wells describe the technical requirements for locating, drilling, installing, sampling and decommissioning monitoring wells. 

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Section 1: 

Foreword, Table of Contents, and Definitions
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Section 2: 

Reconnaissance Surveys, Health and Safety Plans
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Section 3: 

Exploratory Test Pits, Drilling Techniques,  Borings in Contaminated Areas, In-Situ Sampling of Soil, Soil Classification, In-Situ Sampling of Rock, Rock Classification, Laboratory Tests for Soil and Rock, Plugging Boreholes
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Section 4: 

Monitoring Well Network Design, Selection of Well Construction Materials, Well Installation Procedures, As-Built Notes and Records, Well Development, Decommissioning of Monitoring Wells,
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Section 5: 

Water-Level Measurements, In-Situ Hydraulic Conductivity Tests, Pumping Tests, Packer Tests, Surveying Datum Planes
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Section 6: 

QA/QC, Sampling Techniques, Sample Handling, Chain-of-Custody, Decontamination of Sampling Equipment
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Section 7: 

Groundwater Modeling
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Section 8: 

Synopsis of Geophysical Investigation Methods, Borehole Geophysical Methods.
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Small Diameter Driven Well Supplement

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Well Driller Registration and Filing of Well Completion Reports
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