Monthly Well Monitoring Procedures

*Make sure to monitor all wells*

• a. Savage Fen (1 well)
• b. Bartlett Fen (3 wells)
• c. Taylor Shrub Fen (2 wells)
• d. Taylor Seep (1 well)
• e. Taylor Fen (1 well)
  

Materials:

• Kolorkut
• Rag
• Metric measuring tape
• Field book to record data and to take DETAILED notes
• Squirt bottle of de-ionized water

Procedure for each well:

• Make sure you are monitoring the correct well. Each well is labeled on the top of the pipe, right below the cap. Make sure the well number corresponds with the data sheet to be filled out with data.
• Stand on the uphill side of the well
• Unscrew the cap on the well.
• Put a thin veneer of Kolorkut (water indicator paste) up to a measure line on the metric measuring tape. Put about a 6 cm length of Kolorkut on the measuring tape.
• Place the measuring tape into the well. Be sure not to dip the entire section of Kolorkut into the water. Approximate well heights can be found on the data sheets to prevent this.
• Remove the tape from the well.
• Once the Kolorkut has touched water, it will turn a bright pink/red. Well height is determined by measuring the depth to water, subtracting that from the height of the riser above the ground.
• Record the data.
• Wipe off used color cut from the measuring tape using a rag and rinse with DI
• Take 3 measurements from each well to ensure accuracy. (The three measurements should be within 1 to 3 cm of each other). Then calculate the average for data processing.
• Screw the cap back onto the well.
• Repeat steps 1 through 8 for each well.