Wells

• Water Well Construction Rules — Section 14 for minimum construction standards for monitoring wells — State Engineer's Office.
  • Rules.
  • Monitoring Well Completion Report.
  • Monitoring Well Sampling Protocol (Suggested).
• Sampling:
  • Lysimeter Sampling Protocol (suggested).
  • Groundwater sampling guidelines for Superfund and RCRA project managers — Groundwater and Engineering Forums:
    • Guide.
    • Compendium of ERT Groundwater Sampling Procedures (US EPA).
    • Practical Guide for Groundwater Sampling (Illinois State Water Survey).
    • Ground Water Monitoring Guidance Manual (Pennsylvania Dept of Env Protection).

Guidance

• Ammonia Toxicity Model (AMMTOX) background manual:
  • Manual.
• Ammonia Toxicity Model (AMMTOX) operating instructions:
  • Manual.
• Ammonia Toxicity Model (AMMTOX) reach model:
  • Reach model.
• Ammonia Toxicity Model (AMMTOX) recur model:
  • Recur model.
• Lagoon/pond system guidance.
• Overview of groundwater discharge.
• Septic systems guidance.
• Guidelines for estimating leakage from existing sewage lagoons.
  • These guidelines were developed and implemented by the State of Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and provide just one example of the Colorado Water Quality Control Division's expectation for the contents and approach of a lagoon seepage rate study.
• ​Guidance for existing domestic wastewater treatment facilities discharging to groundwater:
  • ​Overview of options to achieve compliance with total dissolved solids (TDS) permit effluent limitations.
• ​Guidance and overview for following groundwater applications:
  • Information regarding domestic treatment works decommissioning (termination).
• Compliance tips for small, mechanical wastewater treatment plants.

A Homeowner's Guide to Mountain Ground Water

Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program