Tracer testing systems and methods
AssigneeGEOSCIENCE Support Services, Inc.
InventorMark D. Williams
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Abstract
Systems and methods may initiate the testing process to measure contaminants in the water, for example, by adding the tracer solution (e.g., as a gas) to a water system absent releasing the tracer solution into the surrounding environment during the testing process, then removing the tracer solution to a container after the testing process is complete. The amount of tracer solution that remains in the water system can be compared with a predicted concentration value determined by a model. In some examples, an action may be initiated based on the difference between the measured value and the predicted value.
Claims20
A method for testing a tracer solution in a water supply using wellfield sites comprising:
- initiating a testing process that adds the tracer solution at a first well coupled to a membrane, wherein the first well corresponds with an injection well and the membrane injects the tracer solution absent bubbling the tracer solution to an environment;
- determining an actual value of the tracer solution collected at a second well, wherein the second well is a monitoring well;
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- comparing a difference between the tracer solution added at the first well and the actual value of the tracer solution collected at the second well, wherein the difference is compared to a predicted concentration value determined by a model.
A system for testing a tracer solution in a water supply using wellfield sites comprising a device to:
- initiate a testing process that adds the tracer solution at a first well coupled to a membrane, wherein the first well corresponds with an injection well and the membrane injects the tracer solution absent bubbling the tracer solution to an environment;
- determine an actual value of the tracer solution collected at a second well, wherein the second well is a monitoring well;
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- compare a difference between the tracer solution added at the first well and the actual value of the tracer solution collected at the second well, wherein the difference is compared to a predicted concentration value determined by a model.
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