Monitoring, diagnostic, and reporting system and process

A method of monitoring ground water contaminant characteristics of a well at a ground water well site using a well module in the well, the well module comprising a probe and at least one sensor, the method comprising:

• sensing ground water contaminant characteristics with said well module;
• transmitting signals concerning ground water contaminant characteristics from the well module to a data collection center;
• receiving signals concerning ground water contaminant characteristics at the data collection center;
• generating information concerning ground water contaminant characteristics at the data collection center;
• obtaining information concerning the ground water contaminant characteristics at a monitoring site which is disposed remote from the data collection center;
• determining an accurate location of each respective well by coordinating locations using a global positioning system;
• and
• transmitting a remote user's action embodied in a control signal to a water handling apparatus disposed at the remediation site, the water handling apparatus being capable of maintaining the ground water well site within compliance limits, the remote user's action being generated in response to the information concerning ground water characteristics received at the monitoring site for maintaining an operation of the ground water well site within compliance limits.

A monitoring system to determine ground water contaminant characteristics in a plurality of wells;

• the system comprising:
• a well module adapted to be disposed in each of the wells at a remediation site, the well module comprising a probe and at least one sensor that senses ground water contaminant characteristics, the well module being capable of transmitting signals concerning ground water contaminant characteristics and said well module being adapted to have additional sensors added thereto;
• a data collection center capable of receiving well signals transmitted from the well module and generating information concerning ground water contaminant characteristics;
• a monitoring site that is remotely disposed from the data collection center;
• a remote water handling apparatus disposed at the remediation site and linked to the data collection center, the remote water handling apparatus being capable of maintaining the remediation site within compliance limits;
• and
• a communication link that interconnects the data collection center and the monitoring site to obtain the information concerning ground water contaminant characteristics and to transmit a control signal to the water handling apparatus for directing an operation thereof;
• wherein each well receives one said well module, each said well module transmitting information to the data collection center;
• the plurality of wells is arranged at the remediation site;
• and the monitoring system determines real-time contaminant characteristics at each well at the remediation site and transmits a user's action embodied in the control signal to the remote water handling apparatus in response to the received information concerning the ground water characteristics to maintain an operation of the remediation site within compliance limits.

A monitoring system to determine ground water contaminant characteristics in a well;

• the system comprising:
• a well module adapted to be disposed in the well at a remediation site, the well module comprising a probe and at least one sensor that senses ground water contaminant characteristics, the well module being capable of transmitting signals concerning ground water contaminant characteristics and said well module adapted to have additional sensors added thereto;
• a data collection center capable of receiving well signals transmitted from the well module and generating information concerning ground water contaminant characteristics;
• a monitoring site that is remotely disposed from the data collection center;
• a remote water handling apparatus disposed at the remediation site and linked to the data collection center, the remote water handling apparatus being capable of maintaining the remediation site within compliance limits;
• and
• a communication link that interconnects the data collection center and the monitoring site to obtain the information concerning ground water contaminant characteristics and to transmit a control signal to the water handling apparatus for directing an operation thereof;
• wherein the communication link is a two-way communication link between the data collection center and the monitoring site, the two-way communication link further permitting at least one of modification, fine-tuning, manipulation, and resetting of at least one of the sensor, probe, well module, and remote water handling apparatus;
• and the monitoring system transmits a user's action embodied in the control signal to the remote water handling apparatus in response to the received information concerning the ground water characteristics to maintain an operation of the remediation site within compliance limits.

A method of monitoring ground water contaminant characteristics of a plurality of wells at a remediation site using a well module in each of the wells, the well module comprising a probe and at least one sensor, the method comprising:

• disposing the plurality of wells at the remediation site;
• sensing ground water contaminant characteristics with said well module adapted to have a plurality of sensors from well to well at each of the plurality of wells;
• transmitting signals concerning ground water contaminant characteristics from the well module to a data collection center;
• receiving signals concerning ground water contaminant characteristics at the data collection center;
• generating information concerning ground water contaminant characteristics at the data collection center;
• obtaining information concerning the ground water contaminant characteristics across the remediation site at a monitoring site which is disposed remote from the data collection center;
• determining real-time contaminant characteristics across the remediation site;
• and
• transmitting a remote user's action embodied in a control signal to a remote water handling apparatus disposed at the remediation site, the remote water handling apparatus being capable of maintaining the remediation site within compliance limits, the remote user's action being generated in response to the information concerning ground water characteristics received at the monitoring site for maintaining an operation of the remediation site within compliance limits.

A method of monitoring ground water contaminant characteristics of a well at a remediation site using a well module in the well, the well module comprising a probe and at least one sensor, the method comprising:

• sensing ground water contaminant characteristics with said well module adapted to have a plurality of sensors;
• transmitting signals concerning ground water contaminant characteristics from the well module to a data collection center;
• receiving signals concerning ground water contaminant characteristics at the data collection center;
• generating information concerning ground water contaminant characteristics at the data collection center;
• obtaining information concerning the ground water contaminant characteristics at a monitoring site which is disposed remote from the data collection center;
• and
• transmitting a remote user's action embodied in a control signal to a water handling apparatus disposed at the remediation site, the water handling apparatus being capable of maintaining the remediation site within compliance limits, the remote user's action being generated in response to the information concerning ground water characteristics received at the monitoring site for maintaining an operation of the remediation site within compliance limits;
• wherein the method further comprising at least one of modifying, fine-tuning, manipulating, and resetting at least one of the sensor, probe, well module, and water handling apparatus.