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Geoprobe®: The Right Tools for Investigation of Uranium in Drinking Water

What does a small community do when their public water supply is threatened by high concentrations of uranium? A Research and Development Team from Geoprobe Systems® quickly mobilized to the central Nebraska community of Clarks to see if direct push methods could provide information to formulate a solution to the problem.
A few years back, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services began testing all of the water supply wells across Nebraska to be sure they were in compliance with the new uranium-mass regulation promulgated by the U.S. EPA. This new regulation established a maximum contaminant level (MCL) of 30 ug/L for uranium in drinking water. Tom Christopherson, Program Manager for Water Well Standards of DHHS, soon learned that the old public water supply (PWS) wells in the small farming community of Clarks in central Nebraska were contaminated with uranium at concentrations between 100 to 200 ug/L. This was bad news for the approximately 375 residents of Clarks. After a difficult search, they installed two test wells about 1.5 miles northeast of town, and both wells were nondetect for uranium. Two new PWS wells were installed adjacent to the test wells, and initial pumping and testing found that the new North well was yielding water with uranium concentrations about 30 ug/L. After initial testing was done by the University of Nebraska - Lincoln, it became apparent that a modified, low-speed pumping program was not going to correct the problem. It was then that Tom Christopherson asked if Geoprobe Systems® would demonstrate direct push methods at the site, and assist the agency in understanding the cause of the elevated uranium problem at the Clarks well field.
Geoprobe® R&D Team Mobilizes
Led by Wes McCall, Geoprobe® Environmental Geologist, a team of Geoprobe® Research and Development Engineers mobilized equipment to Clarks in September and performed a 4-day expedited investigation at the new well field. According to Wes, “Going to sites such as this allows the Geoprobe® R&D team to test new techniques and tooling in ‘real world’ applications. Not only was this a great site to test our new tooling, but we were also able to help a small community in need of safe drinking water.”
A Look Below the Surface: HPT Logging Begins

Day One at the Clarks, NE, site. The Geoprobe® R&D team used a 6625CPT machine to collect Hydraulic Profiling Tool (HPT) logs near the two public water supply wells. Steve Knobbe (left), Project Engineer, and Richard Holmgren, Direct Image® Specialist, work at the HPT1 location.
Using the Hydraulic Profiling Tool (HPT), five HPT logs were collected across the well field site. A Geoprobe® 6625CPT machine and the HPT system were used to gather information on the local hydrostratigraphy at depths approaching 120 feet. The first log (HPT1) was obtained near the South Public Water Supply (PWS) well. “HPT logs allowed us to ‘see’ subsurface information,” Wes explained, “and helped us to plan the placement of monitoring wells during the next steps in the project.” The logs revealed the presence of several fine-grained layers or lenses separating thicker sand zones. Also shown on the first log (next page) is the construction of the 4-inch diameter test well and the new 12-inch diameter South PWS well, based on drillers’ logs. The North PWS well and test well were constructed similarly.
A Look At the Groundwater: DP Monitoring Wells Installed
On Day Two, another team arrived for monitoring well installation using direct push (DP) methods. “Based on the information displayed in the HPT logs,” Wes said, “0.75-in. ID prepacked screen wells were installed at selected depths adjacent to the HPT1 log location (A-Group wells).” Five-foot prepacks were installed in the aquifer between the fine-grained lenses which were identified by the HPT logs.

Site sketch map of Clarks, NE, public water supply wells, test wells, HPT logs, and prepacked screen monitoring wells installed during the project. Green diamonds mark HPT log locations. Solid circles mark DP well locations screened at different depths to study changes in groundwater chemistry.
During this process, the R&D team used the new Model 8040DT machine to advance 2.25 in. OD rods up to 118-feet deep. A new Model GS2250 grout machine performed bottom-up tremie grouting with a 25 percent solids bentonite slurry. A second set of prepacked screen wells (B-Group) was installed beside the HPT2 location and at some distance from both of the PWS wells. Because of the 8040DT’s capabilities, eight of the prepacked wells were installed in two days. The fifth shallow well at HPT2 was installed the following morning.
A Look At the Groundwater: Sampling the Wells
One-half-inch PE tubing and tubing bottom check valves were used for the initial development of the 0.75-in. prepacked screen wells. The 12-volt Geoprobe® Electric Actuator powered the check valve system to develop the wells up to 115 ft. deep. The check valves were moved across the screen interval to surge and purge between five and twenty gallons from each well. After the initial development significantly lowered the turbidity, mechanical bladder pumps were installed to perform low-flow purging and sampling. Electric actuators also powered the bladder pumps at flow rates between approximately 150 ml/min to 300 ml/min. Flow from the pumps was directed through a small flow cell equipped with a YSI556 Multi-Parameter Probe to monitor water quality parameters (DO, ORP, pH, Specific conductance and temperature). Turbidity was monitored periodically with a Cole Parmer turbidity meter. Turbidity was below 10 (NTU) in all of the wells prior to sampling. DHHS personnel collected samples for several cations, anions, and trace elements, including uranium, from each of the newly-installed prepacked screen wells. “Since one of the 4-in. test wells had shown elevated uranium from earlier sampling,” Wes said, “both of these wells were sampled for all of the analytes and uranium using mechanical bladder pumps and the electric actuators.”

The first HPT log run near the South PWS well and test well. Note increasing baseline is due to hydrostatic pressure. Peaks in the log indicate increased water pressure in the HPT probe due to fine-grained materials in the formation. Lower pressures indicate sands/gravels in the formation. The PWS well is 12-in. diameter, stainless steel screen and casing. The test well is 4-in. PVC and was backfilled to the surface with sand.
Samples from all nine of the DP installed prepacked screen wells and the two 4-in. test wells were collected by DHHS personnel and submitted to the Nebraska State Laboratory for analysis. According to a brief summary of the chemistry for the A-Group wells, which were installed near the South PWS well, the Specific conductance, sodium (Na), sulfate (SO4), selemium (Se) and uranium (U) all tended to decrease with depth. Wes explained, “However, the results for the South 4-in. test well, near the A-Group DP wells, appeared anomalous. Although the test well was screened deep in the aquifer, it had chemistry similar to the shallow DP wells (A4 & A3), and was out of equilibrium with the deep DP wells (A1 & A2) screened at similar depths. Based on HPT log information and well data, the gravel packed annulus of the old 4-in. test well was behaving as a conduit for shallow groundwater to move down to depth in the aquifer, especially when the PWS well pumps were activated.” Probably most obvious is the uranium in the South 4-in. test well. “Data indicates that the uranium levels in the South test well are 168 ug/L, which is about five times higher than anything observed in the nearby A-Group wells for uranium,” Wes added. “This is definitely not in equilibrium with the A1 and A2 DP wells screened at similar depths, which are both non-detect for uranium.”
Results for the B-Group wells show that Specific conductance, Na, SO4, and Se again tend to decrease with depth. However, uranium concentrations are distinctly higher in the B4 and B3 wells ... up to 376 ug/L. According to Wes, “It appears that these two zones in the aquifer are probable sources for the uranium observed in the South 4-in. test well and the PWS wells.” By observing the construction information of the South PWS well, the filter pack extends up to approximately 60 ft. below grade. This means that the filter pack for this well directly intersects the B3 zone of the aquifer with the high uranium concentrations. “It becomes apparent,” he said, “that both the filter-packed annulus of the original test wells and the extended filter pack of the PWS wells allow for movement of groundwater from shallow zones of the aquifer downward into the well screen.”
Project Success Takes The Right Equipment
It’s important to note that all of the field investigation activities described here took place in less than a week on-site. That’s nine prepacks set to depths up to 110 feet for a total of 609 feet of prepack installation.

Brent Kejr, Geoprobe® Product Engineer, uses the new 8040DT to set 0.75 in. prepacked screen monitoring wells. Eight of the nine prepacks were installed in two days. The 8040DT machine drove the 2.25 in. casing to 118 feet in less than 30 minutes.
“This was a good project to demonstrate the ability of the new 8040DT machine,” noted Tom Christy, Geoprobe® Vice President. “The installations went faster and smoother than anything we could have achieved with our other model probe machines.”
Tom also noted that this project sets a good example for the use of direct push logging data. “We sent the HPT unit out there a day ahead of time. The logs we got were very informative; showing us clay and fine-grained zones that previous investigations of the site by drilling just were not able to pick up. We knew exactly where to set our prepacks to get a good, multi-level picture of the distribution of uranium. As a result, all of the prepacks developed and yielded good samples for analysis.
Based on knowledge of the geology, the contamination is not caused by human activity but rather the uranium occurs naturally in the sediments of the aquifer. There is also some uranium in the soil outside your window and in the soil most everywhere on the planet. And actually the U in the soil outside your window may be 10 to 100 times the concentration in the drinking water the people in the community of Clarks were drinking, Wes explained.
Ultimately, the uranium in the aquifer sediments below Clarks comes from the sedimentary rocks in eastern Wyoming and also from the granites in the rocky mountains. The rivers erode the sedimentary rocks and granites, and carry the sand, silt, clay, and gravels down the Platte River ... along with the uranium inside of them. These sediments now make up the aquifer materials in the Platte River and Village of Clarks water supply aquifer.

The Specific conductance and analyte concentrations in the groundwater decrease with depth in the aquifer as shown by the DP wells. However, the Specific conductance and analyte concentrations in the 4-in. well is high when compared to the DP wells screened over similar intervals. These results indicate that the sand-packed annulus of the 4-in. well is permitting shallow groundwater with high analyte concentrations to flow down the aquifer unimpeded. Note the high uranium in the 4-in. well is greater than any result from the A-Group DP wells.
According to Wes, the real problem is exposure to the uranium. “We don’t eat the soil, and we usually don’t put your dirty hands in your mouth,” he said. “We usually don’t inhale much of it either, even on dry windy days in the central plains. So we don’t actually get ‘exposed’.”
Unfortunately for the people in Clarks, the small amount of uranium in the sediments in their aquifer (probably only a few parts per million) is dissolving a little in the groundwater due to the groundwater chemistry in some parts of the aquifer. This dissolved uranium gets pulled in by the pump in their supply wells and it gets to their water tap at home. “The residents of Clark drink the water or cook with the water,” Wes said, “and so ingest it and are ‘exposed’. It seems the primary concern with uranium is not its radioactive decay in the body (though that’s not good), but the effects Uuranium has on our kidneys as a heavy metal causing damage to the organ.”
The Next Step
Currently, the community of Clarks is having the test wells properly abandoned and is evaluating corrective measures for the new PWS wells to come back into compliance with the 30 ug/L uranium MCL.
Wes concluded, “While we’re more familiar investigating problems with man-made contaminants, like gasoline or TCE in our aquifers, this project demonstrates that naturally-occurring materials, such as uranium or arsenic, can be a significant problem.” He also stated that this project revealed that the same direct push methods the industry has applied for the investigation of other contaminants works well to understand the presence and distribution of naturally occurring analytes. “It’s easy to imagine how differently the PWS well design and construction would have progressed,” Wes concluded, “if the data from the small DP wells had been available before the project was started.”
Helping the Industry and the Environment
Although finding uranium in your drinking water isn’t good news for the people in Clarks, having the ability to test new products on sites such as this is beneficial to the Geoprobe® R&D team. It also has a positive impact on the industry. New technology and product improvements to better the environment are a direct result of being able to test equipment and new ideas. It’s also a good reminder of why the direct push method is good for both the environment and for those who work in this industry. Although the levels of uranium were high in the groundwater, at no time was the site team exposed to contaminants or were there hazards to their safety. There were no waste cuttings generated at the site which eliminated the need for handling, storage, sampling, analyzing, transporting, or disposing of the contaminated waste ... both a risk to health and a costly investment.
Additional information about this investigation and the specific field methods applied and equipment used is available by contacting Wes McCall at Geoprobe Systems®, 1-800-436-7762 or at mccallw@geoprobe.com.
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7822DT Early Responder for Geotechnical and Environmental Sampling
A Geoprobe® 7822DT, owned by Strata Drilling Group in Richmond Hill, Ontario (Canada), was early on scene for a train derailment on March 7, 2015, north of Gogama in northern Ontario...
Probing Times Spring 2015 |
New Paint Always Draws a Crowd
New paint. So it was no surprise that the arrival of a new Geoprobe® 3230DT Combo Rig at the American...
Probing Times Spring 2015 |
3230DT: Combination Drill Rig from Geoprobe®
EnviroTek Environmental & Construction Services in Tampa, FL, wanted to attract more mining clients. Their new...
Probing Times Spring 2015 |
6712DT Low-Clearance Cylinder Addition “Valuable Modification” for Enviro-Dynamics
Rob Mores, Owner of Enviro-Dynamics in Hebron, IN, ushered in 2014 with the delivery of a new 6712DT to replace his trusted 6610DT...
Probing Times Spring 2015 |
“We’ve sure been busy.”
We’re sure busy here at Discovery Drilling, in spite of the logistically challenging projects we have scattered around Alaska. We realized...
Probing Times Spring 2015 |
Bridge Over Rubbled Water
Minnesota Department of Transportation determines 1,150-ft. long, 220-ft. high structure will be used for highway...
Probing Times Spring 2015 |
Former Dry Cleaners Site Impacts CA Water Front Park
The City of Monterey, CA, has envisioned providing public access to the City’s waterfront by acquiring open space since the creation of the City’s Master Plan in 1939...
Probing Times Spring 2015 |
Switch to Sonic? No Way!
The Geoprobe® sonic rig has really done some incredible things” Robert said. “Everywhere we’ve gone it’s really impressed everyone...
Probing Times Fall 2016 |
Geoprobe® Sonic Weighted Wireline - A Real Game Changer for the Sonic Industry
Moving things forward. That’s what the sonic weighted wireline tooling from Geoprobe Systems® does. Call it raising the bar...
Probing Times Fall 2016 |
Stearns Drilling On Site of Possible Vehicle Research Center
Stearns Drilling mobilized their Geoprobe® 8140LS rotary sonic to the former Willow Run Powertrain Plant in Ypsilanti Township in Michigan, the site...
Probing Times Fall 2016 |
Sonic Double Wall 4.5 in. (SDW45) Sampling System
The Sonic Double Wall 4.5-in. (SDW45) tooling system compliments the conventional sonic 4x6 system. It’s a simple and effective tooling system...
Probing Times Fall 2016 |
8140LC Sonic: Unmatched Versatility
“As far as rig performance goes, I have to say it did very well,” Randy Crandell, Driller for Major Drilling in Salt Lake City, UT, said recently...
Probing Times Fall 2016 |
Indexing Rack for 10-Foot Sonic Tooling
With a few basic movements and one ‘touch’ of the drill stem, sonic tooling can be loaded into the rig’s rod loader, and the machine’s functions take over...
Probing Times Fall 2016 |
High-Speed Coring Head for Geoprobe® Sonics
While Geoprobe® sonic machines effectively core rock, sonic does tend to induce fractures in the sample. So if the job calls for accurate...
Probing Times Fall 2016 |
3230DT Helps Expand Services for Active Environmental Technologies
Our goal at Active Environmental Technologies, Inc. was to expand the drilling division to provide a much broader range of services to...
Probing Times Fall 2016 |
Spring Assisted Swivel Pull Cap
This is one of my favorite accessory tools. It’s simple and effective. This is a true impact-making, gotta-see-it-to-believe-it...
Probing Times Fall 2016 |
Air Rotary Drilling with a 7822DT
Never underestimate the capability of the 7822DT! Every day, customers become aware of applications they can offer their clients based on the power...
Probing Times Fall 2016 |
Customers Find Success with Geoprobe® 3.75 in. Tooling
Geoprobe® 3.75 in. tooling was designed in conjunction with the Geoprobe® 2.0-in. Slim Prepacks to create a more efficient...
Probing Times Fall 2016 |
7822DT Uses Air Rotary for Geothermal Loop Installation
During the last 23 years, Tony Poulter, Vice President and Co-Owner of RAZEK in Louisburg, KS, has operated a Geoprobe® machine...
Probing Times Fall 2016 |
Brothers Find Employees and Geoprobe® Valuable to Grow Business
In 2005, Andrew and Tony Armstrong set forward to challenge themselves by starting their own company, Direct Environmental Drilling...
Probing Times Fall 2016 |
GeoTek Hawaii Helps Introduce Ground Freezing Technology to Paradise
GeoTek Hawaii was recently retained by Drayko Construction in Honolulu, HI, to complete an innovative project for the City and County...
Probing Times Fall 2016 |
Limited Head Space for 7822DT
Hynes & Associates, in Salisbury, MD, recently completed another difficult drilling project using a Geoprobe® 7822DT...
Probing Times Fall 2016 |
GeoTest Services in San Antonio Knows How to Dial In...Limited Access Machines
GeoTest Services in San Antonio, TX, completed five limited access interior borings to +/- 20 feet at the University of Houston Cougars...
Probing Times Fall 2016 |
54TR Mounting Options
Are you looking for a limited access, specialty direct push machine? Our 54TR combines the proven 54 Series probe assembly...
Probing Times Fall 2016 |
MIP Logging Used to Investigate Site Contaminated by Mixture of VOCs
Dekonta company, a central/eastern European environmental company in Prague, completed both research and commercial activities...
Probing Times Fall 2016 |
Using HPT Logs for Identifying Brine Impact on Fresh Water Aquifers
Last summer Wes McCall and Geoprobe® summer intern Mateus Evald conducted field tests with the Hydraulic Profiling Tool–Groundwater...
Probing Times Fall 2016 |
Geoprobe® DI Team Posts HPT Logging Services Specification
Hydraulic Profiling Tool (HPT) Logging is getting a lot of use these days. HPT logs are a good tool for evaluating site stratigraphy...
Probing Times Fall 2016 |
Riverbed Characterization on Aa River in Belgium
Students and a Professor from the Free University of Brussel (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) used a Geoprobe® Pneumatic Slug Test Kit to perform slug tests inside the Aa...
Probing Times Fall 2016 |
Machine Refurbish Makes Good Cents
The timing is right for 7822DTs, 8040DTs, and even some sonic rigs to come in for a refurb or repairs, especially if you continue to run one of the older...
Probing Times Fall 2016 |
What’s an easy way to keep your Geoprobe® machine running at peak performance?
We get calls every week, “the engine cranks but will not start or will not run well.” The number one cause is improper fuel system maintenance...
Probing Times Fall 2016 |
The Bikes on Broadway
Ever present on the North Campus of Geoprobe Systems® (located on Broadway Blvd) but seldom seen by the public, these men and their ‘machines’ ride...
Probing Times Fall 2016 |
ADT Increases Production With 7822DTs
Aquifer Drilling & Testing, Inc. (ADT) is currently operating between 8-12 crews gathering information to help design bioswales...
Probing Times Fall 2015 |
How Did It Go? Amazing!
‘It’s amazing how a project can start off so small and turn into something much larger so quickly!’
Probing Times Fall 2015 |
Versatile Power. Simple to Run.
The 3230DT may be the most versatile machine Geoprobe Systems® has ever designed and manufactured. Find out more about the machine features.
Probing Times Fall 2015 |
The 4-Twenty Project
New Geoprobe® SDT60 Weighted Wire Line System Obtains High-Quality Soil Samples in Less Time
Probing Times Fall 2015 |
Living the American Dream
As a young man out of high school, Rob McAllister wasn’t sure what he wanted to do with his life. That’s something a lot of people can relate to.
Probing Times Fall 2015 |
A Real Game Changer: 2.0 in. Slim Prepacks and 3.75 in. Rods
With an inside diameter of 3.0 in., the 3.75 in. Probe Rods have an optimal casing combining ease of use for 2.0-in. Slim Prepack monitoring well installation,
Probing Times Fall 2015 |
Dual Winch System Saves Time and Money
One of our most versatile machines just got an efficiency boost! A true dual winch option is now available for the 7822DT...
Probing Times Fall 2015 |
Customer Success: Living the American Dream
They made the decision over dinner one evening. “I think we should start our own business,” Dusty Schroeder said to his wife, Kim, with their three small children at the table...
Probing Times Fall 2014 |
Customer Success: Geotechnical Investigation for New Bridge Pier Foundations
The Mannik & Smith Group Inc.’s (MSG) drilling division provided geotechnical investigation and engineering services for roadway, embankment, bridge abutment, and pier design...
Probing Times Fall 2014 |
Grouting Made Easy with the Direct Image® 2.25 in. Grout Sub
The new Direct Image® (DI) 2.25 in. Grout Sub (222346) will attach to any 2.25 in. DI tool string, and allow you to easily grout your borehole from bottom up...
Probing Times Fall 2014 |
Customer Success: “Oh, The Places You’ll Go!”
Mike Hynes, Master Water Well Driller at John D. Hynes & Associates in Salisbury, MD, reports their 7822DT continues to do things and go places with continued success...
Probing Times Fall 2014 |
Customer Success: 7822DT: “Right” Sized Package, Power and Capabilities
Geo Logic, Inc., Clarksville, IN, was retained by Professional Service Industries (PSI) to install a 2.0-in. PVC monitoring well near a former underground storage tank (UST) site at the..
Probing Times Fall 2014 |
Satisfy Sample Hungry Clients with NEW Patented 3-inch Interlocking Split Spoon
Frozen. Everything. Everywhere. A common challenge in Alaska where the geology is interesting - to say the least - with glacial till and large cobbles. But the tough terra firma...
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Cut Fuel Consumption In Half With New Features On The 7822DT V3
Turning augers with the throttle full tilt and then idling down when fine tuning tool strings may be automatically programmed into some driller’s minds...
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Increase Sampling Efficiency with NEW DT22 Detent Drive Head
Loose soils. Medium dense soils. No matter the soil type, the NEW DT22 Detent Drive Head has solved the challenge of damaged or stranded liners...
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Direct Image® Operational Tips Email
Find out more about recent DI software updates and tips for the field...
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Gregg Drilling Uses MIP To Develop Strategic ISCO Treatment
Gregg Drilling & Testing, based in California, recently partnered with a Northern California environmental consultant to provide Membrane Interface Probe (MIP) and...
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Geoprobe®: The Right Tools for Investigation of Uranium in Drinking Water
A few years back, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services began testing all of the water supply wells across Nebraska to be sure...
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Open House 2012 Wrap-Up
It was overcast but dry and spirits were high as our 2012 Open House got underway Thursday morning. Close to 150 people travelled from half a dozen...
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Direct Image® 2012 Workshop Wrap-Up
The response to our first ever Direct Image® Workshop surprised even us! Preparation for the workshop was a lot of work and at times tension was high but when the day finally arrived...
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Supporting Exploration Around the World
Our customers describe our equipment as “Versatile, Innovative, Easy-to-use, and Supported like no other drilling equipment” they own...
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MC7 Soil Sampling System
The MC7 is a continuous soil sampler that compliments the industry standard MC5 system with very similar means of operation.
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Augerhead Adds Rock Coring Capability to 78 Series Machines
At the 2012 Geoprobe® Open House, the Geoprobe® Engineering Team demonstrated rock coring capabilities using the 7822DT – version 2 – equipped with a new GA4100...
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Geoprobe Systems® Rolls Out Array of NEW Products at 2014 Open House
Geoprobe® Open House 2014 event organizers didn’t hold anything back! There were two full days of new Geoprobe® products and technology on display, the introduction...
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