Appendix 4: Recommended gear list
The following is a list of recommended equipment for routine groundwater sampling. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of equipment, as every sampling programme will have its own requirements, but this list should provide basic guidance as to equipment requirements for standard SOE sampling in New Zealand:
- Sample bottles, filters, syringes
- Field sheets (see example in Appendix 2)
- Field meter and calibration solutions
- Flow cell
- Sample tubing
- Water level probe
- Staff gauge (for measuring artesian head)
- Graduated bucket
- Gloves (powder-free latex)
- Gas torch for flame sterilisation or alcohol and swabs
- Toolbox (should include basic tools such as screwdrivers, adjustable spanners, hammer, pliers, groove joint pliers, pipe/stillson wrench, electrical tape, thread tape)
- Assorted plumbing fittings, hose clips and plugs
- Calculator
- Stopwatch
- Pen, pencil and permanent marker
- Portable pump (if required) and generator
- Cell phone
- First aid kit
- Paper towels
- Hand sanitiser
- Zip-lock bags (for grouping bottles from each site)
- Rubbish bags
- Chilly bin/s
- Ice and/or slika pads
- Groundsheet
