Hydrology, Hydrogeology, and Hydrochemistry
Director: Giorgio Pilla
Headquarters: Via Ferrata 1 (Floor A)
Main instruments in the Hydrology and Hydrogeology section:
- Rain gauges
- Salmoiraghi psychrometer
- Valeport hydrometric turbine
- Hydrometrograph
- Turbidimeter
- Measuring stations for watercourse monitoring
- Piezometric probes
- Schlumberger Water Services multi-parameter probes for level, temperature, and electrical conductivity acquisition
- Cellai 504S peristaltic pump
- Bailer manual sampler
- Manning automatic sampler, 24 samples
- Slug test equipment
- Conductivity probe for conductivity logs in wells (50 m)
- Grundfos pmi – md 1/230 volt 2" submersible pump
- Conductivity meters, pH meter, red/ox potential, and soil dissolved oxygen
- Main instruments in the Hydrochemistry section:
- Area with tools for setting up conductivity stations Measurement
- Dionex DX 120 with automatic water sampler
- WTW Photolab Spectral benchtop spectrometer
- WTW Photo Flex portable photometer
- TD 700 Turner Design benchtop fluorometer
- Centrifuge
- Precision balance
- Scale
- Plates
- Muffle flask
- Laboratory oven
- Benchtop shaker
- Electric benchtop pH meter and conductivity meter
- Millipore milliQ plus deionizer
- Equipment for preparing water samples for 14C analysis (traditional analysis)
Activities performed:
The Hydrology and Hydrogeology section has equipment suitable for measuring flow rates in watercourses using traditional methods (hydrometric eddy current) or using chemical and fluorescent tracers. For hydrometeorological analyses, it has various instruments for recording temperatures, pressure, atmospheric humidity, rainfall, and water levels in watercourses. Water. The laboratory is equipped with various water tables and various types of pumps, including those suitable for conducting well pumping tests and collecting groundwater samples.
The Hydrochemistry section is dedicated to analyzing the main chemical and physical parameters of both surface and groundwater, both in the laboratory and in the field. For soil analyses, the laboratory is equipped with portable instruments for measuring pH, electrical conductivity, temperature, dissolved oxygen, redox potential, and COD. It recently acquired a photometer for determining the main chemical macroconstituents in the field.
For the complete chemical characterization of water, the laboratory has benchtop instruments for determining pH, electrical conductivity, and temperature, an ion chromatograph, a fluorimeter, and a spectrophotometer.
The laboratory is equipped for:
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