Utility Mapping, Detecting Underground Storage Tanks, and Locating Boring Areas for Contamination Tests at Philadelphia Water in Philadelphia, PA
Project Description:
The Philadelphia Water Department asked American Geophysics to assist with; locating active and inactive utilities, buried utility access points, detecting heating-oil USTs (underground storage tanks), as well as investigating approximately 25 proposed boring locations for contamination testing. We were able to use the GPR and magnetometers to locate any buried utility manholes and access points, as well as heating-oil USTs.
Not only could we orient the size and dimensions of the anomalies detected consistent with heating-oil USTs, but their estimated depth below the ground surface as well. All data collection and findings were marked in real-time, with a drill team (soil sampling team) working behind our investigated areas. We were able to confirm active versus inactive utilities still residing on campus, and successfully investigated all the proposed boring locations.
| Client Philadelphia Water in Philadelphia, PA |
- Products: RD1100 250MHz ground penetrating radar (GPR), Fisher TW-6 Electromagnetic Magnetometer, CST/Berger MT-102 MagnaTrak, Radiodetection RD8000 PDL pipe and cable locator
- Utility Mapping
- GPR – Detecting Underground Storage Tanks
- Utility Locating
- Geophysical Services
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