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Low-Flow (Minimal Drawdown) Ground-Water Sampling Procedures

This paper is intended to provide background information on the development of low-flow sampling procedures and its application under a variety of hydrogeologic settings. It is hoped that the paper will support the production of standard operating procedures  for use by EPA Regional personnel and other environmental professionals engaged in ground-water sampling.

This document is also available in SEMS at https://semspub.epa.gov/work/HQ/174364.pdf.

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