Institute of Natural Resource SustainabilityILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Institute of Natural Resource SustainabilityILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Drilling on Your Property with Your

CooperationOur Goal Is

to Leave the SiteAs We Found It

Illinois State Geological Survey Drilling Operation

For additional drilling information contact: Jack Aud 217-369-2364

Donald A. Keefer 217-244-2786

For additional drilling information contact: Jack Aud 217-369-2364

Donald A. Keefer 217-244-2786

Equipment Used to Drill on Your Property

• Drill rig mounted on a tandem-axle truck• Water truck (2,000-gallon tank)• 16-foot pipe trailer• 24-foot enclosed trailer support vehicle•Staffvehicle

ISGS Staff•Oneoperatorandtwodrillingservice personnel•Oneortwogeologists

Why Drill?Weneedtounderstandwhatlieshiddenunderground.InIllinois,beneathalandscapechangedbyglaciers,thesub-surfaceconsistsofmanydifferentkindsofmaterialsthataffectandareaffectedbyhumanactivities.Todiscoverwhatisbelowthesurface,geologistsmustdrillboreholes,removecoresofearthandrock,andanalyzethem.Geolo-gists then use their expertise to interpret the occurrence anddistributionofmaterialsbetweenboreholes.

Theinformationobtainedbydrillingisusedtoconstructbuildingsandtransportationcorridors,installutilities,developandmanagewaterandmineralresources,andplanforefficientandbeneficiallanduse,amongotheruses.

You Can HelpYourassistanceisvitaltothesuccessofthisproject.Themoreinformationwecanobtainfromdrilling,themoreaccurateareourinterpretations.

E. Donald McKay III, Director Illinois State Geological Survey

Prairie Research Institute University of Illinois

615 East Peabody Drive Champaign, IL 61820

217-333-4747

E. Donald McKay III, Director Illinois State Geological Survey

Prairie Research Institute University of Illinois

615 East Peabody Drive Champaign, IL 61820

217-333-4747

Our goal is to leave the drilling site

as we found it!

What Can You Expect?Before sampling starts, thepropertyischeckedforundergroundutilitiesusingJULIE.To prevent damage, selectedsitesmustbeonfirmground.Thedrillingteamavoidsmovingequipmentwhenthegroundissoftormuddy.Setuptimeisapproximately2hours.Samplingcanthenbegin.Continuous samplingaverages100feetperday.Thegeologistswillletyouknowhowdeeptheyintendtosample.Duringsampling,anontoxicmudmadeofneutralearthmaterialisused.Thewaterusedisfromamunicipalwatersourcetoavoidcontaminationoftheboreholewithstreamorpondwater.Uponcompletionofthesampledhole,theteamrunsdownholegammaandself-potential logs to further interpret the materials that havebeencollected.When continuous sampling and logging has been completed, ittakesabout4hourstoteardowntheequipmentandcleanit.Theequipmentcanthenbemovedfromyourproperty.TheboreholeispluggedinaccordancewiththeDepartmentofPublicHealthPart920IllinoisWaterWellConstructionCode.Thetop3feetarebackfilledwithdirt.Anydrillcuttingsleftatthesitewillbewashedawaywithwatersothattheymixwiththesoil.Thisisthefinalstepinthedrillingoperation.Withthepermissionofthelandowner,whereneeded,amonitoringwellisinstalledtomonitorthegroundwaterlevelandisusedtobetterunderstandourgroundwaterresourcesforpresentandfutureuse.Wecarryliabilityinsurance,weareverywillingtoshareallinformationweobtain,andwearecommittedtoworkingwithlandownerstomakesuretheyaresatisfiedwiththesiteconditionsafterweleave.

Lockable upright monitoring well

Lockable ush mount monitoring well