The Australian National Groundwater Data Transfer Standard

Contaminant

Domain of contaminant DESCRIPTION attribute of RESULT entity                  
References                  
Mathey, S.B. (ed.) 1997, Users Manual for the National Water Information System of the US Geological Survey, Chapter 1 Groundwater Site Inventory System. USGS Open File Report 97/633, United States Geological Survey, 172 p.                  
NGC 1998, Review of Data Structures for Core Groundwater Data in Australia, NLP 97/7020 Project Report, National Groundwater Committee Working Group on National Groundwater Data Standards, 345 p.                  
Qualifier 1:                  
Qualifier 2:                  
Note:                  
Attribute Code Parent Category     Synonyms Description Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2
contaminant GAS   gas       groundwater has entrained gas    
contaminant CDG GAS   carbon dioxide gas     groundwater has entrained carbon dioxide gas    
contaminant FG GAS   flammable gas     groundwater has entrained flammable gas    
contaminant HSG GAS   hydrogen sulphide gas     groundwater has entrained hydrogen sulphide gas    
contaminant FLD   fluid       groundwater contaminated by an unidentified fluid    
contaminant DRL FLD   drilling fluid     groundwater contaminated by fluids used in drilling groundwater feature    
contaminant LHC FLD   liquid hydrocarbons     groundwater contaminated by liquid hydrocarbons    
contaminant PET LHC     petrol   groundwater contaminated by petroleum product    
contaminant FOM   foam       unidentified foam evident with groundwater    
contaminant DRF FOM   drilling foam     groundwater contaminated by foam used in drilling process    
contaminant DET FOM   detergent suds     groundwater contaminated by detergent    
contaminant SLD   solid       groundwater contains unidentified solids    
contaminant ORG SLD   organic material     groundwater contaminated by particles of organic material    
contaminant ALG ORG     algal mat   groundwater contaminated by algal mat debris    
contaminant BAC ORG     bacterial sludge   groundwater contaminated by bacterial sludge eg formed by iron bacterial    
contaminant SEW ORG     sewage   groundwater contaminated by sewage solids    
contaminant CUT     cuttings     groundwater contaminated by fine cuttings generated from construction process    
contaminant SHC     solid hydrocarbons     groundwater contaminated by solid or semi-solid hydrocarbons such as tar    
contaminant GRS SHC     grease   groundwater contaminated by solid or semi-solid grease    
contaminant PPT     precipitate     groundwater contaminated by particles generated through chemical precipitation    
contaminant CBT PPT     carbonate precipitate   groundwater contaminated by carbonate particles generated through chemical precipitation    
contaminant FE PPT     iron precipitate   groundwater contaminated by iron-rich particles generated through chemical precipitation    
contaminant SLP PPT     sulphate precipitate   groundwater contaminated by sulphate-rich particles generated through chemical precipitation    
contaminant ELE     element     groundwater contaminated by particles derived from the construction element    
contaminant LIN ELE     lining   groundwater contaminated by particles from the lining eg rusted casing    
contaminant ANN ELE     annulus   groundwater contaminated by debris from the gravel pack material    
contaminant UNK   unknown       type of groundwater contaminant is unknown    
contaminant NON   none       no visual indication of any contaminants in groundwater    
Domain for QUALIFIER for contaminant DESCRIPTION of RESULT entity (contamination intensity)                  
Qualifier 1:                  
Qualifier 2:                  
Note:                  
Attribute Code Parent Category     Synonyms Description Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2
contaminant_intensity NO   none       contaminant is not visibly evident in groundwater    
contaminant_intensity MLD   mild       contaminant is only evident in trace amounts within the groundwater    
contaminant_intensity MOD   moderate       contaminant is evident in moderate but significant amounts    
contaminant_intensity SER   serious       contaminant is evident in large and very significant amounts    
contaminant_intensity EXT   extreme       contaminant is evident in extremely large amounts    
contaminant_intensity UNK   unknown       extent of contamination is unknown    

 

 

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