The CARE-Rescif project “Arsenic Occurrence and Contamination in Sediment and Groundwater in An Phu District, An Giang Province” (Assoc. Prof. Vo Le Phu, team leader) has just been conducted the 6th field trip from April 01 to 23, 2015. The fieldtrip is being carried out by PhD candidate Phan Thi Hai Van (a lecturer of Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, HCMUT) and Timothée Bonnet – Master student from Grenobe, France. The purpose of this field campaign is to implement the following activities:
- Collecting groundwater samples (50 samples);
- Measuring soil EC (by EM31) for constructing Piezometric map in Khanh An and Quoc Thai communes An Phu district, An Giang province;
- Surveying specific locations for observation wells and drilling cores.
This field survey aims for the next comprehensive site investigation in the rainy season which is proposed to be in June 2015. The upcoming field campaign (7th field) will deploy further field works, including: (i) Setting up monitoring wells for hydrological, microbial and geochemical characteristics of groundwater; and (ii) Sampling cores for the study area.
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