Five relatively newly developed groundwater-sampling devices (the Kabis, HydraSleeve, Discrete Interval, Pneumc-Bailer, and USGS Passive Diffusion Bag [PDB] samplers) were tested to determine their ability to recover representative concentrations of a variety of analytes, including volatile organics, explosives, pesticides, and metals. The first phase of the study included several standpipe experiments with known concentrations of analytes. In the second phase, the devices were used in the field to sample TCE from a deep well and were compared with samples taken using lowflow sampling.We found that the PDB sampler was the easiest device to use but should be used only for selected VOCs. The HydraSleeve and the Kabis Sampler are thief-type samplers that were also relatively easy to use. Although these devices could produce representative concentrations of explosives, pesticides, and metals in the standpipe experiments, they elevated the turbidity in our monitoring well. Therefore, we would recommend that their use be limited to wells where the turbidity is not affected by their use, especially if sampling for metals or the more hydrophobic organic
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