Description

NOGGIN 250 Adaptable High-Performance Ground Penetrating Radar

Environmental monitoring and spill management is a priority at high risk sites where hazardous substances are stored. As part of an environmental risk management initiative, a local gas station was advised that they should install additional monitoring wells. Since the gas station did not have records of the exact perimeter of the underground fuel storage tanks, it was necessary to map them and other buried infrastructure so the wells could be safely installed.

Ground penetrating radar (GPR) mapping surveys are commonly used to identify the presence of underground storage tanks (USTs). A locating service company was called in to perform a GPR survey to verify the location of the tanks.

A Noggin 250 SmartCart was used to map the location of the USTs at the gas station. It was necessary to cordon off the work area for safety reasons but access to some of the gas pumps had to be maintained. To minimize disruption to the business, the area was broken into four grids and surveyed at separate times. The EKKO_Project software was used later, in post-processing, to merge the grids into a single large grid.