Department Head
Claus Nitsche,
Ph.D. in Engineering
Manager
BGD Soil and Ground Water Laboratory
T +49 351 4389903-0
E-Mail
Department: Exploration / Monitoring
The use of innovative exploration methods for subsurface analyses with consideration of its structure and composition is a basic assumption for resilient status quo analysis and process identification. On this basis, the transfer of information ensues at GICON, leading to a decision-oriented and process-oriented monitoring of the changes taking place in the surface water, subsurface water, and groundwater zones, with consideration to amount and composition.
In connection with the Department of Modeling, monitoring network operation plans will be prepared which, considering the sampling interval and the analysis program, enable optimized monitoring quality and consistency without knowledge gaps. The model task work plans for sampling and analyses enable comprehensive quality assurance. Intelligent data management looks after efficient data flow from the data collection to the data validation and processing to the decision-making point.
Focal Points
Exploration
- Flexible project planning with model-supported visualizations (2D/3D) of the exploration data
- Planning and monitoring of the installation and commissioning of investigational tools (groundwater wells, characteristic water level gauges)
- Phase detection (LNAPL) by means of radon surveying
- Percolation water prognoses
- Method development, development of standards for quality assurance
Monitoring Networks
- Conception, monitoring and complex assessment of surface water and groundwater investigations, incl. data management and optimization (monitoring network operation plans)
- Development of information systems for efficient data management
- Hydrodynamic and hydrometric surveys, compilation of gauge correlations for water level gauges
- Sampling of groundwater, soil water, surface water, soil, sediment (accredited), NAPL, groundwater elevation surveys
Research
- Project supervision / project management
- Site investigations with application of innovative exploration and monitoring techniques
- Laboratory experiments for parameter ascertainment (batch and acid tests)
- Method development and adaptation (sampling, analytics, lab experiments)
