What this tutorial covers
A step-by-step walkthrough of the Groundwater Monitoring Event (GME) form in the EnviroAutomate app. Follow this on your phone the first time you run a GME so you can see exactly what to tap and type on each page. Many fields appear or disappear depending on what you tap above them - those branches are called out below.
Before you start
Open the EnviroAutomate app while you still have signal so the Site's well lists download.
Have your gauging equipment, water quality meter, sample bottles, calibration certificates and PPE ready.
Take a calibration certificate photo before you leave the office.
Step 1 - Open the task
Open the EnviroAutomate app and tap Inbox.
Tap your dispatched GME task (its name shows the Site).
Tap Start Form Task.
Step 2 - Site and Event Details
The first section is read-only and confirms which Site you're at. Check that Project Code, Site Name and Site Address match the job, then swipe to the next page.
Step 3 - Sampling Field Photolog
In this section you attach three groups of photos. Each Take Photos button opens a page where you can either take a new photo with the camera or upload one from your device.
Tap Take Photos under Site Inspection Photos and add any general site condition photos.
Tap Take Photos under LNAPL Visual Confirmation Photos if you observe LNAPL in any well later (you can come back and add these).
Tap Take Photos under Calibration Certificate Photos and add the calibration cert for your water quality meter.
Step 4 - Groundwater Monitoring Well Gauging Data
Add one record per groundwater monitoring well you gauge. For each well:
Tap Existing Well Location: leave on Yes for a well that already exists in EnviroAutomate (the default), or switch to No if you're recording a brand-new well.
If Yes, tap Well Code and pick the well from the list (only Extraction Wells and Groundwater Monitoring Wells at this Site appear). If No, type the new well's code into New Well Code.
Confirm Date and Gauging Time (these auto-fill to now).
Tap a Well Condition Description option:
Well Found - Excellent / Good / Poor Condition: continue with the gauging fields below.
Well Lost / Destroyed / Inaccessible: the gauging fields (Well is dry?, Well Sampled? etc.) disappear and two new fields appear instead - Well Destroyed / Lost Reason and Well Repairs Required. Fill those in and skip to step 12.
Tap Well Diameter (50mm, 100mm or 200mm).
If you headspace screened the well, type the PID (ppm) reading.
Tap LNAPL Detected? No or Yes. If Yes, two extra fields appear: type the Depth to Product (mBTOC) and any LNAPL Comments (Colour, Viscosity, Type). Also remember to add an LNAPL photo back in the Photolog section.
Tap Hydrocarbon Sheen Observed? No, Yes, or Outside SOP Scope.
Tap Well is dry? No or Yes. If No, type Depth to Water (mBTOC). If Yes, the Well Sampled? field disappears (you can't sample a dry well) - skip to step 12.
Type Total Depth (mBTOC) if you measured it.
Tap Well Sampled? Yes or No. If Yes, you'll record the sample on the Sampling section (Step 6). If No, a Why was the well not sampled? field appears - tap one option (Insufficient water to sample, Well not sampled due to the presence of LNAPL, Well not sampled - not included in scope, Well not sampled - superfluous to compliance requirements, or Well not sampled due to blockage).
Tap Add at the bottom of the section to start the next well, then repeat.
Step 5 - Tank-pit Observation Well Gauging Data
Skip this section if there are no tank-pit wells at the Site.
Tap Were tank-pit observation wells gauged? to Yes. The well fields appear.
Tap Existing Tankpit Well: Yes for an existing well, then pick from Tankpit Well Code (only Tank-pit Observation Wells at this Site are listed). No for a new well, then type into New Tankpit Well Code.
Confirm Date and Gauging Time.
Tap a Well Condition Description. Well Lost / Destroyed hides the gauging fields and reveals Well Destroyed / Lost Reason and Well Repairs Required instead.
Tap Well Diameter (50mm, 100mm or 200mm).
Type the PID (ppm) if you took a reading.
Tap LNAPL Detected? No or Yes. Yes reveals Depth to Product (mBTOC) and LNAPL Comments (Colour, Viscosity, Type).
Tap Hydrocarbon Sheen Observed? No, Yes or Outside SOP Scope.
Tap Well is dry or no gaugeable DTW? No or Yes. If No, type Depth to Water (mBTOC) and Total Depth (mBTOC), then a Tank-pit Observation Well Sampled? Yes/No appears - tap whichever applies (tank-pit wells are usually gauging-only).
Tap Add for each additional tank-pit well.
Step 6 - Monitoring Well Sampling Data
For every well where you marked Well Sampled? Yes in Step 4:
Tap Were Samples Collected? to Yes.
Tap Existing Sampling Well Code: Yes reveals Sampling Well Code (lookup of all assessment locations at this Site); No reveals New Sampling Well Code (text input).
Confirm Date and Time Stamp.
Tap a Sample Method. The fields that appear next depend on what you pick:
Hydrasleeve: Set Depth (mBTOC), Deployment Date, Deployment Time, Parameter Readings - No Purge.
Snap Sampler or Grab Sample: Parameter Readings - No Purge only (no depth, no purge).
Submersible Pump: Set Depth (mBTOC) and Purge Parameter Readings.
Low Flow, Bailer, Waterra, Peristaltic Pump or Other: Purge Parameter Readings only.
Type the Well Screen Interval (mBTOC) if relevant.
Tap Field Metals Filtered Yes, No or N/A.
Tap Add for the next sample, then repeat.
Step 7 - QA/QC Sample Register (Duplicates and Triplicates)
If you collected duplicate or triplicate QC samples, tap Were Duplicate / Triplicate QC Samples Collected? to Yes.
For each QC sample tap Duplicate or Triplicate, then set Date, Time Stamp and QC Sample ID.
Tap Existing Primary Sample Well: Yes reveals Primary Sample Well Code (lookup); No reveals New Primary Sample Well Code (text input).
Tap the Analysing Lab (ALS, Eurofins, SGS Analysis or EnviroLab Services).
Tap Add for each additional QC sample.
Step 8 - QA/QC Sample Register - Other
If you collected rinsates, trip blanks, trip spikes, field blanks or method blanks, tap Were Other QC Samples Collected? to Yes.
For each one tap the QC Samples - Other type (Rinsate, Trip Blank, Trip Spike, Field Blank or Method Blank).
Set Date, Time Stamp, QC Sample ID and Analysing Lab.
For rinsates, also fill in Rinsate Item (if applicable) and Rinsate Water Batch Number(s).
Tap Add for each additional QC sample.
Step 9 - Field Submission Sign-off
Type the names of Contractors / People On-Site.
Type any Weather Observations.
Tap Yes on Field Manager Sign Off to confirm the submitted details are true and correct.
Tap Submit.
After you submit
The submission is matched to the GME fieldwork task in EnviroAutomate. Gauging readings, sampling records and QA/QC entries are loaded against the Site, and the fieldwork task status is updated automatically.
Tips
Use Save and Exit at the top to pause between wells - your progress is kept under In Progress on the home screen.
If a well dropdown looks empty, check you're in the correct field: Well Code (gauging), Tankpit Well Code (tank-pit gauging), Sampling Well Code (sampling) or Primary Sample Well Code (QA/QC). Each is filtered to the appropriate location types at the Site.
If a well, tank-pit or sampling location is brand new (not yet in EnviroAutomate), toggle the Existing field to No and type the code into the New field that appears - the back office will register it from your submission.