Australian Water Management Review Vol. 1 2014 | Page 79

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access tube required in the standard method. Additional
time is saved in the removal of the need for cleaning and
drying of the access tube. Still further savings are made
with the removal of the need for sealing the base of the
tube with a bung whilst in the field. This is done with a
PVC end cap, glued at the factory.
Driving down on the bottom of the access tube with a
drop hammer, rather than hitting the top with a sledge
hammer, also makes for more efficient use of energy.
Water infiltration tests have shown preferential
path flow problems are minimised using this new
technique. Any initial preferential path flow was
shown to heal itself within three weeks in both sand
and clay. This means that data integrity is maintained
to Sentek’s high standards.
Set up time and both transport and tooling costs are
reduced with the new method, as fewer custom tools
are &WV