Description
Monitoring and production borehole data from Ramotswa Botswana, including: groundwater chemistry, borehole GPS points, groundwater dissolved gases, and rainwater chemistry. Data collected in Oct. 2016, Nov. 2016, Jan. 2017, and Feb. 2017. These data are used in a open-access Hydrogeology Journal article (link below), which also includes more information on sample collection and analysis methods.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Groundwater Chemistry in Ramotswa, Botswana - Groundwater Dissolved Gases Concentrations | HTML | Date of analysis 17 March 2017. Analyzed at Kellogg Biological Station Long Term Ecological Research Lab. Each sample is 10 mL of gas in a 3mL glass vial. The 10 mL of gas comes from 30 mL of groundwater shaken with 30 mL of air for 5 minutes inside a gas tight syringe. | Open resource |
| Groundwater Chemistry in Ramotswa, Botswana - Rainwater Chemistry Dataset | HTML | Rainwater collected in clean bucket in Gaborone. Filtered and refrigerated before analysis. All concentrations in mg/L. Analyzed at WaterLab in Pretoria, South Africa. | Open resource |
| Groundwater Chemistry in Ramotswa, Botswana - GPS Borehole Locations | HTML | Monitoring and production borehole GIS coordinates. Datum WGS84. | Open resource |
| Groundwater Chemistry in Ramotswa, Botswana - Groundwater Chemistry | HTML | Groundwater chemistry measurements from boreholes in October 2016, November 2016, January 2017, and February 2017 (nitrate, fecal coliforms, alkalinity, dissolved oxygen, pH, dissolved organic carbon, sulfate, chloride, ammonium, sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, iron, manganese). All concentrations in mg/L. More methods description at link below. Chemistry analyzed at WaterLab in Pretoria, South Africa; fecal coliforms were analyzed at Water Utility Corporation lab in Gaborone. | Open resource |
| Groundwater Chemistry in Ramotswa, Botswana - Groundwater Dissolved Gases Field Data | HTML | Groundwater chemistry measurements from boreholes in October 2016, November 2016, January 2017, and February 2017 (nitrate, fecal coliforms, alkalinity, dissolved oxygen, pH, dissolved organic carbon, sulfate, chloride, ammonium, sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, iron, manganese). | Open resource |
| Groundwater Chemistry in Ramotswa, Botswana - Groundwater Depth to Water Table | HTML | Depth to water table at each sample collection date: October 2016, November 2016, January 2017, and February 2017. | Open resource |