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A soil vapor survey was conducted in March, 1998, in order to better define the extent of near- surface soil contamination This survey was followed by the drilling of two new soil borings to collect samples to confirm the vapor results The results of the investigation were presented in the Soil Assessment Report prepared by Upgradient in April, 1998 Subsequently, one of the borings was converted to groundwater monitor well VM4 In August 1999, Upgradient installed two remediation test wells within the mapped zone of soil contamination However, no hydrocarbons were detected in any of the soil samples collected from these wells One of the wells (VT-1), was screened with 4-inch PVC casing from 15 to 30 feet for future use in soil vapor extraction testing The other well (SW-1), was screened with 2-inch PVC casing from 29 5 to 315 feet for potential use as an air sparging well Groundwater monitoring has taken place annually or semi-annually at tlus site since 1995, but was performed three tunes in 1999 3.0 PROCEDURES Upon arrival at the site, the wells were opened and allowed to equalize with atmospheric pressure before the depth to groundwater was measured Depth measurements were recorded on the Well Monitor Report (Appendix A) and are shown in Table 1 After water depths were measured, a battery-operated bladder pump was used to purge the wells of standing water The wells were • purged until conductivity and temperature stabilized or until the wells went dry (Appendix A) Purged water was stored in a DOT-approved drum in the southwest corner of the site After purging, samples were collected from each well Three 40-m1 vials were collected from each, labeled, and placed in a cooled ice chest The samples were later shipped to Excelchem Environmental Laboratory for analysis The laboratory report is included in Appendix B 4.0 RESULTS 4.1 Depth to Groundwater and Groundwater Gradient The static water level is still 14 feet above the screened interval in VM-1, VM-2, and VM-3, and 4 5 feet over the screen in VM-4 The depth to groundwater on June 7 averaged 31 feet(Table 1) As to the past,the water purged from VM-2 was the color of"gray water", but no sewer odor was present Figure 3 illustrates the groundwater gradient and general direction of groundwater flow The water table slopes to the east at a gradient of 0 0025 ft/ft, which is more than twice the slope measured in March 3