piezometer

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A gauge connected with a water main to show the pressure at that point
An instrument which measures pressure head or hydraulic pressures in a conduit or hydraulic pressures within the fill of an earth dam or the abutment; at the foundation because of seepage or soil compression; or on a flow surface of a spillway, gate, or valve Piezometers are used regularly for monitoring of all four dams at Horsetooth Reservoir
An instrument for measuring the compressibility of liquids
An instrument for measuring pressure head in a conduit, tank, soil, etc It usually consists of a small pipe or tube tapped into the side of the container, the inside end being flush with, and normal to, the water face of the container, connected with a manometer pressure gage, mercury of water column, or other device for indicating pressure head
A nonpumping well, generally of small diameter, for measuring the elevation of a water table
a type of monitoring well that is open only at the top and bottom of its casing
a type of well that is used to find the depth of the water table by and measuring the level of the water in it
An instrument used to measure high pressures
{i} instrument used to measure the pressure of fluids
a measuring instrument for measuring high pressures
Pressure reading and measuring instrument connected to a short sealed off length of a drill hole or hydrogeologic unit
A well installed to monitor hydraulic head or to monitor groundwater quality
A well with a screen length that is only 1-5% of an aquifer's saturated thickness Generally used to measure the total potential or head at a point in an aquifer
– A well with a short, slotted screen (1 to 5 feet) for measuring a potentiometric surface or elevation of the water table
piezometer
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