{"id":8408,"date":"2026-05-12T17:18:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T16:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/?page_id=8408"},"modified":"2026-05-12T17:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T16:22:13","slug":"technical-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/technical-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Technical services"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<section class=\"hero-section hero-section-with-social\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Technical services<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap social-wrap-inline-them\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sea-background-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Share this article<\/span><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/technical-services\/\"><span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span class=\"hidden\">Facebook<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Technical%20services&#038;url=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/technical-services\/\"><span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span class=\"hidden\">Twitter<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   onclick=\"javascript:void( (function() {var e=document.createElement('script' );e.setAttribute('type','text\/javascript' );e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8' );e.setAttribute('src','\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());\"  href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><span class=\"icon-pinterest\"><span class=\"hidden\">Pinterest<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/wa.me?text=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/technical-services\/\"><span class=\"icon-whatsapp\"><span class=\"hidden\">WhatsApp<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   href=\"mailto:?subject=Technical%20services&#038;body=%20(https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/technical-services\/)\"><span class=\"icon-mail\"><span class=\"hidden\">Email<\/span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"#\" data-copy=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/technical-services\/\" class=\"copy-url-on-click\"><span class=\"icon-link\"><span class=\"hidden\">Copy Link<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/07\/P780596-banner-1.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur hero-img\" alt=\"Two white men stand next to a table and a wheelbarrow in a flooded field. There are buckets, tubes, cables and measuring equipment in the wheelbarrow and on the table.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/07\/P780596-banner-1.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bgs-blocks-content-container content-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hydrogeological field services<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>BGS offers a number of hydrogeological field services, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>aquifer properties characterisation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>borehole drilling supervision<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>borehole imaging and interpretation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>borehole testing (pumping, packer, dilution and slug tests)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>core logging<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>dissolved gas sampling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>downhole camera and optical imaging<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>downhole geophysical logging<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>groundwater ecological sampling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>groundwater microbial sampling, including by eDNA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>hydrogeochemical sampling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>soil moisture and soil permeability measurements<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>tracer tests<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/sorensen-james\/\">contact James Sorensen<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Laboratory services<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>BGS has a range of state-of-the-art analytical facilities that can be used to provide high quality data for groundwater-related studies:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Aquifer Properties Facility<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-research\/science-facilities\/environmental-geochemistry\/inorganic-geochemistry-facility\/#water\">Inorganic Geochemistry Facility<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>fluorescence-absorbance to characterise organic matter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>groundwater residence times and dissolved gases<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>faecal indicator organisms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Please&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/lapworth-daniel\/\">contact Dan Lapworth<\/a>&nbsp;for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Groundwater modelling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>BGS staff have extensive\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/environmental-modelling\/groundwater-modelling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">groundwater modelling<\/a>\u00a0experience within the UK and internationally. Our modelling services cover groundwater resources, groundwater quality and groundwater hazards, in addition to investigating how groundwater interacts with other environmental systems and processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/jackson-christopher\/\">contact Chris Jackson<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/hughes-andrew\/\">contact Andrew Hughes<\/a>\u00a0for further information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Groundwater consultancy and project management<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>BGS staff undertake groundwater-related consultancy for a wide range of customers both in the UK and internationally. We have worked with government departments, regulatory agencies, industry and academia, and have a strong track record in the management of environmental research programmes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/macdonald-alan\/\">contact Alan Macdonald<\/a>&nbsp;for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hydrological outlooks and flood forecasting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>BGS produces&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/environmental-modelling\/groundwater-level-forecasting\/\">groundwater level forecasts<\/a>&nbsp;for the UK\u2019s principal aquifers, with these forecasts feeding into a number of services that build national resilience to groundwater&nbsp;extremes, including monthly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/hydoutuk.net\/\">hydrological outlooks<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please contact&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/mackay-jonathan\/\">Jonathan Mackay&nbsp;<\/a>for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Need more information?<\/h2>\n\n\n<div  class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"acc-top secondary-background icon-arrow button no-btn\"><span class=\"button-content\" tabindex=\"-1\">FAQs and glossary<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-body sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Please refer to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/faqs\/\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">frequently asked questions<\/a>\u00a0and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/glossary\/\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">glossary<\/a>\u00a0of commonly used groundwater terminology.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div  class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"acc-top secondary-background icon-arrow button no-btn\"><span class=\"button-content\" tabindex=\"-1\">Contact BGS Enquiries<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-body sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This website is designed to provide an overview of BGS&#8217;s groundwater research and to share key information. If you have any questions related to our groundwater science that cannot be answered through this website, we are more than happy to help.<\/p>\n<p>You can contact us about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>groundwater-related services we offer, including laboratory analysis, data, mapping and consultancy<\/li>\n<li>any other general enquiries about groundwater that you have not been able to find an answer to here<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please <a href=\"mailto:enquiries@bgs.ac.uk\">contact BGS Enquiries<\/a>\u00a0(enquiries@bgs.ac.uk) and a member of the groundwater team will get back to you.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8408","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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