PLog Environmental , ESdat and LSpecs

Your environmental data management system

Dataforensics has teamed up with EarthScience Information Systems to create a comprehensive environmental data management system. This data management system helps you perform and complete common tasks in less time with less effort. Tasks include:

• Create detailed work orders for personnel to utilize in the field
• Collect field samples for laboratory testing
• Collect field chemistry measurements
• Electronic chain of custody form generation
• Data verification
• Report generation
• and more

Create detailed work orders for personnel

EarthScience Information Systems has developed the software to create work orders - LSpecs LSPECs works with their environmental data management system ESdat.

Download work orders to PLog Environmental from LSPECs

If you use EarthScience Information Systems software programs ESdat and LSPECS with PLog Environmental you can create an entire work order for field personnel for soil, water and gas sampling.

Collect field samples for laboratory testing

Collect soil, water or gas laboratory samples

Once work order data is downloaded from LSpecs to PLog Environmental, personnel are guided through collecting laboratory samples for soil boreholes, water wells; gas wells; surface water features such as ponds, rivers and lakes; and QA samples.

Each sample is given a unique identifier automatically by the software. No more duplicate sample IDs for a single project!

You specify the container (type, volume and number of) for each sample. There is even a reference list of sample standards you can set up and make available to personnel in case they can not recall container details for a sample type

Specify laboratory tests for each sample

For all sample types (water, soil and gas and QA samples) you can specify which laboratory tests are to be performed on individual samples.

Laboratory test lists on the PDA can be sorted by assigned tests for water and gas (if work orders were developed using LSPECs), previously assigned samples for the project or all available laboratory samples. This helps make the laboratory list options manageable.

Sample Delivery Groups

With LSpecs you can define one or more sample delivery groups for a project. Each sample you collect you assign to a sample delivery group. This is particularly important when you have multiple sample groups going to multiple laboratories.

PLog Environmental includes capabilities to collect QA/QC samples (Rinse, Trip Blank, Matrix Spikes, etc) for each sample delivery group so you maintain project quality standards across the project.

Collect field chemistry measurements

With PLog Environmental you can record up to 10 unique field chemistry measurements for a project (such as pH, temperature, redox, conductivity, et cetera). You can record as many sample test results as necessary until a stabilized reading is achieved.

When you use LSpecs to create a work order for PLog Environmental you can enter maximum and minimum values appropriate for the project for each and field chemistry measurement type. Field personnel are notified if a value entered exceeds the maximum and minimum values appropriate for the project and has the option to save or revise the data.

PLog Environmental even has the capabilities to record all parameters related to slug tests. PLog records depth and time intervals.

Electronic chain of custody form generation

PLog Environmental collects all the field data necessary to generate your electronic Chain of Custody (eCOC™)form. Sync your PDA data to your PC and transfer the data to LSpecs to generate your eCOC™ form.

ESdat and LSpecs

For more information on data verification and report generation, as well as examples of reports, click here.