Monitoring of seepage
remediation techniques is necessary to confirm effectiveness, assess
ongoing performance and detect if desired reduction in seepage
is no longer being achieved.
Monitoring is closely linked to maintenance
as inspection of the site provides information about performance.
Water distribution and channel flow rate information
and management
Adjacent landowner feedback and observations of the adjacent
landscape
Where seepage remediation is undertaken to
reduce the impact on adjacent land (e.g. waterlogging or salinity),
it is
important to monitor groundwater levels. A reduction
in groundwater levels
may indicate the success of the seepage reduction technique.
Failure
to reduce groundwater levels might mean that the remediation
is not effective or that factors other than the channel
seepage are
contributing to the problem. See Identification and measurement
for approaches to measurement.
