Mapping Subsurface Water Connection Paths

Diversified specialties across various industries that include dams, reservoirs, canals, environmental restoration, mining, oil and gas, tunnel leak detection, and emerging offerings that further refine groundwater flow path mapping and modeling. Patented survey equipment coupled with highly refined algorithms allow Willowstick to accurately, rapidly, and efficiently characterize groundwater seepage and flow paths in three dimensions with negligible impact on a project site. Measurements are noninvasive and taken from the surface using an instrument that can be operated and carried by one field crew member. Field crews coordinate with the office through the entirety of the project to further refine a survey and insure data is collected accurately before the field crew leaves the field to insure the highest quality of data. No other company offers groundwater seepage and flow path mapping that is as accurate, noninvasive, or rapid as Willowstick.

Characterization of groundwater can be a costly guessing game, however, Willowstick provides quick and non-intrusive methods to identify, map, and model preferential groundwater flow paths. Like an angiogram that enables medical personnel to see blood flow inside the body. By creating a circuit that in part travels through the ground, utilizing groundwater as conduit, the induced magnetic field can be measured at the surface. The Willowstick instrument measures the slight changes in intensity of this magnetic field at the surface along with high accuracy GPS data which is then processed. The resulting information is used to generate 2D and 3D maps and models of groundwater.

Willowstick is capable of locating flow paths in 3D space and can provide their exact location for monitoring, remediation, or drilling efforts. the Willowstick method goes beyond mapping and modeling groundwater and provides a holistic view of a project site that takes into account groundwater flow, geology, as built plans, LIDAR, and any information that a client deems applicable to their specific needs. All of this data is georeferenced and can be used to understand your project in greater detail than anything before.