U.S. GEOLOGIC SURVEY SEEKS PARTNERS TO COMMERCIALIZE AN AUTOMATED ELECTRONIC SEEPAGE METER The US Geological Survey (USGS) is actively seeking industrial partners and collaborators for the commercialization and further development of an Automated Electronic Seepage Meter. The USGS technology allows users to measure flow rates of surface water to ground water and vice versa for extended periods of weeks or months. In field trials the device has proved to be less susceptible to currents and wave action, as well as the biofouling which affects other available models. The invention can be used in lake beds and ocean bottoms to examine mass and chemical balances, and to characterize hydrologic systems; it may have applications of interest to oil exploration. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Technology Enterpirse Office, nmark@usgs.gov. Posted 08/18/00 (W-SN487789).

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