Although I have been talking about well casing and drop pipe in several recent columns, I did wander off with some thoughts about conventions of the past last time.

In my July 2012 column, I wrote about a new-to-me type of PVC drop pipe that has both male and female ends.

A look at welded casing.

"One of the most important parts of a properly constructed water well is the casing, even if bedrock is very near the surface, and collapse of the borehole is not going to happen in that formation."