I met Doc Faison, then owner of this publication, at the National Ground Water Association convention in the fall of 1993. If you attended any of the state or national groundwater industry conventions in the ’90s, you’ll remember Doc. He always wore his signature red blazer and had a camera dangling around his neck looking for a photo op.
Having just attended one of my basic pump technology seminars, Doc asked if I would consider writing a monthly pump tech column for National Driller. Without thinking, I said yes and in the January 1994 issue my first article appeared. The column was titled “The Fundamentals of Pumped Water Systems,” and the idea was to start with the basics and, in simple terms, describe how pumps work and how to apply them to water wells.