Articles Tagged with ''well drilling''

I recently took a job for an old friend, and one of the best drillers I’ve ever known. He called me about a well that his company had bid, and received, but were short-handed on.

A few days ago my wife, Shirley, and I attended the 2016 Michigan Ground Water Association Convention in Battle Creek, Mich.

Think about the things that are obsolete because of the smartphone. The portable radio, video camera, alarm clock, compass and calculator, to name a few.

The drilling industry is a “whole new world” today, compared to what it was around 60 years ago, according to David Haupt, MGWC.

From tailing piles at remote mine sites to a contaminated site in a congested urban district, sonic drilling is becoming the method of choice for a variety of challenges.

A mobile generator is often the most important piece of equipment on a drilling site — after all, it’s what keeps the operation running.

Let’s talk for a minute about licensing. As the editor of a voice in the industry, it’s important for me to be informed about my readers’ experiences.

I don’t remember learning to drive.

Most drillers, large and small, drill irrigation wells, and like many other fields of drilling, the market can be cyclical.

In my last column, I took a short detour from the subject of pitless adapters and wrote about changing a pump the old fashioned way.