Articles Tagged with ''well drilling''

A never-ending challenge in tracking groundwater availability and sustainability is the fact that it’s hidden underground, making it difficult to accurately characterize, says Kevin Dennehy, national coordinator of the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) Ground-Water Resources Program.

Raise your hand if you know that guy. You know the one.

Geotechnical drilling projects in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States have become increasingly complex as “developable” sites become more problematic because of severe geologic problems and topographic constraints.

I grew up on a well drilling rig with my dad.

A few weeks ago, I decided to make the road trip from Williston, N.D., to Brunswick, Ga., a distance of about 2,100 miles.

You gotta like email. Let’s face it, email is a fast, easy way to communicate in our current business atmosphere of instant everything.

Two months ago I wrote that in my next column I would write about something a bladder tank won’t do, in my opinion, and that is make up for a weak well or slow pump.

Power. Without it, it’s nearly impossible to keep a project on time and on budget.

Duke University professor of geochemistry and water quality Avner Vengosh has been studying the environmental impacts of hydraulic fracturing for the last five years with a team of scientists.

I thought I was quite business savvy. However, I soon learned that I don’t have a clue when it comes to unscrupulous schemers.