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Articles Tagged with ''water well drilling''

Water Well Drilling Veteran Porky Cutter Turns 80

Howard "Porky" Cutter MGWC
February 1, 2016
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This month, I will turn 80 years old. For most of these years, I have been involved in drilling of some type.
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Know what materials a drill can handle

For Charity Drilling Jobs, Safety Secures Success

Joe Haynes
Joe Haynes
February 1, 2016
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Though we often take clean water for granted, millions around the country are not so lucky, and that daily convenience is replaced by a deep longing for fresh, clean, convenient water.
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Another Chapter on Pitless Adapters

John Schmitt
February 1, 2016
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As I write these columns and think about different subjects, I seem to have more to say about certain procedures and products used in our industry than others.
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Drilling Jobs Safer, Cleaner With a Site Management Plan

Brock Yordy
Brock Yordy
February 1, 2016
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Drilling is a disruptive process in which most of the damage is created subsurface and is never seen.
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Aquifer Storage and Recovery Could Create Drilling Jobs

Drilling Contractors Can Offer Solutions to Drought-Stricken Areas
Jeremy Verdusco
January 18, 2016
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Water well drillers can be critical in helping manage valuable resource.
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The Cutters Cut Their Teeth Young

Howard "Porky" Cutter MGWC
January 1, 2016
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After leaving Georgia Tech, we reformed Cutter and Dad Drilling Company in 1968 in Adel, Ga., and we drilled wells around the area for many years.
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The (Next to) Last Chapter on Pitless Adapters

John Schmitt
January 1, 2016
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If you have read my last several articles on pitless adapters, I hope you got the feeling that I believe in these devices strongly.
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How One Drilling Business Has Lasted Three Generations

Valerie King
January 1, 2016
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Knowledge of how to sustain a lucrative business that stands the test of time is something most owners are continually interested in.
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For Drillers, Education Often the Key to Licensing

Howard "Porky" Cutter MGWC
December 1, 2015
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To be a water well driller today, most states require you to have a commercial driver’s license (CDL) to drive the equipment and a state well driller’s license for the states that you drill in, as well as current continuing education classes.


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More Yet About Pitless Adapters

John Schmitt
December 1, 2015
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I failed to mention in my last column that the pitless adapter along with the submersible pump and the captive air tank have, in my opinion, been the three great advances in pump system technology in the last 60 years.


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