Articles Tagged with ''water well drilling''

I’ve been involved with a number of wells that required that the casing be properly cemented.

I’ve written several columns on these unique pitlesses known as pitless adapter tanks.

Joe Large, water well and horizontal directional drilling (HDD) manager at Jet-Lube Inc., has been with the company just short of 20 years.

My advice is to buy your own drill and support equipment; there, you are now a driller.

Be it vertical rotary mud drilling, horizontal directional drilling or foundation drilling, one commonly overlooked factor in maintaining borehole stability is hydrostatic head pressure.

In late January, Tim Mulville, president and CEO of Missouri City, Texas-based non-profit Wells of Hope, contacted The Driller about the need of a nearby missionary organization he’s grown well acquainted with through the church he attends.

Nebraska irrigates the most acres in the country from water wells — 7,875,162 — according to a 2007 Census of Agriculture report.

Our elder son Randall is working for a local drilling contractor. He will be rebuilding cable tool and mud rotary drills for us in his spare time.

In my last column, I wrote about a rather unique pitless adapter — actually a pitless adapter and pressure tank combined.

Andrews & Foster, based in Athens, Texas, is a 76-year-old family-owned company that specializes in water well drilling, cathodic protection drilling and groundwater exploration development.