This month’s article focuses on the portion of a submersible water system between the wellhead and the house. To put things in perspective, let’s think about what needs to happen in this area to make the system work …
Low-stress purging and sampling results in collection of ground water samples from monitoring wells that are representative of ground water conditions in the geological formation. Here are the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s recommended sampling procedures.
I recently have run into several drillers who have had problems with the piping from the pump to the swivel. Usually, it is an older rig that may have had a fair amount of rebuilding done, but they somehow neglect to inspect – or replace – the mud lines from the pump to the swivel
This article briefly describes the treatment methods commonly used in the residential market to improve water quality. The treatment methods are divided under six categories – filtration, oxidation, ion exchange, ultraviolet irradiation, aeration and pH neutralization.
The installation of ground water monitoring wells at wastewater
treatment facilities may be essential when such facilities have the
potential for degrading the area’s ground water quality.
Occasionally, drillers tell me informative, sad and/or sometimes funny stories. This story recently was told to me by a driller from southern Virginia. The names will be withheld to protect those involved …
Everyone wants to earn more money. That’s a given in any walk of life. So what do you tell your employees when they tell you that they need to make more or they’ll look for other employment?
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