To combat the uncertainty of rainfall and to increase yields, a growing number of farmers are irrigating their fields - and that's translating into business for two hard-working drilling companies.
The greater Chicago metroplitan area and Great Lakes region are tremendous breeding grounds for soil and ground water investigations, which is where Mid-America thrives.
A Northwestern University environmental engineer has received a U.S. patent for a treatment device that renders perchlorate - a thyroid-damaging ingredient of rocket fuel and a drinking water problem - harmless.