It's Jubilee time and that means drillers from all across the United States are heading for Myrtle Beach, S.C., for the South Atlantic Well Drillers Jubilee, held July 27-30.
Although many of its wells have dried up, Oil Creek Valley has not stopped paying homage to the slick stuff that gave the region a jolt of life and wealth beginning in the mid 1800s.
While the term "normal" remains difficult to gauge precisely these days, it's something that many people look forward to going back to -- even if they can't explain exactly what they mean by it right now, says editor Greg Ettling.
Thomas Kwader reminds us that monitoring well data are only important if the wells are in the proper locations and the data are being analyzed to assess the progress toward the goals of the program.
The occurrence of metals in ground water often is an unwelcome surprise -- both at sites of known contamination and in drinking water wells located far away from any known source of contamination, explains Thomas Kwader.