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The fundamentals of pumped water systems.

Many drillers know geothermal for its efficiency.

I spent about a week in January researching how geothermal works and why anybody would want to use it, and I’ve come away impressed.

Indiana's Dilden Borthers Drilling helps Atlas Copco improve its T2W.

Even though drill spoils from construction drilling, utility directional drilling, ground sourced heating and cooling, and water well drilling are inherently non-hazardous, options for drilling contractors to dispose of drill spoils are becoming increasingly limited.

When it comes to silt, clay and other loose surfaces, Direct Push is the way to go. 

Robert Bittner, P.E., was recently elected to the position of president of the Deep Foundations Institute's Executive Committee. We spoke with Bittner about his plans for the group, and his views on the foundations industry.

With the help of trenchless technology from Ditch Witch, a Virginia directional driller finished an otherwise impractical trench excavation job for a reclaimed water project.

Several procedures involved with the use of ESASS (Enhanced Screen Auger Sampling System) as a vertical profiling tool are discussed in this section.

Although I have been talking about well casing and drop pipe in several recent columns, I did wander off with some thoughts about conventions of the past last time.