"It was a swan song of sorts in Myrtle Beach, S.C., as the South Atlantic Well Drillers JUBILEE is moving to Virginia Beach, Va., next year – and the year after. But regardless of the venue, JUBILEE is JUBILEE ..."
In 1971, Willis Miller set out to make a contribution in this life that truly would matter. He moved to Haiti, and for the next 10 years, he drilled water wells. For the past 28 years, his operation has continued as a diverse, multidenominational mission.
Monitoring well development is necessary to ensure that complete hydraulic connection is made – and maintained – between the well and the aquifer material surrounding the well screen and filter pack.
"With everything slowing down in the housing industry,
and a lot of house-well drillers very short on work, a lot of people (myself
included) have had to turn to alternatives to keep busy and make a living."
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced the next steps in its congressionally mandated hydraulic fracturing study, identifying seven case studies to help inform the assessment of potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources.