Humans, at some point, had the great idea to poke holes in the ground to find water. An idea that likely followed closely after was, “Wouldn’t it be great if we could know where to put those holes to have the best chance of finding water?”
From tailing piles at remote mine sites to a contaminated site in a congested urban district, sonic drilling is becoming the method of choice for a variety of challenges.
Contractors in horizontal directional drilling, like in other drilling industries, depend on their fluids management plans to keep current projects moving and new ones coming in.
Travis Roberts, vice president of Millstadt, Ill.-based Roberts Environmental Drilling, followed his father into the drilling business after high school. Although his official experience with drilling amounts to 11 years, he’s been around it since childhood.
Over the past 17 years, Tim Mulville, president and CEO of Missouri City, Texas-based non-profit Wells of Hope, has helped bring potable water wells to communities across Mexico and Africa. While each mission was, of course, unique, Kendleton Farms — the site of his latest venture — is especially out of the ordinary, and not because it is just 30 minutes away.
In 1860, the United States population was 31½ million, the Pony Express made its first run to California, Abraham Lincoln was elected the first Republican president, and South Carolina seceded from the union — putting America on the fast track toward the Civil War. On the western side of Michigan, which had only been a state for 23 years, the Denton boys were installing wells.
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