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The water wells are a focus of the Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project led by California American Water.

In the middle of September this year, Piglet and I traveled to the southwestern part of Virginia to assist some fellow water well drillers in obtaining their Virginia Master Drillers Licenses. The drilling company they work for has been in business since 1905.

The editor of The Driller, Mr. Jeremy Verdusco, gives us column writers wide latitude in choice of subjects. This article was going to be about the marriage of my granddaughter, Samantha, to a fellow named Trevor, a second lieutenant in the Army Reserve, the event to take place in four days.

A capable trainer makes the difference between a student retaining and applying what he learns, and wasting the money a company spends to send him for training in the first place. Goulds Water Technology, a Xylem brand, has offered training for years.

I have stated that drilling is 80 percent knowledge and 20 percent luck. Bad luck happens when a driller encounters a loss zone, thus preventing the driller from finishing the hole.

Extended range of submersible pumps sets new standards for energy efficiency.

Xylem gives students opportunity to develop water filtration systems.

The Keith E. Anderson Award recognizes outstanding contributions to NGWA and the groundwater industry.