Xylem, a global water technology company focused on addressing the world’s most challenging water issues, announced the opening of its newest dewatering solutions branch in Pompano Beach, Fla.
As drillers, we use many chemical compounds on a daily basis. Drilling mud, acids and surfactants are all items utilized in the drilling industry. Many of these chemicals can be potentially hazardous to our health.
In my last column, I wrote about developing well screens in cable tool drilled wells and here are a couple more, including perhaps the two most popular methods.
Thousands of water supply wells are drilled every year. Some of these wells are drilled for individual homeowners, new subdivisions or municipalities. The wells may also be drilled for a water source for industrial use or irrigation.
Groundwater law and water rights issues can be unique, yet challenging cases to handle. Jason Hill, a lawyer at environmental law firm Lloyd, Gosselink, Rochelle & Townsend in Austin, Texas, knows all about the complexities
that water law can include.
I met Doc Faison, then owner of this publication, at the National Ground Water Association convention in the fall of 1993. If you attended any of the state or national groundwater industry conventions in the ’90s, you’ll remember Doc. He always wore his signature red blazer and had a camera dangling around his neck looking for a photo op.
In my last several columns, I discussed selecting a screen for our water well and some installation methods. Having our screen installed, we move onto the next step in constructing a good water well: developing the well and the formation around the well screen.
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