Every profession, especially a niche field like drilling, has tricks or jargon that everyone assumes everyone else knows. But, if you missed it during training, specialty knowledge veers quickly into "too embarrassed to ask" territory.
Looking at a water map of the U.S. recently, I noticed that most of the Great Lakes states — which include Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota, plus the non-Great Lakes state of Iowa — all have groundwater that is classified as very hard.
Geothermal helps all of us in this industry. Even if you do not get involved in geothermal work, you might get water jobs because your competition is tied up on a geothermal project.
Geotechnology Inc. is entering the second year of an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) five-year contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in the Corp’s Memphis District.
Using the proper drilling fluids can reduce the required horsepower dramatically and reduce the stress on the equipment and the product being installed.
If you have read many of these columns, you know that water wells and pumps in Michigan are regulated by our Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). Several years ago, the DEQ asked industry members to participate in what is called the Director’s Water Well Advisory Committee.