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As I said in my last column, after years, indeed, of trying to keep air in pressure tanks, our industry figured out that the air was being eaten by the water.

“Proper planning prevents poor performance.”

After seeing my article about a REDA pump that I wrote sometime back, a reader sent me the following letter with a photo.

As most of you know, I haven’t been very active in the water well industry for a few years.

At the end of my last column I said that this chapter would deal with an important step forward; the bladder tank.

I came back to North Dakota for my latest hitch in late January.

In my last couple of columns I have reviewed the construction, sizes and unique fittings for typical hydro pneumatic tanks still made today, that were popular before about 1955.

When a drilling contractor has to work on equipment, they are well aware of the tools it takes to get the job done.

Recently, a drilling contractor called me to ask my thoughts.

In my first article on this subject, I talked about sizes of tanks, why they are needed in a hydropnuematic system and a variety of tappings that we don’t see in modern tanks.