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Schmitt's 'Let Me Tell Ya'
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For Drilling Jobs, Safety Means Thinking Twice, Acting Once

John Schmitt
November 1, 2015
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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.


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What Is the History of Pitless Adapters?

John Schmitt
October 1, 2015
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As I wrote in my last column, the pitless adapter is a rather simple but important device used to complete a modern well. All of these have a way of keeping pumped water below the freezing point or frost line.


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Innovation Helps Industry ‘Adapt’ to Northern Frost

John Schmitt
September 1, 2015
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Before I finally get to the subject of pitless adapters, I must report another loss for our industry.


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Wells, All ‘Cooped’ Up

John Schmitt
August 1, 2015
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Two columns back, I wrote about driving over the top of a very thinly covered well pit and the rear wheels of my rig going through with the frame of the truck hitting the ground.


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Residential Well Houses – A Step Forward from Well Pits – Maybe

John Schmitt
July 1, 2015
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My last four articles have been on well pits and basement offsets.


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Water Well Pits Can Hold Noxious Gases

John Schmitt
June 1, 2015
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As I prepared to write this column I got a call from an industry friend whom you will know or know of.


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A Mild Scolding about My Thoughts on Well Pits

John Schmitt
May 25, 2015
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My wife Shirley and I recently attended the annual Michigan Ground Water Association (MGWA) Convention held in Battle Creek, Mich.


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Basement Offsets, a Second Cousin to the Well Pit

John Schmitt
April 1, 2015
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As I wrote in my last article, frost and frozen ground has been a problem here in the North forever.


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Well Pits a Part of the Past for Most Drilling Contractors

John Schmitt
March 1, 2015
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For many of you younger readers, this subject will be historical.


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Final Comments on Bladder Tanks

John Schmitt
February 2, 2015
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Two months ago I wrote that in my next column I would write about something a bladder tank won’t do, in my opinion, and that is make up for a weak well or slow pump.


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