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One challenge for many drilling contractors is disposing of drilling fluids. Many states are imposing tighter regulations on contractors regarding the disposal of this liquid waste.

Let’s talk for a minute about licensing. As the editor of a voice in the industry, it’s important for me to be informed about my readers’ experiences.

I don’t remember learning to drive.

Most drillers, large and small, drill irrigation wells, and like many other fields of drilling, the market can be cyclical.

In my last column, I took a short detour from the subject of pitless adapters and wrote about changing a pump the old fashioned way.

There’s a special feeling that accompanies being part of something that’s built to help so many people.

The Holy Grail is ”a sacred object … said to possess miraculous powers,” according to Wikipedia.

Many people make the following mistake: Never use a piece of metal, like a wrench, to measure the levels in a water well.

Some years ago I had a job as a drilling foreman for a large contractor. Sometimes when we would bid a job, they would ask me to go look at the location to see what we needed.