This particular column is going to be about the recently held 2017 NGWA Groundwater Week and the upcoming 2018 MGWA (Michigan Ground Water Association) Conference.
Like all contractors, I have a fleet of vehicles — actually, a rather small one that I take great pride in. I have a reputation of taking good care of my vehicles and the tools I need to do jobs.
In the first two columns I wrote about this job, we attempted to spud down a 4-inch well on a piece of property where a customer was going to move his house.
In chapter one of this long, drawn out tale of the toughest job I've ever had, we had spudded a casing down on a vacant property where a house was going to be moved.
In this column, I’m going to write about the most difficult job I ever encountered, one that took a long time to conquer but eventually ended up being successful.
As I think back, it seems I encountered more problems with pumps and water conditioners than with wells I drilled. I also remember that many of the difficult jobs were due to the attitudes of my customers.
Recently, I was driving to an appointment and I passed a drill rig that appeared to be drilling a new well very near the road I was driving on. Both the driller and his helper were working bare headed.