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John Schmitt

John Schmitt is a former Certified Well Driller and Pump Installer with decades of experience in the groundwater industry. A past president of the National Ground Water Association, he is known for sharing practical knowledge, historical perspective, and technical expertise through his long-running Let Me Tell Ya column. His writing preserves the legacy of cable-tool drilling while helping today's professionals learn from the industry's past and present.

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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.

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.

John Schmitt

December 9, 2014

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In my last column I wrote that, on occasion, painted steel bladder tanks will rust from the outside in.

John Schmitt

November 1, 2014

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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.

John Schmitt

October 1, 2014

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

John Schmitt

September 1, 2014

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In my last column, I wrote about a revolutionary solution to air control in tanks — the air separator tank that came out in the 1950s.

John Schmitt

August 1, 2014

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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.

John Schmitt

July 2, 2014

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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.

John Schmitt

May 29, 2014

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Over the years I have written about many aspects of water well drilling and water systems.

John Schmitt

May 1, 2014

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If you’re a regular reader of this column and you notice the title, you probably think, “Old Schmitt has slipped a cog once again.” If you have never read this before, I want to assure you that is not true and there is a method to my seemingly goofy title.

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