Articles by Valerie King

For many professionals, including water well drillers, “policy involvement” sounds complicated and time consuming.

Robert Carvalho, co-owner of Hanford, Calif.-based West Valley Drilling, started drilling water wells in the mid ‘80s and says he gave up the gig after just three or four years.

Kord Wissmann shares his experiences as a geotechnical consultant and geotechnical contractor.

There comes a time in every driller’s life when a new rig has to be bought.

Welcome to The Driller’s new You Know the Drill segment, shining a spotlight on drilling professionals from all corners of the industry.

Kevin Christensen shares how to get the most bit bang for your buck.

An ordinary residential job for Ray Bayliff, and most other geothermal drillers for that matter, involves drilling one set of boreholes to install a single geothermal heat pump system for one house.

Groundwater monitoring plays a crucial role in measuring the state of the nation’s aquifers.

They’re called chargebacks and they’re on the nightmare list of pretty much every goods or services provider, drilling contractors included.

In 1966 Frank Rausche made the trek from Germany to the U.S. to complete graduate studies in structural engineering, or so he thought.