The drilling industry is a “whole new world” today, compared to what it was around 60 years ago, according to David Haupt, MGWC.

From tailing piles at remote mine sites to a contaminated site in a congested urban district, sonic drilling is becoming the method of choice for a variety of challenges.

A mobile generator is often the most important piece of equipment on a drilling site — after all, it’s what keeps the operation running.

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.

When Jennifer Bonner got her start in the water well drilling business, she wasn’t planning to make a career out of it.

What do you look for in a drill rig?

Travis Roberts, vice president of Millstadt, Ill.-based Roberts Environmental Drilling, followed his father into the drilling business after high school. Although his official experience with drilling amounts to 11 years, he’s been around it since childhood.