After seeing my article about a REDA pump that I wrote sometime back, a reader sent me the following letter with a photo.

As most of you know, I haven’t been very active in the water well industry for a few years.

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

I came back to North Dakota for my latest hitch in late January.

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.

When a drilling contractor has to work on equipment, they are well aware of the tools it takes to get the job done.

Recently, a drilling contractor called me to ask my thoughts.

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.

Bentonite-based viscosifier used as a cement additive for grout backfilling is becoming the standard in the geotechnical community.

I sit through many meetings in which safety is discussed. The topics to improve safety often cover metrics, implementation of new programs, management interactions … and the list goes on.