The Water Quality Association (WQA) has hired Tanya Lubner as WQA director of education. In her new role, Lubner will be in charge of all WQA professional certification, distance education,
Franklin Electric Co., Bluffton, Ind., has purchased Pioneer Pump Inc. of Canby, Ore., a manufacturer of a complete line of centrifugal pumps for agricultural, industrial, mining and municipal markets. The
The Driller October 2005 e-Newsletter Hurricane Wilma raced northward over the Atlantic Ocean early Tuesday, October 25, leaving a deadly wake of shredded and flooded areas in Florida and Cuba.
The Driller October 2005 e-Newsletter The 8th annual national Damage Prevention Conference & Expo (DPC) and co-located Subsurface Solutions Conference & Expo (SSCE) is an underground construction industry event addressing
The Driller October 2005 e-Newsletter Strategies that use microbes to clean up polluted sites are becoming more refined as scientists merge advances in gene sequencing methods, culture techniques and computer
The Driller October 2005 e-Newsletter A federal auditor says additives used in drilling test wells at Los Alamos National Laboratory could have masked the presence of radioactive contaminants and compromised
The Driller October 2005 e-Newsletter The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Research and Development (EPA) is funding a five-year, $2 million research project led by Malcolm Pirnie to develop
The Driller October 2005 e-Newsletter The Foundation for Affordable Drinking Water established through the National Ground Water Association has received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Sandia researchers Malcolm Siegel and Malynda Aragon check out the arsenic treatment system that was built at Sandia and recently relocated to the Desert Sands utility. Over the next several
A newly created material, said to be so sharp and tough that it can cut through cast iron and granite without wearing out, could make drilling, mining and machining safer,