To be a water well driller today, most states require you to have a commercial driver’s license (CDL) to drive the equipment and a state well driller’s license for the states that you drill in, as well as current continuing education classes.
In the middle of September this year, Piglet and I traveled to the southwestern part of Virginia to assist some fellow water well drillers in obtaining their Virginia Master Drillers Licenses. The drilling company they work for has been in business since 1905.
In my travels I find that many businesses today are owned by a person or persons that know nothing about the business they own. Some own several businesses and in many cases these people attempt to micromanage a business that they know nothing about.
Bess, Piglet and I recently formed a non-profit business, Ground Water International Solutions, to generate funds to purchase equipment, refurbish it and send it with the expertise to teach people in developing countries to drill water wells properly.
On May 7, Piglet went to an island off Haiti to meet with some people and view a piece of broken equipment to evaluate the possibility of getting it back into service.
