Articles by John Schmitt

This column continues the tale of the ancient rig that I cut my teeth on in drilling.

This column is the next in a series about the first well rig I ever had experience with or worked on.

This will be the first of a few columns on the first well rig I ever had experience with.

I’m going to write about a really, really old drill rig — the first one I had any experience with. But first, I want to give readers a bit of family history about how my father and then I got involved in the well drilling and pump industry.

Several months ago, one of my readers sent me an email asking about the details of a pipe-pulling device I used to replace a pump in December 2015.

The subject of using a cartridge filter got my attention due to an infomercial on TV.

Manufacturers tried many ways to change clear-water iron to what, in effect, is rusty water iron. Finally somebody figured out a relatively simple way to aerate the water and oxidize the iron.

The manufacturers in the water conditioning industry had long realized that a successful filter had to get the iron from solution, or invisible, to suspension, or visible, iron. How to do this seemed to baffle everyone for a long time.

In my next to last article, I said I would next discuss regenerating green sand-type iron filters. So, let's get to it.

Recently, I have attended two good meetings, sadly missed an important one and visited some locations that have a serious water quality problem.