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44 People at Work
By Alexandra Walsh
Protecting a Small Business from Cyber Attack
It's important to know what steps to take to halt cyber
thieves.
46 Engineering Your Business
By Ed Butts, PE
Designing Efficient and Effective Pumping
Systems
Looking at all options can help you save your customer energy
and money.
52 Drawing from the Well
By Gary Shawver, MGWC
Growing Your Business
The right people and business acumen are vital to a company's
success.
54 Safety Matters
By Alexandra Walsh
Avoiding Excavation and Trenching Hazards
It's critical workers know the requirements for working in
trenches.
The views expressed in the columns are the authors' opinions based
on their professional experience.
4 First Up
Old School
6 Editor's Note
Checking the Benefits Box
8 In This Issue
10 Guest Editorial
Digitized Rigs Can Benefit Operations
and Workforce
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Thomas M. Christy, PE
14 Industry Newsline
Steel tariffs, freight costs impacting business
costs in water well industry
18 The Log
Be a groundwater advocate on September 4
20 Now on Water Well Journal.com
56 Newsmakers
LORENTZ wins Global Solar-Powered
Water Pumps Leadership Award
58 Coming Events
60 Featured Products
65 Classified Marketplace
74 Index of Advertisers
76 Punch List
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